This poem, written at age 15, mourns the loss of childhood. It was one of my late father, Ramesh Chandra Shukla’s favourite poems. The painting is by my mother, the artist Kusum Shukla. Compare this poem to The Hour of
Children, Children!
The Portal (Scorpio Moon)
The full moon has special significance for me. This poem, written in recent years, describes the feeling of finally finding inner freedom and being reborn to one’s own power. The underlying themes are karma, rebirth, and spirituality. Compare this poem
Woman – 1
This is the first of a series of poems I wrote in the 1980s, in my early teens. Compare this poem to Autumn Again (1986), with its similar theme of womanly desire. I would hear your name And warmth would