Canticle For My Son Poem by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

Canticle For My Son



The dog barks and the cat mews,
The moon comes out in the sky,
The birds are mostly settled.
I envy your twelve hours
Of uninterrupted dreaming.

I take your small palms in mine
And don't know what
To do with them. Beware, my son,
Of those old clear-headed women

Who never miss a funeral.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Bijay Kant Dubey 21 August 2020

What lesson does he want to give in the Kiplingesque style to his son, we do not know it clearly. Why does he ask his son on the guard of the old clear-headed women?

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Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

Lahore / British India (Pakistan)
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