As both of them appear to be political activists
And pamphleteers
Rather than literary men,
Bringing literature
Closer to political science
Rather than literature.
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As for lapse in diplomacy, policy errors,
Made by the establishments military and civilianAnd had it been dealt with by the leadershipIn China and India,It could have been averted the stand-off, the face-off,The tussle, tension near the Ladakh borderDe-escalating, defusing itBut it happened otherwiseClaiming the lives of common Chinese and Indian soldiersWhich but I can never approve ofBe it the erring communists,…
Who reads poetry today
Poetry written with a good heart or a bad heart,The heart heavy with, under the load of or just about hollow things?Poets’ poetry the poets read it, big and smallAnd the critics sifting not, just glossing over leisurely.The good number of the critics too lesseningAs they looking up to the paparazzi in inspiration.
John Berryman
Columbia, Minneapolis, Minnesota,Memories of father,Growing over the years,Haunted byGood and bad memories,Coming to terms with lifeWith alcoholism and depression,Writing of The Dream Songs,Belonging to the Confessional school of poetry,The beards flowing,Closing of the chapter otherwiseHow to take to,Take to!
In the image of Rimi, the poet sees
Affectionate and loving,Approaching and gliding awayBefore she is interrogated.A girl busy, fast and activeAt the every turn of life,she keeps serving, suffering and strugglingWithout caring to ask for herself,A modern an dbusy girl,A countryside toiling lady too.Wherever depute and post you,She will keep doing,Arranging and managing the affairsUnmidfully,Bearing all thatWhich comes the ways of hersAnd…
Where had I been when I was not in this world of the sun and stars,
You tell me,Can anybody tell?
Dark daughter,
You are dark, dark,You are not dark,But my dark love,Dark daughter.