Collects all of my published poetry books. Also provides an uptodate view of my poetry, especially haiku and tanka.
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. .
posted by Ram Krishna Singh | 9:21 AM
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I obviously don't have the cultural background to appreciate this completely, but it does speak to me.
The last line is from the Holy Bible: "Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists."
(Acts 12:7) Many of my poems have such Biblical echoes or references along with the other religious or cultural contexts. You can easily sense the irony and the hidden lack of belief!
R K Singh
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