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Suman Pokhrel

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Born

in Biratnagar, Nepal

September 21, 1967

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Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist. His poems have been translated into various languages and are appeared in notable journals worldwide. His theatrical and lyrical works have been performed in USA and in some countries of Asia and Europe.

Suman Pokhrel's poetry has been incorporated into the language and literature curricula at two universities in Nepal and four academic institutions in India. His original Nepali poem Taj Mahal ra Mero Prem (“The Taj Mahal and My Love”) is included in the undergraduate syllabus at Purbanchal University, Nepal. The English translation of his poem Standing in the Market is part of the B.Ed. program at Tribhuvan University. His poem You are as You are (English version) ...more

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SUMAN POKHREL IN CONVERSATION WITH IGOR SID

If there is philosophy of tree in my poem, it belongs to the trees. I am only translating their silence.
- Suman Pokhrel
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SUMAN POKHREL IN CONVERSATION WITH IGOR SID
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	जीवनको छेउबाट [Jeevanko Chheubaata] 4.61 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	हजार आँखा यी आँखामा [Hazaar Aankhaa Yee Aankhaama] 4.49 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	शून्य मुटुको धड्कनभित्र [Shoonya Mutuku Dhadkanbhitra] 4.57 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	सौन्दर्यको सङ्गीत [Soundaryako Sangeet] 4.32 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	मनपरेका केही कविता [Manpareka Kehi Kavita] by Suman Pokhrel (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Allen Ginsberg, Anna Akhmatova 4.48 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	मलाई जिन्दगी नै दुख्दछ [Malai Zindagi Nai Dukhdachha] 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	От берега Жизни by Suman Pokhrel (Goodreads Author), Maria Bregman (Translator), Юрия Вайсмана (Translator) 4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2026	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	काव्यारोहण [Kavyaarohan] by Suman Pokhrel (Goodreads Author) (Contributing Poet), Bairagi Kaila (Contributing Poet), Tulasi Diwasa (Contributing Poet) 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	भारत शाश्वत आवाज [Bharat Shashwat Aawaz] by Suman Pokhrel (Goodreads Author) (Translator), Kuvempu (Contributor ), G.S. Shivarudrappa (Contributor ) 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	इत्थंविध चित्र : इत्थंविध कविता [Itthamvidha Chitra : Itthamvidha Kavita] by Suman Pokhrel (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Govindaraj Binodi (Contributor), Geeta Tripathee (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every morning
I wake up with the news
of bloodshed.
I feel my body,
desperate to know whether
I’m still alive.”
― Suman Pokhrel

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“an uneasy rhythm of life
is more life like than an easy death”
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tags: life

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“Let me not so much be lost in involvements
as would make me incapable of
recognizing the fragrance of the flower
beaming in my own yard.”
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“Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.”
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“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”
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“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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