I found them singing

Who to tell me?History of Earth,History of Time,History of Man?

By the Dalits or other thanRepresenting,Of the Dalits, for the Dalits, by the DalitsWriting their own history,Their experiences,Thoughts and ideas,Memoirs and recollectionsIn novels, stories, essays, notes,diaries, anecdotes, sketches, poemsLiterature, the literature of Dalits,The DalitsTelling about the compulsions of this life,Narrating untouchabilityIn a diverse multi-ethnic, racial and linguistic societyOf variations,The rigidity of the caste system,Economic ad…

Then a poet in English too,An editor of Byword,A diplomat, a soldier, a traveller,He is a retired colonel as well as an embassy-man,Who had been to various parts of the worldAs per his assignment.As a poet, one of Zero Hour,1986 and Crossroads,1991,Published from Writers Workshop, Calcutta,He tells of his sense of beauty,Tours and visits,Representation of…

TennysonSometimes mimicking, sometimes parodying,But Swiftian in essence,A poet conventionalBut so differentJust like an islanderTelling of the islandsNot the colonies settled.A poet Donnian, PopianHe is more of the 18th centuryRather than the twentieth,Sarcastic and cuttingAcross the lines,Hope intermixesTo reproduceWith his remarks and judgementsIn an Australian presentation.

Colour and romance,But realism, realistic details too,For it ask you the sweepers and cleaners,The dressers and compoundersAnd nurses,Poetry not only celestial and heavenly,But real too, down to earthly realities,It looks beautiful to float on the waters,But when the paper boats sink they,The shipwreck brothers tell the tales.

As poetry turns into his handsPure poetry,Poetry for poetry’s sake,Poetry for artistic delightHolding dialogues with Buddha,Rehearsing into the theatre of silence,Putting words on fire.