inside a world lives
he stretches arms and feels the vast space
a coolness greets as arms turn aside restrictions,
...
LIFE OF NO NORMS
Marx is born to offer
dialectic view of life
as markets fall
...
life does not limit hopes
a few moments in life look casual.
...
he stretches arms and feels the vast space
a coolness greets as arms turn aside restrictions,
the air is a barricade,
it is also a soothing home as the birds fly
...
living haunts
He moves about in the house,
in the kitchen and courtyard
...
Living in Peccadilloes
Here you exist
in small peccadillo
...
THIS TOWN BREATHES
It is a town where men breathe
and do not live; they walk
...
P C K Prem p c katoch of garh-malkher, palampur, himachal, a former academician, civil servant and member himachal public service commission, shimla is an author of more than seventy books. Associated with several social/literary organizations, he has also brought out nine volumes of poetry besides five books on criticism, two books on ancient literature, six novels and two collections of short fiction. Creative writings in Hindi include twenty novels, nine books on short fiction and a collection of poems. Recipient of several literary awards, he is a poet, novelist, short story writer and a critic in English from Himachal, India.)
Inside A World Lives
inside a world lives
he stretches arms and feels the vast space
a coolness greets as arms turn aside restrictions,
the air is a barricade,
it is also a soothing home as the birds fly
and look at the
man as an ant runs to invisible holes
for earth is a shelter.
strange feelings invade
and he lives in the celestial opening
but none permits to go further…he swirls the arms and legs
feels even air stops somewhere
as it does not give the way to expand.
and a woman picks up
and tells he is small and so ought to cry
it is a fight to get livelihood
it is a ploy to get noticed
even in cries, he smiles and he is told
it is wisdom a child spreads
and contains the cosmos one knows not.
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