The Golden Chord
Description:
Pages: 44
Year of Publication: 2010
Price: HB Rs 120, FB Rs 100
ISBN:
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About the Author:
Ivy Hansdak works as a senior lecturer in English in New Delhi. She received an M.Phil in English from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a poet, Hansdak has been influenced by English poetry as well as the alliterative and onomatopoeic folksongs of her mother tongue, Santali.
Teaser:
Ode to Delhi
In the acrid fumes of your traffic jams;
In the sweltering heat of your summers;
In the filth of your air-conditioned vapors;
We sleep and smile,
We dream and drift on.
In the clutching touches of beggars’ hands;
In the clanging sounds of auto rickshaw horns;
In the stench of sewers overflowing on roads;
We sing and dance,
We shrug and move on.
In the glitter of your neon lights and malls;
In the geometric shapes of your flyovers;
In the fleet of cars on your smooth highways;
We wink and wave,
We bow and emasculate.
Contents:
I. MONSOON SONATA
Indian Monsoon / 11
Sounds of a Rainy Night / 12
Sunbeams after Rain / 13
Just Another Rainy Day / 14
Summer Night Song / 15
II. RANDOM THOUGHTS
A Beggar Child / 19
An Old Man / 20
Small Miracles / 21
Specimens / 22
A Definition of Love / 23
To a Circus Lion / 24
Night Scene at Siri Fort Auditorium / 25
A Stray Cat in Godavari Hostel / 26
After the Riot: Her Voice / 27
Ode to Delhi / 29
The Last Drop / 30
III. SONGS OF WORSHIP
Can I conceive beauty equal to Thine? / 33
Though my lips are constrained / 34
I falter again / 35
Though my own people mock me / 36
Can I forget, Lord? / 37
Thou hast heard my prayers, at last! / 38
Visiting a Cathedral in Pondicherry Town / 39
Jesus Heals Two Blind Men (Matthew 20: 29-34) / 40
9:10 am
Beautiful poem with evocative images
9:28 am
Finely written poem on delhi. Very sensitive imagination and apt illustration.
9:40 am
Beautiful poetry by my friend. Congrats!
1:02 pm
It’s really so good.
3:42 pm
Thank you, all of you, for appreciating Ms. Hansdak’s writing!
4:19 pm
Lucid style. Pleasant reading.
6:26 pm
Thank you, Anand!
9:57 am
It’s a brilliant poem.
6:28 pm
We’re glad Ms Hansdak’s writing resonated with you, Indranil!