Homewards From Churchgate Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

From Marine Drive along the Arabian sea,
We drive fast up to Babulnath with temples,
Hanging midway between hill and the sea,
Then on to Hughes Road, then move to
Pedder Road, officially Gopalrao Deshmukh’s,
Home to Indian nightingale, Lata Mangeshkar:
Then on to Haji Ali where across the sea
Off Vellard Pier you see the Sufi Saint resting
In the sea, and other side the Race Course being
At a level lower than the Sea named Breach Candy
So named because the waves breached here
And once passed right down to the Western sea
At Buleshwar or Pydhonie which means
Waters washing the feet, in Marathi.

On to Worli, Annie Besant Road, turn at Podar
College of Ayurveda, on, on to Worlikar Chowk
By the side of Century bazaar, leave on the left
Bengal Chemical, on to famous Siddhi Vinayak,
Then to Cadell Road, along some mills, to reach
Shivaji Park, the heartland of Maratha pride,
In Dadar, and then on to Hinduja hospital
With the connecting bridge on top of road,
Enter Mahim, get stuck, emerge on
The Causeway built in the name of
Lady Jamshetji, separating old Salsette Island
Under the Portuguese, and now the Island City,
On to modern clover-leaf to turn left around
To join the Western Express Highway,
Drive left down to enter Kalanagar,
And march along under green foliage
With fruit-bats above, and policemen
On the side, cross Patrakar Nagar, pass
Sahitya Sahawas, to reach FDA gate,
Beyond Artek Nagar which falls between BKC
And Madhusudan Kalelkar Marg,
And enter on the left, in to Jasmine
The nine-storied building, where I live on fifth floor.