2 Mamang Dai Poems

Mamang Dai is a contemporary Indian poet and journalist. She’s best known for her novel The Black Hill, published in 2017. She also worked as a program officer for the WWF, or World Wide Fund for Nature. Her nonfiction works include Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden Land and her folklore works include The Sky Queen and Once Upon a Moontime.

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Small Towns and The River

Dai’s ‘Small Towns and The River’ juxtaposes the impermanent nature of human existence with the perpetual flow of the river.

Mamang Dai writes with a quiet sense of reflection, often bringing together feelings about life, death, memory, and nature. Her poem ‘Small Towns and The River’ shows this clearly, as it captures the sadness of loss and the comfort found in nature’s presence. While she has written many pieces, this poem stands out because of how naturally it ties everyday experience with deeper thoughts. It’s one of her most respected and discussed works.

Small towns always remind me of death.

My hometown lies calmly amidst the trees,

it is always the same,

in summer or winter,

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The Voice of the Mountain

‘The Voice of the Mountain’ by Mamang Dai articulates the mountain’s timeless spirit, exploring life’s depth through nature’s lens.

From where I sit on the high platform

I can see the ferry lights crossing

criss-crossing the big river.

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