{"id":74067,"date":"2015-05-18T22:32:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/?p=74067"},"modified":"2015-05-19T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T08:40:21","slug":"theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poem, &#8216;Theatre&#8217;, by Alok Dhanwa. Photographs and translation by Saudamini Deo.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00e0\u00a4\u00aa\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a5\u008d\u00e0\u00a4\u2022 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u00ac\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u0161 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00be<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u02c6 \u00e0\u00a4\u2026\u00e0\u00a4\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u00a4 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u02c6<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00b5\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9 \u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u00e0\u00a4\u00b8\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a5\u008d\u00e0\u00a5\u017e<\/span><\/span> \u00e0\u00a4\u0178\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u00ad\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u02c6 \u00e0\u00a4\u00aa\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a5\u008d\u00e0\u00a4\u2022 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u201a<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u0153\u00e0\u00a4\u00ac \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf \u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u0152\u00e0\u00a4\u0153\u00e0\u00a5\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u00a6\u00e0\u00a4\u2014\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u02c6 \u00e0\u00a4\u2030\u00e0\u00a4\u00b8\u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u00b6\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ac\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a4\u00e0\u00a4\u2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no end to<br \/>\na park bench<br \/>\nit only touches the park<br \/>\nwhile its presence continues outside the city<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-1.jpg\" alt=\"Theatre 1\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00e0\u00a4\u00aa\u00e0\u00a5\u0081\u00e0\u00a4\u00b2 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u00b6\u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00af\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00be<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u2026\u00e0\u00a4\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u00a4 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u02c6\u00e0\u00a4\u201a<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00a4\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u2030\u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a4\u00b8\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ad\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u02c6\u00e0\u00a4\u201a<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u0081\u00e0\u00a4\u009d\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a4\u00e0\u00a5\u2039 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u0192\u00e0\u00a4\u00a4\u00e0\u00a5\u008d\u00e0\u00a4\u00af\u00e0\u00a5\u0081 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00b8\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ad\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00b5\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00af\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00a6 \u00e0\u00a4\u2020\u00e0\u00a4\u00af\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u2014\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The lights of bridges<br \/>\nhave no end anywhere<br \/>\nmy night is filled with them<br \/>\neven in front of death<br \/>\nI will remember<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-2.jpg\" alt=\"Theatre 2\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00e0\u00a4\u00b2\u00e0\u00a4\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u00ac\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u0161\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u0161 \u00e0\u00a4\u00b5\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b2\u00e0\u00a4\u00be \u00e0\u00a4\u203a\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u0178\u00e0\u00a4\u00be \u00e0\u00a4\u00aa\u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u008d\u00e0\u00a4\u00b7\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00a0\u00e0\u00a4\u00ab\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u00a1\u00e0\u00a4\u00bc\u00e0\u00a4\u00b5\u00e0\u00a4\u00be<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u0081\u00e0\u00a4\u00b6\u00e0\u00a5\u008d\u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00b2 \u00e0\u00a4\u00b8\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a6\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u2013\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u02c6 \u00e0\u00a4\u00aa\u00e0\u00a4\u00a1\u00e0\u00a4\u00bc\u00e0\u00a4\u00be \u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u0081\u00e0\u00a4\u009d\u00e0\u00a5\u2021<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00a6\u00e0\u00a5\u2039-\u00e0\u00a4\u00a4\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac\u00e0\u00a4\u00a8 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ac\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00aa\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u203a\u00e0\u00a4\u00b2\u00e0\u00a5\u2021 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a6\u00e0\u00a4\u00b8-\u201d\u008d\u00e0\u00a4\u00ac\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9 \u00e0\u00a4\u00b5\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a5\u008d\u00e0\u00a4\u00b7\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u201a<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The small bird, woodpecker, with a long beak<br \/>\nwas seen by me<br \/>\nbarely two or three times<br \/>\nin the last ten or twelve years<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-3.jpg\" alt=\"Theatre 3\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-3.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00e0\u00a4\u00b5\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ab\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a6\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u2013\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u02c6 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a6\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u2014\u00e0\u00a4\u00be<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u00b8 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ac\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a5\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00af\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u0178\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u201a<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It will be seen again<br \/>\nIn a theatre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-4.jpg\" alt=\"Theatre 4\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-4.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00e0\u00a4\u00a5\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00af\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u0178\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00be \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a5\u2039\u00e0\u00a4\u02c6 \u00e0\u00a4\u2026\u00e0\u00a4\u201a\u00e0\u00a4\u00a4 \u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u02c6<br \/>\n\u00e0\u00a4\u00a5\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00af\u00e0\u00a5\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u0178\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00bf\u00e0\u00a4\u00b8\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac \u00e0\u00a4\u008f\u00e0\u00a4\u2022 \u00e0\u00a4\u2021\u00e0\u00a4\u00ae\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00b0\u00e0\u00a4\u00a4 \u00e0\u00a4\u2022\u00e0\u00a4\u00be \u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a4\u00be\u00e0\u00a4\u00ae \u00e0\u00a4\u00a8\u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u20ac\u00e0\u00a4\u201a \u00e0\u00a4\u00b9\u00e0\u00a5\u02c6\u00e0\u00a5\u00a4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no end to<br \/>\na theatre<br \/>\ntheatre is not the name of a building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/3am\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-5.jpg\" alt=\"Theatre 5\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-5.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.3ammagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/theatre-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/strong><br \/>\nBorn in 1948, <strong>Alok Dhanwa<\/strong> writes poetry in Hindi. Influenced by the Naxal \u00a0movement, his poetry often explores themes of oppression and resistance. His \u00a0work has been translated into English, Russian, and Bangla. He is currently the \u00a0head of Sangeet Natak Akademi, Bihar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Saudamini Deo<\/strong> is a writer and photographer. She lives in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lights of bridges<br \/>\nhave no end anywhere<br \/>\nmy night is filled with them<br \/>\neven in front of death<br \/>\nI will remember<\/p>\n<p>Poem, &#8216;Theatre&#8217;, by <b>Alok Dhanwa<\/b>. 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