The village pond--
waiting for her arrival with
a baited hook
A cloud eagle
curves to the haze
in the west
Making holes
in the wooden cross
white ants
In their webs
spiders racing to spin
their meatless prey
R K Singh was born, brought up and educated in Varanasi. He is a university
professor who teaches English language skills. He has authored over
150 articles, 160 book reviews and 30 books, including two haiku
collections, Every Stone Drop Pebble (1999, jointly with Catherine Mair
and Patricia Prime) and Peddling Dream (in a trilogy collection Pacem
In Terris, 2003, jointly with Myriam Pierri and Giovanni Campisi). His
haiku and other poems have been appearing in various journals and
ezines. One of his haiku received the Peace Museum Award from
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan in 1999. He is presently Head of the
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines,
Dhanbad, India.
R K Singh was born, brought up and educated in Varanasi. He is a university
professor who teaches English language skills. He has authored over
150 articles, 160 book reviews and 30 books, including two haiku
collections, Every Stone Drop Pebble (1999, jointly with Catherine Mair
and Patricia Prime) and Peddling Dream (in a trilogy collection Pacem
In Terris, 2003, jointly with Myriam Pierri and Giovanni Campisi). His
haiku and other poems have been appearing in various journals and
ezines. One of his haiku received the Peace Museum Award from
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan in 1999. He is presently Head of the
Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines,
Dhanbad, India.