Ravinder Kumar Soni Poems

Aboard a ship, I am travelling with Time,
Noiselessly and unannounced.
The route is crowded, on it
Events unfold rapidly to keep me engaged.
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‘Father! Tell me. Am I made of clay? '
‘Yes, my dear, you are.'
‘But water runs off my arms and legs
It does not wash the clay,
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You are skittery; please hold your fire;
I wonder whether it is proper to tell you,
What happened to me last night after you left
Or eagerly wait for you to ask me when we meet today
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I found her standing on the Ellis Bridge
Across the Sabarmati
She had promised she would be there
Once the Poets' weekly meet was over
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Only once
There shone the light,
That lit up the world;
It continues to shine,
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Today is my 79th birthday.
My learning process ended last night,
It ended
After seventy-eight long, very long years.
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He was a learned man, my teacher, Subramaniam Sir.
The other day, I knocked at his door,
Invited in, I found him immersed in a brown-cased bound book,
The 1862 edition of Richard Gorbe's treatise
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O, my craving heart,
You have moved away.
I was waiting for your call today;
Just a little hint directed towards me
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I cannot forget
That one evening whilst standing on the pier
I watched the fishermen sail towards the setting sun
For their tryst with the darkening sea
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Nothing matters more than your words I attentively listen
Full of meaning and soothing to the ear they are, my friend.

If I had not possessed a body, I would have surely missed
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