A desperate and devastated lover was I,

Walking erect,Strutting and walking on tip-toeWith a book intot he hands of hisFor publicationBut the son a loaferMoving in the company of rowdies and idle-seekers.And the poet repenting in his old age,Why did he take to poetry-wtriting,Why did he not school his son,Was he not selfish,Was he not proud,Standing silent to do a self-assessment?Poetry took…

Haryanvi heroinesWill not do it,We want nowNaga heroines,Mizo heroines,Assamese heroines,Lepcha, Bhutia heroines,From Meghalaya, Tripura,Manipur, Mizoram,Assam, Nagaland,Sikkim,Some Bodo heroineWant we,WeIn Bombay.My talks withThe Naga-Naga girls,Bodo blondes,Heroines Sikkimese, Tibetan,Lepcha, Bhutia,NepaliFrom Darjeeling, Siliguri.

Promoting it beyondAnd overpraise her slender worksHeaping praises,Showering and showering upon,Adding adjectives and superlatives.Call her a feminist, a confessional,Autobiographical,Down to earth and realities,One of man-woman relationship,Full of the scent of blood.But none has come to understand her,She is physical, bodily and sexual,One who is hysteric,Mad and maniac after sex,A Rajnishite with a rudraksha rosary,A bhogavadi.The…

As had I known it as lyrics embedded into,Poetry as musical thought and lyrical effusions,Poetry as the lyrics of life,Lyricism sung to the lyre.Again, said he, said it they and read I that poetry is imagery, photographyAnd the poet a photographer, an imagist,With the camera photographing, taking the snaps of,The media lensman not, the modern…

While talking aboutThe make-up, dress-upThat isThe bindi, sindoor,The maang-tika, the locket hanging on the forehead from the parting line of hair,Kajal, collyrium, nath, nose-ring,Karn phool, ear ornaments, haar, necklace,Mehendi, myrtle embroidery, bajubandh, armband,Bangles, arhsi, a thumb ring studded with a mirror,Kamarbandh, waist tightening accessories, payal, anklets,Bicchua, toe-ring, fragrance and perfumes,Hair accessories to tighten the jasmines…

Poetry in translationOr transcreatedOr through interpretation?Which is what?Is it a song sungBy different singers?The heart is the sameBut the narrative is different.The lore varies fromLand to landIf we give tonal effectsTo speaking HindiStylistically,If Goethe’s ShakuntalaIs a German.