Simanchal Patnaik As A Poet Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Simanchal Patnaik who was from Berhampur, Orissa
Was a poet of his stature,
A self-published poet,
Appearing in journals and briefed about
In dailies too
Was a Subordinate Judge
Attempting to write in laboriously,
Trying to put efforts into the realms of poesy.

A poet like a rhymer in verse, a poetaster
Labouring to express in,
Putting in some mental effort
Or trying to improvise laboriously
Was he the man and the poet,
But no less than in
In the total sequence.

A poet of the eighties and a writer of the volumes
Like Delightful World of Poems (1982) , Sonnets and Other Poems (1989) ,
Berdroom Poems (1990) , Poetry In Tranquility (1991) ,
Poetry of Himalayan Wisdom (1995) , Queen of English Poetry(1999) ,
He is a poet of his stroke,
Rhyming and writing,
Laced with wit and reasoning.

A poet of knowledge and wisdom,
Massive brain-work,
He is encyclopedic in his range and delineation,
Trying to catch almost the whole century
As for our information,
Even taking the help of newspapers,
General knowledge book events and happenings.

He labours for his expression,
Applies in wit and brain-work,
As his poetry is a poetry of the head
Rather than the heart,
A poet intellectual and factual,
Writing labouringly.