Poem from[Going back to Punjab]

by Hiro Kota

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Contents

 

1.[ Old time]

2. [Vegetarian dog]

3. [Debate]

4. [Dormitory]

5.[Post]

6. [Tailor]

7. [Academy in the moutains]

8. [Lighting all over ]

9. [Trees on the stree ]

 

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[Old time]

Photo tells us what the situation

in the old time village

Camels worked all day long

Pulling rope tightly connected to wheel of buckets

Full of water from the under ground

now called irrigation

Thing like this had been replaced to morden pump

 reality of existance in the past  

memorable evidence lost many years

 nothing exists on the basis on past

valuable record of camel pump

a piece of landmark

 





[Vegetarian dog]

Dog laying over the marble floor confortably

Taking a nap after the meal

 strictly based on the human diet

 

 chapati and cow milk

For thirteen years of her life

Vegetarian diet is

thus proven to be working OK

for pet

 

 

[Debate]

Good to see what students are discussing

in a group

Individual performance is not considered

to be valid in this class

 Rather uniformity and cooperation should be

first priority  for the skill developments

One might be aware of that care is needed to others

Discusion in such a way that collaboration  

and integration

sharing ideas with others

all essential parts of such role play

More important than learning subject

 

[Dormitory]

A number of motorcycles neatly parking  

in the front yard of student dormitory

On the Saturday morning

A little break

for students working hard in this week

Same is also trure to their vehicle

 

Peaceful atmosphere under the blue sky

Just imforming them

the spring will be coming soon

so that they may see their mom




 

[Post]

Waiting for someone who will send mail

Rusted for a long time

Never imagine to who and when this post will be available

Postman may come sometime a day

Nothing inside will be his disappointment

These days mail is mostly via internet

Rapid and less costs than post mail

Missing is individual characters

Prints by computer signify

 no discrimination in document

That why the post is standing for

 Hand-written letter of yours

on the corner of lonely road




 

[Tailor]

Let me handle anything  that you wish to wear

A piece of cloth cut and sewn by him

Ready for wearing by anyone

 

 

Long piece of cloth now converted to nice shirts

Facing strangers passing by his shop

He may be well known

 As custom- made- tailor in town

for many years

Your demand is always satisfactory

 

 

[Academy in the moutains]

Driving down the deep mountains in the late everning arrival

 

Next morning  hymn rising from holy place

where people are attracted  Students in the separate uniform

sitting in the room accoding to their age

Voice of children cleansing soul

Giving us new energy which  expelled any contaminants

I asked a few children at the age of 16 or so

for their wish in the future carrier

Most sait to be engineer in future

The time when those youth will grow up

world should be more promising




 

[Lighting all over ]

Amazing lighting over the mountains

Never seen things like this

 

 

Every houses are lighting like

stars in the sky

Symbolizing

electricity furnished all over the country

None of people are missing

their own light

in such isolated area

no place exists without light

Even in the deep mountains





 

[Trees on the strees ]

This is what you can see

along the road side

a place for shading

from harsh sunshine

and sudden rain

 

 

Sometime one can notice

trees tangled by their own branches

as if we are trapped by own notion

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