 Sukanta's poetry was published in magazines while he was alive, and except for "Chharpatra" his books were all published posthumously.His works are deeply marked and influenced by his communist experience.One of his shorter poems name "Hey Mahajibon" (হে মহাজীবন) from the book "Chharpatra" (ছাড়পত্র) compares the moon with a burnt roti, a prosaicness born of hunger