[font=Arial Black]SURVIVAL
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We are poets
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In the present times
We are a little concern to all
The reasons well known

In the name of religion
We waged wars amongst ourselves
Basing on the marks on the fore head
We divided ourselves into many groups

In an anxiety to come nearer to society
We changed our ideologies to embrace ‘isms’
And sitting ourselves in glass rooms
pelted stones on all other formats before us


We reeled under romanticism
under western influence for some time
and uttered day and night the word ‘progress’
and coined many verses under its roof for people’s consumption

Now we are dividing ourselves on the basis of
caste and creed as no colour distinction is possible in our country
Feeling our selves as great prophets
we involved our selves in preaching to others in all walks


Even then we didn’t make any effort to satisfy our souls
We still feel that we are destined to fly high in all planes
Let our selves now realise the real truth in basic terms
and allow our poetry to be projected on right lines
then only will the poetry survive and poets do live long
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This is fascinating, Supani, and affords insight not only into India but to people and poets everywhere. Thank you for sharing your perspective.

Respect and solidarity,

+Stevie