Rahat Indori,

As I do not have any award in my bag,No prizes and honoursAnd I do keep a very low profile,Doing something as a ragged man of literature,What can I myself,Except promoting and popularizing itAs I have been writing poems since 1986 and that too seriously,Doing the researches, writing poems and papers,Reviewing the new arrivals,Even the…

Greeting on the pathways,Dancing in the breezeSo mildlyBut to my amazement, what am I viewing,You speaking in capersAfter the late night parties,Returning home drunk,Unable to standAnd I making you stand on feet?Your mouth smelling,The puffs of liquor, I mean alcoholEntering intoAnd I too feeling etherizedUpon a table.My God, where are You,Where to go with this…

Or tin-shaded, tiled bungalowsTelling of an era gone byDating back toWhen the fly ash was not,When they used to apply inRed baked small bricksAnd lime clay,Tall-tall, big-big buildingsWith the boulder wallsOr boulder foundationsJust like the palaces,Their planning and designI just keep imagining, imagining.

Bahut mazak karte thei,Esliye mazak karta hun,Unka vyangya, taana-baana,Unki vakroktiOvertones, undertones ke saath.His black humourCould not forget it,Used to crack jokes so much,So crack I upon him,His taunt, tightening,His oblique approachWith overtones and undertones.

The pathway,The pathway of life,But went it the wayAs I dreamt, thoughtAnd it took an abrupt turnAnd now after their untimely departureFeel I so lonely on the terrace of time,The steps and stairs of lifeWithout hearing their footfall, voices so silent,All dead and gone away.

Global warming, abnormal rise and fall in temperatures;Acid rain and its after-effects;Radiation and its toll upon,How to take to poetry,Contemporary poetry?Many a thing keeps us alarmingAnd has gone extinctAnd are falling in numbers,Many exotic flora and fauna,Many a species of animals and birds,So how to help with genetic cloningAnd social forestryIs the question to be…