Literature

Poetry: The Word is Vulnerable

A Poem from Himachal Pradesh, India

Those who’s Liberals sound like bastards

Personnel in the press act like prostitutes

Word or phrase could have their own logic

The meaning is arbitrary and referential…  

Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma

Lalit Sharma- Sindh CourierDr. Lalit Mohan Sharma, born in 1952, has served in Himachal Pradesh Education Department in various teaching and administrative capacities till he retired as Principal of Government College, DharamshalaDr. Sharma is a bilingual poet, translator and author. His publications include 15 books of English poetry, two anthologies of Hindi poems, Another Gandhi, a monograph on a freedom fighter and A Three- Step Journey, an English translation of Zahid’s Urdu poems.

“Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma is a seasoned voice in contemporary poetry whose reflective verses beautifully weave personal introspection with universal human experiences. His work continues to enrich modern poetic discourse with depth, clarity, and quiet emotional power, “writes Malini Joshi, editor, The Literature Times.

The word is Vulnerable

Deprived almost of everything

Not allowed to gain any thing

By the conditions beyond control

Retired to camping long in forests

Raid civil citizens, big bureaucrats

Hack stranger rivals

Kidnapping for days

All over the media

Naxalite subterfuge

Naxals subvert living

 

They who question conditions

And want things to happen

Visualize changes

To practice dissent

Raise loud the voice

Those are not intellectuals

But they all are brainy Naxals

 

New times cannot be inventing

A new script and a new alphabet

Words are liable and vulnerable

Pave way for a new vocabulary

 

Those who’s Liberals sound like bastards

Personnel in the press act like prostitutes

Word or phrase could have their own logic

The meaning is arbitrary and referential

Repetition guarantees the correct context

Vitiating language isn’t anyone’s concern

Thought police is Orwellian doublespeak

Look out for any time appears Big Brother.

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Read: My Native Land

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