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Our Teacher

Madinabonu, an Uzbek poet, eulogises a teacher in this poem – exclusively for Different Truths.

The gardens become fallen leaves,
If it has no gardener, 
The wolf appears in the flock, 
If there is no brave shepherd
The caravan would confuse,
If it has no leader,
The feeders would wither,
If it has no farmer
The teacher is our gardener,
Even our leader and farme
Only our parents,
Are equal to him.

Picture design by Anumita Roy

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Madinabonu Muhammadrizaeva
Makhammadrizoyeva Madinabonu, born in Uzbekistan, studied at University in Tashkent. Her poems have been featured in local and national newspapers and magazines of Uzbekistan. Also, these have been included in several international anthologies. Madina's first collection of poems is ‘The Rainbow of Dreams’, while her second collection of poems is ‘Flower Bud’, published in the USA (2018).

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