I have two mothers,
The one which brought me to the dock.
And the other, far away,
Who beckons to me from the Poets Rock!
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, a renowned poet and writer from Chandigarh, India, shares his mystic poetry
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, based in Chandigarh, is an Indian poet and scholar credited with 170 plus books of English literature, philosophy and spirituality. He won great Serbian Award Charter of Morava and his name adorns the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He was honored with Seneca Award LAUDIS CHARTA by Academy of Arts & Philosophical Sciences, Bari, Italy 2024. He is Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics and conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by University of Engineering & Management, (UEM) Jaipur. Email anandjs55@yahoo.com
Biblio-link: https://sites.google.com/view/bibliography-dr-jernal-singh/home
ODE TO SERBIA
Whether fertile like Punjab
Or infertile like the Arabian sand
There are lands which pull at the heart
As hard as the mother land.
Sometimes there is a mother
Who shows you the light of the day!
And a foster mother whose fingers
Shape the holy clay
The land which suckles you
Always has the honor
Of being remembered, wished for
And returned to when all is over
I have two mothers,
The one which brought me to the dock.
And the other, far away,
Who beckons to me from the Poets Rock!
The mother who did not give me birth
But loved my glowing lava,
And showered on me
Honors like the Charter of Morava.
From this land came comrades
Like the Maja of Serbia,
Friends like Dragan,
And lovers of poetry like Vidak.
How much I live in India?
As a matter of physical identification
But in essence I belong to
The Serbian Writers Association.
Parts of my existence are lying
Scattered here and there
Belgrade, Novi Sad, Mrchayevci
Gather them all if you want to meet me.
I carry in my heart the memory great
Of friends who met me as characters of Fate
Matica Srpska and its great gallery
Sava, Danube and Armageddon’s calm beauty.
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