Five Bengali love poems, one per evening:
1. Banalata Sen, Jibanananda Das (December 1935, Kavita magazine): a weary traveler, a thousand years of wandering, peace found in Natore. The most recited love poem in the language. 2. Hothath Dekha, Rabindranath Tagore: a sudden meeting on a railway platform, love left unspoken. Read it twice; the second reading is the real one. 3. Banshi, Rabindranath Tagore: the flute player loved from a distance. Longing set to music, made for reading aloud. 4. Keu Kotha Rakheni, Sunil Gangopadhyay: thirty three years, and Baruna who never kept her word. Love as beautiful regret. 5. Mor Priya Hobe Eso Rani, Kazi Nazrul Islam: the rebel poet as tender lover. Fire and tenderness in one heart. Sources: Banglapedia Read one a day, out loud if you can. Love poems punish skimming and reward the second reading, and the third.