Poetry is first and foremost a language
Of emotion and feeling,
Sentimental statements
Sensitive and sensuous,
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Indian English drama,
Cinderella syndrome,
Shakuntala parting in foreign,
In Germany and England
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The satirist's art
In the art of satire,
Satire satire not only
Jibe, ridicule, sarcasm,
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A portrait of a Punjabi girl,
Fairly tall,
Bold and daring
And adventurous,
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D.H.Lawrence was not a yogi, but a bhogi,
The sadhu in the ashrama
With the ladki and the ganja
And the chillum,
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Who, who are you,
Who, who are you speaking?
Who, who,
Whose is the voice that heard I?
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It is indeed a had life, a tougher one to dispense with,
Dispose off and to deal out,
To clean the latrine tanks,
Holed in and deep,
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Said he, I am busy, I am busy now
Though was he not busy,
Looked it so
And on hearing him, I too said to,
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Do not be sad,
Try to learn to smile from the flowers;
Do not be sad, my daughter.
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A book of poems, as such A Rain of Rites,
Brought out by the Univ. of Georgia Press, Athens (USA) , in 1976
Carries it forward
The imagistic portals.
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