RAM KRISHNA 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: 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.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

FULL MOON

Two long hours
under the chinar:
lost full moon

--R.K.SINGH

2 Comments:

Blogger Gwil W said...

Hallo R K,
What's a chinar?
All the best,
Gwilym

12:04 PM  
Blogger  Ram Krishna Singh said...

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

4:05 AM  

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