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INTERNATIONAL POETRY CHALLENGE CHAIN Poems of Dr BSM Murty   Some of my poems were translated into Bangla by the famous poet Prof. Masudul Hoq (Professor at Dinajpur College, Bangladesh) when their originals appeared on FB in an International Poetry Challenge Chain started by him. Under the scheme, on each day for five consecutive days, one poet had to post his poem, requesting a FB poet friend to continue the chain in the same way. I was nominated by my friend & acolyte, poet Sujit Mukherjee to be part of the chain & I posted my first poem on   15 July,’20 . My three poems translated by Prof. Hoq, given below, were posted on 18 & 19 July,’20. The original poems for all 5 days are presented here again for a convenient review. I am grateful both to Prof. Masudul Hoq & Sujit Mukherjee for associating me with this novel poetic venture. The Bangla translations of my poems begin with a short introduction about me by Prof. Masudul Hoq.     July 19, 2020 : Dedicated