What Is Poetry? The Devotional Saints And Singers Of India Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

What is poetry? Poetry a study of the devotional singers of India,
I mean Surdas, Mirabai, Kabirdas,
Surdas the blind-born saint of Krishnite plays,
Excelling in childhood depictions,
Penetrating into child-Krishna
Seeing his reflection into the pillars
And with the curd-smeared mouth,
Mirabai oblivious of her princely royalty
Devoting and dedicating her days
In the worship of Krishna
And the world laughing at
As for her company of sadhus and yogis,
Kabirdas the illegitimate child of a Brahmin widow
Thrown off for fear of society'sake
But reared by a Muslim weaver
Singing of Rama
And that too after his diksha and guru mantra
From Ramanand
On the bathing ghats of Benares.