Domiciled in England
As a Black woman
Writing of
Racial prejudice and discrimination
And laying it bare
The womanly heart
Of hers.
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In a ganjee and a lungi or like that,Half-clothed and half-fed charmerWith the snakes into the bamboo basketsKept one over another,Hanging by the bamboo pole over his shouldersThrough ropes at the two endsContaining inWith the cobras ever ready to hiss and hood forthBlackly, white and brownish,Caught in the bushes and the anthills,Fields and fallows,The tree…
Poetry for Aurobindo
An endless discussionBordering on the fringe ofLogic and reasoning,Is a delineation ofThe character of Savitri,The light experiences,The themes of sadhnaTaking over.
Vidya ki devi saraswati,
Jo hain varnamaala, akshara-parichay,Vaani, shabda evang aksharaVeena, pustak li huyin,Hansa par virajman,Vidya ki devi saraswati?Learning’s goddess Saraswati,How to beseech her with submission,Who is the alphabet, an introduction to letters,Speech, sound and letter herselfWho is with the lute, the bookAnd seated on a swan,Learning’s goddess Saraswati?
Burqawalli, just for,
Am I here,HereWaiting,Waiting for you.A blonde,Belle,Beauty,MaidYou passing,Passing byIn the burqaAnd I,I marking you,YouWith love.
Had George Bernard Shaw been a poet,
His anti-thesis,How would he have his talks,Thoughts and ideas,An anti-romantic, a realist,A socialist and a democrat?
My biography, I know it, none will write it,
I shall myself write it somedayIf the need be,As I have seen and tested many ones of the India fame,Nor do I believe the Indian dignitaries and offcialsAnd even if get I the awards, I shall return itTo the Govt. of India, come that someday.My biography, I shall myself write it inThe name of same…