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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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, January 16, 2012

ISM

ISM: A Haiku Sequence


morning walkers
make water in the open--
ISM


open to all
to make water anywhere--
ISM


men and animals
easing themselves everywhere--
ISM


making water
he turns his face to me--
ISM



--R.K.SINGH

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New Year

with dim lamp
no new heaven or earth
hiemal quietude


--R.K.Singh

Friday, December 02, 2011

NOT MUCH FUN

Not much fun--
colder night, asthmatic cough
and lonely Christmas:
no quiet place within
no fresh start for the New Year

--R.K.Singh

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Winter

room heater--
wintry currents reach
her pink face

--R.K.Singh

Friday, November 11, 2011

Wheel Chair

from behind the grill
bowing to the setting sun
a man in wheel chair

--R.K.Singh

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Frightened

of my muddy feet

god in temple



--R.K.Singh

Friday, September 23, 2011

Backyard

The hotel's backyard
littered with empty bottles
paper plates, condoms
and damp smell like the wash room's
puts me off, deletes all colors

--R.K.Singh