Tanka
Hearing him talk
dung
she doubts his integrity
and curses him for
emitting lava from mouth:
I regret stomach upset
Swallowing
capsules
he trusts in absent healing
seeks intercessions
to cure allergic asthma
and the cyst not contracting
Her letter
smells
the lotus she wore each time
meeting in the dark:
I touch her fingers again
with all the hopes and passion
At the
river
she folds her arms and legs
resting her head
upon the knees and sits
as an island
About R.
K. Singh, IN
R. K. Singh, IN:
Born, brought up 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. His blog is at this
link:
http://rksingh.blogspot.com
This is R.
K. Singh's first appearance in Sketchbook.
