Nitoo Dasâs New Collection of Poetry 'Crowbite' Is Located in the Matrix of Caste and Class This weekend's 'Verse Affairs' looks at the poet's use of crows not only as metaphors but also as the alphabets or graphemes of a new language. Photo: Denise Johnson/Unsplash About three-fourth through Nitoo Dasâs new collection of poetry, Crowbite (Red River, 2020), we come upon a poem titled, âWaterfall in March, Sohraâ. Sohra is another name for Cherrapunji, a town in Meghalaya, and one of the wettest places on earth. But, in this short poem â 18 lines â the waterfall is not what you would expect; it is barely a trickle: