Poem Category: Miscellaneous

Girls picking tea

their rustling saris

silky as their songs

The chairman‘s pen poised

over the merger contract

ice melts in our drinks

Garden pond

the frog slide silent

from the lily-pad

Full moon

crooning to the cattle

their favourite old tunes.

River‘s edge

his dog retrieves

the school boy‘s ruler.

Neighbour‘s dog

barking at shadows

until they come home.

Wind in my hair

sunset clings

to the sea-eagle‘s back.

Shower screen

testing the new glass

with my baritones.

Mountain bath

little flakes of us in the stream

going to the sea.

Icicles drip

but the verandah

is bathed in a cold moon.