Poem - The Thieves of Freedom

Poem - The Thieves of Freedom
Hasan Nashid, Bangladesh
PhD Scholar, Selinus University, Italy


I am also a thief in the land of thieves.
I see thieves every morning.
At the polling station, at the market, at the ghat, on the street
Day-afternoon like anyone!
How many days is the theft of development?
That's a delicious breakfast.
How many saints are like Benazir?
The paws he gave to the banks
The wheel of economic destruction:
Everything is secret because of Milton!
Such as the secret Madhukhali murder
Worship someone in vain.
Tree planting is a great virtue.
They are the ones who cherish this country!
These are the thieves of freedom.
How many women of the 1970s!



About the poet:
Hasan Nashid (Md. Hasan Ali) was born on August 15, 1991, in Sreebordi, in the Sherpur district of Bangladesh. Among his 16 books, such as ‘Bhalobasar Proticchabi’, ‘You Can Rich’, ‘The Giantess’, 'The Green School’, ‘My Father is My Story',’ ‘The Mustard Flower',’ etc.  The books are stories, essays, and poems. Recently, his writing 'Communal' was published in the textbook 'Business & Love' of the English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Language and Literature, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia, and in a research paper from PNGB, Dibrugarh University, India; University of Malta, Malta; and Jadavpur University, India. He also has several collections of essays and new and selected poems. His awards for poetry include the ‘Golden Eagle Award 2023 from Mil Mentes Pro Mexico International, Mexico’ 'Anushilan Award for Poetry, 2016', 'Shishu-Kishor Phulkali, 2008', 'Jhal Award for Poetry, 2016', and language recognition from Chittagong University and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, for his discovery of animal language patterns in 2023. There are also 20 Plus Research Presentation Awards from different countries. He travels extensively, both nationally and internationally, for poetry collections and research. He is serving as Research Director of the Sustainable Disadvantaged Development Foundation (SDDF). He is working to establish a university for the citizens of his area. Besides doing PhD research, he has also been working as editor of 'Masik Bhor' magazine since 2016, SDDF Journal, and subeditor of   The Pen Magazine by. Eva Lianou Petropoulou, Greece, since 2023. He is a multi-award-winning author. The author writes fiction and nonfiction about thrillers, mysteries, fantasy, westerns, and romance. In his spare time, he writes short stories, poetry, children's stories, children's books, diaries, journals, and inspiring books with drawing and sketching.