Iskconites,

And singing from there,The song of life, the zest of living.The bird appears to be a painted doll with bluish and grey shreds and shadesBut the billed and beaked birdVery prompt at catching small fish,Waiting and waiting and diving to take on from the tree.The song of the kingfisher hear I, but the song aking…

Spritually devoid of, morally unmindful of,Metaphysically blank.

Which apparently fell to East Pakistan,Now present-day BangladeshAnd so marking the commotionThey moved and migrated to India, CalcuttaIn 1957After is passing of the Intermediate Exam.Just as a refugee.Pronab did his graduation,Qualified for the state level civil serviceAnd joinedTo be elevated to the rank of the special secretaryTo be finally superannuated in 2001,But poetry as his…

And what kaddish is for,For whom,Is it mourning,Is it blessing,What does it mean,Mean kaddish,Kaddish for mother,Dead and gone by,Kaddish for her soulBereaved and departedAnd that too by a sonRecuperating, rehabilitating,Lost in extracting pleasure,Deviated and digressedOn the path of lifeTrying to correct,Correct and reformA patientMental,Rehabilitating,RecuperatingAnd spiritual,A materialist to a saint,A saint to where,Allen Ginsberg?An outburstOf an…

My alphabetThe alphabet of speech,Sound and sign,Now I know it notHow to write it?

Nissim too had not been aware ofThat he would be a poetJust had been writing,Trying to dispense and deliverAs fr as possible.When he started, he had several thingsBefore him to ask and know,Indo-English, Anglo-indian,Indo-Anglican, indo-Anglian,Indian poetry in English or Indian poetry in English?Should the Indians write in English? ,Should one in a second language,In an…