I regret, what it was important to be
Was to be a man,
When I came to understand it
After reading and earning,
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The Govt.of India cannot recognize me
Nor do I look up to,
I was born as an unknown citizen
And shall die as
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Poet Saheb, how are you,
I said to him
And he smiled
After having heard me,
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What is I,
What the relationship between
I and You,
I, I,
...
Who can ever say
When will it my ticket booked
And I shall board the train
In a huff to go,
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Writers Workshop, Calcutta by P.Lal
Is a factory
Of poets and poetesses,
Commoners, non-poets, poetasters and rhymers
...
In search of life and its meaning,
Where have I come to,
Is poetry the criticism of life,
Poetry for poetry's sake
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The hollow man,
Modern man hollow man
Hollow and shallow from within,
A puppet puffed in
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Unknown Citizen, your statue make I
In my poetry,
Makes it and unmakes it
Quite similar and dissimilar,
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These are but disturbing questions,
You disturb me not,
My self
By asking these irrelevant questions,
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