PULSATILLA

Flower beds
purple pulsatilla
winter's end
--R.K.SINGH

THREAT

We chase myths in self-made Amazon
fish turtles that change colour in new waters

we create landscape of nightmares and wade through
anacondas that threaten our confidence

lost in the jungles of our own making
we beat about the thorny grasses now

look for the twin flames for convenience
cloud judgment and reality for control

challenge the Republic and divide
the defence that could never be


--R.K.SINGH

REPUBLIC DAY

Wrapped in fog
one more Republic Day--
Gandhi's statue


--R.K.SINGH

UGANDA

TWO HAIKU


1.

Piercing her daughter's ears
to save from sacrifice
for prosperity



2.

Feeding spirits with
limbs of uncircumsised boys
a Ugandan witch



--R.K.SINGH

EMPTY SHELLS

Walking along the beach
they collect empty shells
that fascinate senses
in the salty air

feel the life now no more
but argue about the sex
of a conch ignoring
the fishermen's song

--R.K.SINGH

IN the OPEN
A Reflective poem
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NEW YEAR

It matters little whether
it's December 31st
or January 1st--
loneliness haunts every day
and I can't count on any

in the babel of tongues
I can't raise a wall and hope
to build a home and mourn
the fading blue that tinges
the little breathing space


--R.K.SINGH