R.K.SINGH

Collects all of my published poetry books. Also provides an uptodate view of my poetry, especially haiku and tanka.

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Name: Ram Krishna Singh
Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Born, broughtup and educated in Varanasi, I am a university professor, teaching English language skills to students of earth and mineral sciences. I have authored over 150 articles,165 book reviews and 34 books, including Twelve collections of poems, among them, two jointly with U S Bahri, TWO POETS (1994) and COVER TO COVER (2002), and two others, EVERY STONE DROP PEBBLE (1999) jointly with Catherine Mire and Patricia Prime, and PACEM IN TERRIS (2003, a trilogy collection, containing my haiku collection PEDDLING DREAM). MY SILENCE AND OTHER SELECTED POEMS:1974-1994 (1996), ABOVE THE EARTH'S GREEN (1997), and THE RIVER RETURNS (2006) are my other three important poetry books. NEW INDIAN ENGLISH POETRY: AN ALTERNATIVE VOICE: R.K.SINGH (ed: I.K.Sharma) is the latest publication on my poetry. It contains 22 critical articles, six interviews and over a dozen review/comments by about 30 scholars.(Details from bookenclave@yahoo.com). I have received several awards and honours, including honorary Litt.D. from the World Academy of Arts and Culture, Taiwan, 1984, Michael Madhusudan Award, Calcutta, 1994 and Peace Museum Award from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 1999.

Monday, July 13, 2009

HEART WAVES

Emergency
cabin four his home
heart waves on screen

--R.K.SINGH

Monday, July 06, 2009

shower

This morning
a shimmering rainbow
silver shower

--R.K.SINGH

Monday, June 29, 2009

HELPLESSNESS

Not a day without
begging gods to solve problems--
faith in helplessness


--R.K.SINGH

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

SULTRY HEAT

She goes out
into sultry heat--
feeding time


--R.K.SINGH

MANGOES

Yellow mangoes
still hanging after the storm
sunny backyard

--R.K.SINGH

Reluctant to walk
over stone chips on the road:
cracked-soled shoes

--R.K.SINGH

Thursday, June 11, 2009

WOES

Reciting
my nightly woes
no one hears



--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

HIBISCUS

Full bloomed hibiscus
bowing before the sun--
morning prayers


--R.K.SINGH

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

TIPTOE

Transparent
in a one-piece dress
she tiptoes

--R.K.SINGH

GRANDSON

Treading with
spring feet my grandson
now nine months

--R.K.SINGH