On An Invitation By the Cultural Academy
...On An Invitation By The Cultural Academy
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Outside , the red leaves falling off old chinars,
The famous hall must have resonated with the duet
"Dil chooran hai ...
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Categories:
chinars, sad,
Form: Free verse
Oh Today I Bring For You
...Oh! Today I bring for you:
The Apricots of blue-hilly Ladakh
Almond beans of verdant valley Kashmir
Cashew-nuts and coconut of coastal green Kerala
The raisins of old-arty Iran
Wet dates of sizz...
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Categories:
chinars, romantic,
Form: Free verse
In the Lonely Go Wherever Out Free
...In The Lonely Go Wherever Out— Free
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Listen to the singing of sparrows—free
Sit by the bank of a spurting stream
Feel there, the quiet blows of b...
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Categories:
chinars, nature, romantic,
Form: Free verse
Written In Achabal Garden
...Great were the Mughal Emperors, their queens,
And also their brothers-in-law.
Though they had held our
Old last king
Who was oh! Utter Godly
And had fallen in love with
A divorced poetess
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Categories:
chinars, betrayal, culture, garden, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Where Along a Calm Creek
...Where in vast meadows, herders site and rear hairy goats
In valley’s highs, hitherto the machines couldn't make.
Where water falls high, buffaloes graze and free horses run.
Where apart of the urban ...
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Categories:
chinars, nature,
Form: Free verse