The dawn is still asleep in the east.
Don't dupe us we are marching
toward the promised new age.
We can't cross the summit in one go.
The hollow bamboos and dry blades conspire
to drug us in our own name.
The summer loo batters the parched land.
The yellowed fields in May and June
will not green. It's never vernal here.
The palm-leaf fan can't quench the flame.
The vultures of the preliberation ddecades
are picking potatoes from a rotten heap.
The city is a cowered dog dazzling in neon.
They fight against evils and rots
with the anarchy of flags and slogans.
The flood in the Brahmaputra will turn men into fish.
They are not aware though I dream of the vast
land of lotus shining with young morning sun.
R.K.SINGH
Composed on 31 May 1980
About Me
- Ram Krishna Singh
- Ram Krishna Singh is an Indian poet and academic, whose main fields of interest consist of Indian English writing, especially poetry, and English for Specific Purposes, especially for science and technology. Born on 31 December 1950 in Varanasi, India, he has authored more than 160 research articles,170 book reviews and 45 books. His works have been anthologized in over 150 publications. Dr Singh's poems have been widely translated and explored in several M.Phil. and Ph.D. theses. Till recently,Professor of English at IIT-ISM, Dhanbad,he is now happily retired and pursuing his literary interests.
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