Pond
Hut
River
Palace
The Poet
Porter wife
The Porter
The Porter's Son
a porter
mother
the boy
the poet
hill
rain and shower
uphill
snows of winter
lane
cliff
platform
road
courage
breath
money
energy
slumber
thought
grief
pain
Koel
Martha
The Sleeping Porter
The Polythene Bag
mountain
cliff
sleep
nature
hefty
fat
thin
skeleton-like
Puran Singh
Periasamy Thooran
Alexander Pope
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
coloured ligths
radiation
sulphur like smell
fragrance
Walter de la Mare
William Shakespeare
William Cowper
Alexander Pope
wide
flat
broad
narrow
Ancient Poet
Modern Poet
Mediaval Poet
None of these
hatred
wonder
fear
tragedy
Preacher
story teller
teacher
speaker
teacher
shopkeeper
servant
child
down
up
below
lolled
villagers
children
army
people
noisy
tranquil
rowdy
crazy
slow
high
cursed
sweet
head
chin
eyes
lips
Grey
Blue
Black
red
Martha tells her stories over and over again.
Martha would tell her stories in greenish brown valley.
She would sit with clasped hands round her neck.
Her stories have a tranquil effect.
once upon a time
over and over again
long-long ago
once ...... once upon a time
slim hands
long hands
short legs
long legs
Makes merry
Tells her stories
Wanders
Sleep
The Sleeping Porter
The Empty Heart
Martha
Koel
glen
mountain
seaside
forest
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