A Japanese girl,
How beautiful is she!
A doll from Japan
And with her
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O, you tell me about the Jainas and their Jainism,
Lord Mahavira and his Jainism,
Born to King Sidhartha and Queen Trishala
At Kundalagrama (modern Hajipur) ,
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Opening with the first poem named Dawn,
It continues on
With the poems,
As thus,
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Shiv K. Kumar, it’s true that you too a Lahorian,
One from Rawalpindi, Peshawar or Lahore
Just like Keshav Malik, K.N.Daruwalla, Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh,
Krishan Chander, Bhisham Sahni and Rajinder Singh Bedi,
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His English is British English, American English,
But mine is Indian English,
His is King's Standard, Queen's Standard,
Impeccable English,
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Poetry is written words,
Thought and written,
Copied and put down,
Printed and impressed upon.
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The temples of Chandrakona,
The falling temples of Chandrakona talk I, dream I,
The small-small temples,
Old-old, centuries old
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The girl child,
The poor girl child of India
Dwelling in villages
I write about.
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Even if you're not a poet,
Yet to write the first poem of your life,
Call you
That you are a poet.
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