RAM KRISHNA SINGH: October 2009

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 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.

Monday, October 26, 2009

NIGHT

Dark street--
realizing how scary
the night is

--R.K.SINGH

WHITE HAIR

Displacing
black hair on my head
the white ones

--R.K.SINGH

SNEEZING

Sun rise
through dust-covered leaves:
sneezing

--R.K.SINGH

CHHAT HAIKU

Offering the sun
obeisance in water--
chhat worshippers

Semi nudes
bathe the setting sun
in river

Waxing crescent
searches the setting sun
worshipped in water

Like them the moon
impatient to bow to
the rising sun

--R.K.SINGH

Labels: Chhat, sun, water, waxing moon

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

TOO SMALL

Humility
with pride and arrogance
stalls expression:
self-illusions aren't
aesthetic adjustments
nor is poet
larger than himself
when he says
he's too small

--R.K.SINGH

Labels: Humility, illusions, small

Sunday, October 04, 2009

NOON

Noon sun--
yellow blouse
on her wet back

--R.K.SINGH

Full moon
yellowing leaves
autumn chill

--R.K.SINGH

Thursday, October 01, 2009

VANILLA

Vanilla ice cream
melting over the hot pie:
smiley faces

--R.K.SINGH

TEA

Rain drops
falling on lotus leaves:
tea in shade

--R.K.SINGH

Searching worms
in half-wet soil
two birds

--R.K.SINGH

Sensing winter
in the falling leaves:
breezy sunshine

--R.K.SINGH