Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
window
A Window into the Past.
Visiting time over, mother was ill in hospital she had been so tired lately.
Nearby a small stream, an empty box of matches was my raft, rudderless
it rushed down rapids and disappeared under ground, under the town
and I wondered if it reached the docks. I had bought mother a chocolate,
in the same shop that sold oranges and but they were too expensive,
but ate most of the chocolate while listening to her instructions, to peel
spuds, buy milk and yesterday loaf (half the price), open a tin of sardines.
But first I had to go down to the docks see what ships were in and also try
to find my raft. When I came home mother stood smoking in the kitchen,
she had peeled the spuds. They had let her out only so she could pack her
suitcase; she had to go up the mountains, where the air was pure, and be
cured… and I knew why I hadn’t found my raft.
Visiting time over, mother was ill in hospital she had been so tired lately.
Nearby a small stream, an empty box of matches was my raft, rudderless
it rushed down rapids and disappeared under ground, under the town
and I wondered if it reached the docks. I had bought mother a chocolate,
in the same shop that sold oranges and but they were too expensive,
but ate most of the chocolate while listening to her instructions, to peel
spuds, buy milk and yesterday loaf (half the price), open a tin of sardines.
But first I had to go down to the docks see what ships were in and also try
to find my raft. When I came home mother stood smoking in the kitchen,
she had peeled the spuds. They had let her out only so she could pack her
suitcase; she had to go up the mountains, where the air was pure, and be
cured… and I knew why I hadn’t found my raft.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
डेमोक्रेसी today
Democracy today
Is democracy
Right for the Afghans or Iraqis
Unthinkable thought
Countries torn by tribalism
Certainly need a strongman
A one party state
Until institutions are in place
and people value
the principle of statehood
and take pride in their nation.
Is democracy
Right for the Afghans or Iraqis
Unthinkable thought
Countries torn by tribalism
Certainly need a strongman
A one party state
Until institutions are in place
and people value
the principle of statehood
and take pride in their nation.
हैकु न्यू haiku
Haiku
A lost dog
Sees itself in a rain pool
Overcast sky
Haiku
By the pier
Cats wait for the fishing boats
Sunny morning
Haiku
Under a tree
A white sleepy donkey
Summer heat
Haiku
Hare spoors in snow
Suddenly turns ruby
Silent sky
Haiku
Corrugated flurry
Glitter as transient pearls
Memories.
A lost dog
Sees itself in a rain pool
Overcast sky
Haiku
By the pier
Cats wait for the fishing boats
Sunny morning
Haiku
Under a tree
A white sleepy donkey
Summer heat
Haiku
Hare spoors in snow
Suddenly turns ruby
Silent sky
Haiku
Corrugated flurry
Glitter as transient pearls
Memories.
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