In less than a year comes an occasion
When more in hope than despair, more
Nonchalant than we do appear today,
New Year heralds spontaneous carnival.
Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma, author of ten books, shares his poetry
Hailing from Himachal Pradesh, India, Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma, born in 1952, has published ten books of English poetry which include ‘Man with A Horn’, ‘Eyes of Silence’ and ‘There’s No Death’. His book, A Three- Step Journey, is English translation of Zahid’s Urdu poems. ‘Icicles of Time’ is the latest in 2024. Sharma was conferred with ‘Master of Creative Impulse’ at World Poetry Conference in 2019. A former Principal, Government College, Dharamshala, he has been anthologized in several books of poetry, stories and such books of academic interest as 21st Century Critical Thought: A Dialogue with Post-Modern Voices Vol I, (2020), A Handbook of Contemporary Ethics, (2024), Ed by Molly Joseph and JS Anand.
January 2025
Like every other day it’s another day
But there is an excitement all around
Happy greetings sparkle in every eye
As a fresh run begins around the sun!
The warring fringes of earth the planet
Still and dumb like trapped in the snow!
Violence and wounds on mind and body
In vast stretches of this wide world
Devour and devalue like sudden clouds
Ambush the glory of a December sun!
Gains and threats of AI looming large
A tenuous balance is the exalted aim
Who knows a step forward could even
Terminate in a loss of covered ground.
In less than a year comes an occasion
When more in hope than despair, more
Nonchalant than we do appear today,
New Year heralds spontaneous carnival.
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