I.K.Sharma As A Poet Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

I.K.Sharma as a poet
writing in English definitely is
from the land of Rajasthan,
but had not been so as he is today.

He developed in course of time
at snail's pace;
took time to evolve
as Indian English poetry took time to come of age.

Similar was the case with I.K.Sharma,
one whose name we take with
K.V.S.Murti, O.P.Bhatnagar and R.R.Menon.

Later on, he joined hands with
R.K.Singh, D.C.Chambial, T.V.Reddy and so on
to stake a claim.

In the beginning, he authored slick volumes of poesy,
but today his poems have been collected
and we reckon him to be compared with.

Wit, irony, humour and satire are the things
of his poetry
which he keeps refining and polishing them.

Dharamsala And Other Poems appeared in 1993
from Skylark Publications, Aligarh,
The Shifting Sand-Dunes from Jaipur Publishing House in 1976.