A Poem Of Hamlet Poem by SRIRANJI ARATISANKAR

Said sleeping hamlet by the side of a river
Said trees, birds, cattle, cow-boy and his pipe
Said patridge-cooing shadow under mango-grove at noon
Said hoot of owl and howl of jackal at mid night
Said temple of Lord Shiva, snakes and bats infested
Said straw-thatched cottages and the myrtle-bower
Said moonlit-bathted forest land ghostly calling
Said Lodhra-kusuma in the month of Saraswati
Said Shyama-kadambini in the festival of clouds
Said he learnt the alphabet blooming flower
Said formation of words prefixing dawn and evening
Said parts of speech of morning sun-shine.
Said formation of sentences with waves of pond
Said a poet composing poems in silent language.