Three Poems by Tasneem Hossain

What is Love?
Love is a floating colorful gas balloon.
The gas balloon the plasma, radiation dust of the cosmos;
The cosmos yellow, orange, multi colored rainbow;
The rainbow sweet, bitter, angry, jealous, sad, happy colors of the universe;
The universe is the beautiful creation: that is love.

Lover’s World
Thunderstorm lashes chilly angry blows.
Tumultuous sea waves and oceans growl,
Impassioned night crawlers run fast and troat;
Passionate love’s breathing dances and floats.

Wandering clouds feel misty watery eyes,
Ready to fall through dark, grey, cloudy skies;
Heartbeats travel across oceans and seas,
Lost travellers feel rhythmic motion in breeze.

Light comes shining through the depth of darkness.
Thoughts float through the rhythm of nothingness,
Silence speaks its own solitary tune
Mellow music of heart pierces the gloom.
You are the light of my heart’s home.
Looking at you I see my wondrous world.

The Sweet Thief
That thief steals into your heart.
One moment it's ecstasy,
The next, it wrenches and tears you apart;
Life seems heavenly; next it’s hell.

None can perceive when it comes,
Whom it touches or where it prods;
How it creeps in, how it crawls.
That sweet little thief, that we call love.

Brief Biography of Tasneem Hossain:
Tasneem Hossain, is a multi-lingual poet, columnist, fiction and op-ed writer, translator, educator, and trainer from Bangladesh.

Translated in ten languages, her impactful writings appear regularly in esteemed literary publications worldwide. She has been interviewed on several literary platforms and won awards for her literary contributions to world literature.

She runs an international poetry writing project and group, named Life in Lyrics. She wants to create bridges of communication for literary people around the world through this platform. She conducts workshops here to create readers and create interest for reading and writing for the younger generation. She is a member of World Writers’ Union and recognized as World’s Contemporary Writers 2024 in a couple of anthologies.
Poetry, to her, is music through words; an ever-flowing river reflecting all that surrounds us.
As an author, she tries to spread message of love, hope, mercy; and tries to create an awareness of social responsibilities and human rights.

Several of her articles and poems are utilised as teaching material in universities and academies across various countries; some have been referenced in university research papers.

Publications: ‘Grass in Green,’ ‘The Pearl Necklace,’ ‘Floating Feathers’ and ‘Split and Splice’.
A faculty of Business English at CUET, she is currently the director of two HRD organisations. CEC, Bangladesh and Cansaz Services and Distribution LLC, Canada. She is a highly regarded Business Communication Management trainer.

She worked for radio Bangladesh as a newscaster, commentary reader, interviewer and radio presenter for 10 years.