CROOK

Face lotus
tongue sandal
manners sweet

heart scissors
I know him
seasoned crook

--R K Singh

AFTERMATH

Between the mossy and thorned pathways
shadows slant. He trumps the press and praises PM
wisdom splashed in gonzo arguments
cocks the walk.  Others too feel his sting but prefer
silence. They know the caged parrot's free
to shame seven decades of democracy groomed
differently.  They know how weak they are
to stop the burning forest's ash from reddening
now aberrations clot in the mind
await Ram's hanging before the wounded converts
count the cries, lashes and piercings

--R.K.Singh 

https://www.boloji.com/poem/25848/aftermath 

ENERGY BLOCK

Frazzled and restless
bouts of anxiety,
addiction, sleeplessness
spinal degeneration
pain in the neck and back
numbness in the legs
loss of teeth, libido,
anal bleeding, etc.

failure to stay focused
and dying desires to do
what I used to do
are not mere ageing

things get hairy, scary
with body failure
ailments pop up
spirit dries up
mind disconnects

I'm hardly centred
to clean my age's turd
on inner chakras
meditate and forget
the memories' load
and die a new being

--R.K.Singh

https://www.boloji.com/poem/25651/energy-block 

A Father's Complaint

For Priti by Ram Krishna Singh

How can I contain her destructive energy she conceals what she is her toxic attitude they all see as she unshapes destiny of her cornpone plots in elitist mode she lets down her own folks with mendacious fabrications brings doom to her own children who were born innocent brings shame to her husband who seeks to see them rise brings dishonour to us all who hope to see her change despite the vanity wall she raised for years she won't know what to do when her parents are dead or even we are no more she can't even weep or scream on anything she touches she may then squiggle in her fate alone in a lonely room while others may look and not care

INTELLECTUALS

INTELLECTUALS

Stranded in the past
sparkling glasses in hand
intellectuals
preach ancient wisdom
to the new generation
diving nude in dried pool
to corral them along
the fence they sit bumfing
through knowledge googled
for the next day's sessions

--R.K.Singh

COSMOS TANKA and PICTURE: My Translation Tanka

COSMOS TANKA and PICTURE: My Translation Tanka: インドの詩人のラム．クリシュナ．シン博士の短歌が秋田インターナショナル俳句ネットワークで紹介されています。 皆様、ご愛読くださいますように。私の翻訳になっております。 https://akitahaiku.com/2018/09/29/tank...

CRESCENT MOON

crescent night
she keeps the flame alive--
unstilled smile

--R K Singh