God, God, Make Me The Pope, Alexander Pope Of India… Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

God, God, make me,
Make me,
The Pope,
Pope,
Alexander Pope of
Indian,
Indian English poetry,
Poetry not,
Indian poetry in English

The evolving genre,
Genre of literature,
I mean the Indian,
Indian writers of verse,
Evolving poets,
A study in slender books
And minor voices
Coming of age,
Trying to strengthen

Their stature,
Poetic stature,
I mean
The first book writers
Or with the first on the anvil,
Trying to grow,
Coming of age,
A journey from imitation
To maturity,
Parody, borrowings and influences
To be cast off.

God, God, give me,
Give me the strength,
Strength
To criticize,
Criticize them
I mean the evolving poets,
Poets
Of the virgin field of literature
Calling themselves
Milton, Keats, Byron,
Coleridge, Herrick,
Herrick and Eliot!