Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
Old man,
Reclining armchair, lovely study,
Sunlight, white and green
Behind, a ladder, reaching the
Very beginning
A history of art, lucid storytelling,
Grandmother,
Her hair a banyan tree.
How Picasso would feel, how blue
To hear once upon a time!
A monkey hopped on my shoulder.
A baby Dali retrieving history
He came from the large outside
Imagined only in paintings
A room like no other. Here she eats now, someone said
Drawing a chalk on the floor
Where he used to be
That’s because he is here now, I whisper,
Drawing another.
The blue and white sparkling golden
The sun never set
Never knew what it meant to leave.
Note: KD Singh, legendary bookman and gentleman, at The Bookshop in Delhi, remembered fondly.