Kumar Vikram
Kumar Vikram Poems
Blessed are those
who can carry on eloquently
about how a dog crosses a street
and how the cutlery looks graciously
...
There is a man inside the tent
erected some distance away
from where we live.
He lives there
...
Images of joy
sneak out rather apologetically
from the drawings
of dancing squirrels
...
Viewed from the windows
of a fast-moving train,
the cables of electricity and telephone
...
A cat jumped
through the half-opened kitchen window,
knocking down in the process,
the steel-plate covering the milk in the pot.
...
When you blow off a candle
with your casually or strongly exhaled breath
many a time
you will notice
...
To Father
--
Sometimes you should pick up poetry
And read them aloud
...
Moulded out of an element
through a chilling process
it dissolves
gets melted down
...
On this perpetual stage of chaos
actors come and dance
deliver a line or two
sometimes rehearsed
...
Kumar Vikram Biography
Kumar Vikram writes poems in English and Hindi. He was recently invited by Sahitya Akademi (the prestigious Indian National Academy of Letters) to read his poems at its headquarters in New Delhi. His poems are known for inverted statements, lateral thinking, continued questioning of his own self and the way the society impinges on it, dramatic situations and sympathy for the marginalised. He consciously tries to be post-colonial in spirit by transcending the post-colonial muse. Brought up at Muzaffarpur, Bihar, where his father was professor in English at Langat Singh College from where Prof Sinha retired as its Principal, Kumar Vikram is presently working in the Editorial Department (English) of National Book Trust, India- a multi-lingual major publishing house. His publications include 'Short Essays' (collection of Essays) , 'T S Eliot: An Intensive Study of Selected Poems' (Co-author with Prof Arun Kumar Sinha) .)
The Best Poem Of Kumar Vikram
The Ragpickers
Blessed are those
who can carry on eloquently
about how a dog crosses a street
and how the cutlery looks graciously
as it is placed on the table
or displayed in the showcase.
Certainly the privilege
of drawing little joys
and unlimited laughter
is denied to those
who can only talk about
some unique dilemna
some unsettling
undefined moods
and moments,
some unseen,
hidden facets
of the goings on.
Pity on those
who are left
thinking,
brooding,
analyzing
about people talking
spontaneously
indulgently
naturally
about the antics of the dog
or the fine curves
offered by some new outfit.
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The habitual ragpickers
left wrapping up
the materials of decorations
of bamboo sticks
and chairs
thrown about chaotically
amidst the stale smell
of rotten food
and used paper-plates
after the actors have left
after the audiences have clapped,
if only they
could go home
leaving behind
the unpleasant job
of delivering the materials back
after tallying
the missing items
and those at hand.
Blessed are those
who can carry on eloquently
about how a dog crosses a street
and how the cutlery looks graciously
as it is placed on the table
or displayed in the showcase
to move on
for another show
throwing words behind their back
to be collected
by the rag pickers.
First Published by 'Indian Literature', March-April 2005, New Delhi
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