RAM KRISHNA SINGH

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

My Photo
Name:
Location: Govindpur, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

Ram Krishna Singh is an Indian poet and academic, whose main fields of interest consist of Indian English writing, especially poetry, and English for Specific Purposes, especially for science and technology. Born on 31 December 1950 in Varanasi, India, he has authored more than 160 research articles,170 book reviews and 45 books. His works have been anthologized in over 150 publications. Dr Singh's poems have been widely translated and explored in several M.Phil. and Ph.D. theses. Till recently,Professor of English at IIT-ISM, Dhanbad,he is now happily retired and pursuing his literary interests.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

SNAKES: A HAIKU SEQUENCE

SNAKES

Sunny morning:
a snake slides through the fence
looking for a prey


Full of silt
the Ganga overflows:
snakes under the waves


Raises its hood
a cobra in water:
algae criss-cross


Searching reason
in the labyrinthine pattern:
snakes in courtyard


Avoids searching
mushroom in the crowded green--
snake on the fence


Searches thorn apples
to propitiate lingam:
snake in sanctum


A snake's tail
coils round a sweet
in the box


Smells a snake
in the wet grass--
her smile


Rises with tickles
between the thighs
the dream-serpent


A yellow snake
slithers on the grass--
dewy trail of love


Climbing high through
rough pathway and stony cold
a green snake


A snake's dead skin
near the fence:
she stands unmoving


--R.K.SINGH

Labels: , , , ,

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home