RAM KRISHNA SINGH: March 2008

About Me

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 63 books. His works have been anthologized in over 230 publications. A winner of several awards and honours, and translated into over 30 languages, Dr Singh's poems have been noted for haiku-inspired brevity, existential introspections, and erotic minimalism, 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 and promoting his poetry. .

Saturday, March 29, 2008

REVELRY

Spring revelry
on the Ganga's bank
my lone home

--R.K.SINGH

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

MARIGOLDS

Expand smile
marigolds yellow petals -
the spring sun

--R.K.SINGH

Sunday, March 23, 2008

HOLI

I didn't keep the fast
there's no Naw Ruz for me

there's no Holi either
I ceased to be a Hindu

long ago Christians too
doubted my faith and love

Moslems are too rigid
to admit a secular

now alone I watch
the tragedy of colours:

I celebrate difference
and freedom of spirit

but they question my birth
and all me a hypocrite

--R.K.SINGH

Monday, March 10, 2008

MAGNOLIA

Each morning
past magnolia
my way to work

--R.K.SINGH

IN THE PARK

In the park
he opens the umbrella
bends over her

--R.K.SINGH

HE WORRIES

Travelling
he worries who'll carry him
after expiry

--R.K.SINGH