FULL MOON
Two long hours
under the chinar:
lost full moon
--R.K.SINGH
under the chinar:
lost full moon
--R.K.SINGH
posted by R.K.SINGH | 2:43 AM
R.K.SINGH
Collects all of my published poetry books. Also provides an uptodate view of my poetry, especially haiku and tanka.
About Me
- Name: R.K.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.
- WATER
- DROUGHT
- DEPARTURE
- DELIGHT
- MAKING LOVE
- THEY CALL GOD LOUDLY
- FOOTSTEPS
- OPPRESSION
- REVELRY
- MARIGOLDS
2 Comments:
Hallo R K,
What's a chinar?
All the best,
Gwilym
Hi,Gwilym: Chinar is plane tree, deciduous and native to temperate regions. A genus of platanus, it has been a favourite shade tree. It's leaves are hand palm shaped, almost 10 inches in length with long stalks. The flowers are borne in dense spherical heads.
It is most elegant and exuberant during autumn, when the leaves turn red before falling off.
In Kashmir, it is associated with people's life and culture. In fact it is their main living heritage. It is considered a symbol of goddess Bhawani (Divine Mother). It has also been used by meditators for mediation.
A chinar tree is said to take 100 years to mature. Over 10,000 chinar trees in Kashmir are more than 400 years old.
R K
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