Poetic Pieces Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

The Parsi View of Life

On the Tower of Silence,
I see them not perched upon,
The vultures big and bulging.

Where that Doongar-vari,
Where that Cheel-ghar,
Where those flesh-cleansing birds?


Old Man’s India

The old man
With the old woman
Smiling toothlessly.

In the lonely house,
The lonely-lonely old men
Living lone lives.


The Snake-charmer

The snake-charmer playing
The wooden ‘been’ instrument
And the cobras swaying to the tunes
Of the exotic East,
Melodious and haunting,
Breaking into melodies
Unheard and unsung of.


The Mahouts

The Indian mahouts
Atop the black-black elephants
Telling it not,
How did they tame the wild elephants?

And we too heard them not saying,
Nor did strive to hear their stories
Of life.