April Morning In Mumbai Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

April Morning In Mumbai



The birds are gone;
I can see only a lonely egret
Not on Mithi river, but beside
In a stagnant pool off western bank.

Up above, the half-moon
Of Shelley’s 'intense lamp narrows
In the white dawn clear’.

On the north, a Boeing 732 rising
At a whale-like angle in the air
With the large fin on the back.

All about me, green mangroves
As I take my morning walk
On Bandra_Kurla link road bridge
Slumdwellers squatting regularly
On sides of the dirt road down.

Interrupted by the birdsong
EHA-like, seeking to keep company,
But I’m not inclined, nor able,
To distinguish and allocate.
Forgotten almost.

Heat is in the air,
I return home fast.


Easter Sunday
8th April 2007

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mamta Agarwal 01 September 2008

nice observation of morning in Mumbai, while taking a walk. juxtaposition ov nature and urban images. lovely.

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