Submission by Bharati Nayak

[Bharati Nayak]

Dear Fabrizio and All'

Here is my poem against Terrorism ---- 'Fight the Devil'

My best wishes to all '

With regards

Bharati Nayak

Fight the Devil


The black smoke
The terrorists’ bullets
Sounds of explosion
Blood splattered streets
Crashed towers
Mangled bodies
There is a gash
In the heart of earth.
There is a war waging
Against humanity.

Will some mad men
Who do not  understand ‘God’
Some poisoned   minds
Spilling  innocent  blood
Take over this earth ?
Shall we remain Silent Spectators
To our beautiful earth
Turning into ashes
The green lands becoming barren
People deserting their homes
Cities becoming Ghost cities
Families losing their loved ones?
All beauty gone from life
Will darkness be the last fate of our earth?
Oh right thinking people of all countries
Oh  wise men of all religions
Set aside all differences
Come,unite and fight
The Devil of Terrorism.



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Bharati Nayak, India

— I hail from Odisha, an eastern state of India which has a great heritage of art and architecture. I was born on the 26th May 1962 and live in Bhubaneswar, capital city of Odisha. I have a Masters Degree in Political Science from Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, and have a Government job. As a bilingual writer (Odia and English), my published works include a devotional poetry anthology in Odia, ‘Padma Pada’, and a collection of poetry in English, ‘Words Are Such Perfect Traitors’. My poems have been published in many  newspapers, magazines, journals, e-books  and poetry anthologies of national and international repute, such as ’Rock Pebbles’, Odisha Review, Utkal Prasanga, Creation and Criticism, Literary Herald, Glimpses, ‘Splash of Verse’ and the like. Poems of mine are also in the Anthologies published by Frosini & Poets Unite Worldwide (from the first, ‘Poetry Against Terror’ 2015, to ‘Moments of Lightness - Haiku & Tanka’, July 2017). I have a blog, 'Bharatispen', on Wordpress. I also take interest in social issues.

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[Richard Deodati]

A very straight forward rallying cry against the dark forces of evil spelled out in very precise terms by Bharati Nayak. "Fight the Devil" says it like it is in no uncertain terms. After describing the horrible destruction and misery that terrorism has been causing to the many different peoples on earth in the name of a violent religion, Bharati than appeals to the many nations to dispel the evil before it consumes and destroys us. Thank You, Bharati!