the singer of life- 5
Contents
FRONT COVER
BACK COVER
1. starting page
2. Copyright
3. Thank yous
5. Contents
7. Dedication
8. Author’s preface
17. Title (inside)
SONNETS
18. The bounty of your beauty (sonnet 1)
19. When the sun appears songless (sonnet 2)
20. I live to sing (sonnet 3)
21. The gem of the youth (sonnet 4)
22. You are the calm of my lake (sonnet 5)
23. You’re the solid cottage (sonnet 6)
24. On my tiring gloomy face (sonnet 7)
25. You are the thoughtful shoot (sonnet 8)
26. You fit perfectly (sonnet 9)
27. I discern the arrival (sonnet 10)
28. I drift in fields (sonnet 11)
29. I seek the blessings of peace (sonnet 12)
30. You are the sacred meal (sonnet 13)
31. I need to stay close to you (sonnet 14)
32. When darkness develops (sonnet 15)
33. I come out (sonnet 16)
34. My adoration is the bird (sonnet 17)
35. Chanting, I enter the sanctorum (sonnet 18)
36. I come in the image of my maker (sonnet 19)
37. You are the moon that dangles (sonnet 20)
38. You are the lotus of my cosmos (sonnet 21)
39. I ask for the pledge (sonnet 22)
40. You are the flamingo that nestles (sonnet 23)
41. You are the integral ingredient (sonnet 24)
42. You are the patron god of sailors (sonnet 25)
43. I wish to be (sonnet 26)
44. In the delicious blazing sun (sonnet 27)
45. Neither the morning flurries nor (sonnet 28)
46. The maid of my happy memories (sonnet 29)
47. I cannot tell how sweet (sonnet 30)
48. You’re not afar (sonnet 31)
49. I am in the yard of the surprising freshness (32)
50. Think of my nectarous lines on you (33)
51. From the ruins of my state (34)
52. PROFILE
61. EVALUATIONS:
62. Shobha Diwakar
66. Adolf P. Shvedchikov
69. KV Dominic
76. Rita Garg
83. Daniel Bratton
99. Chhote Lal
105. S.J. Kala
110. Short Comments
114. Bijay Kant Dubey (poem)