Tuesday 15 February 2011

LUCKY DOG ON VALENTINE DAY

LUCKY DOG ON VALENTINE DAY  


Valentine or Santa, both strangers to me,
in this media-frenzy in this market place,
though I carry European Christian names:
They remain merely non-entities for me.

Certainly the seasons, even in this urban jungle
are close to my heart; so also the sun, moon
and stars, sky and clouds, dawn and dusk; a rare
patch of green and a song of bird. They evoke
emotions, memories, longings and aspirations
though I have no knowledge scholarly of them
to make money or name from these real entities.
I am enriched as I meet them in remote holes
in this urban maze like a stray ferrous flake
meets magnet: what a windfall for a lucky dog!
By Remigius de Souza
Mumbai
12-02-2004 

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©Remigius de Souza, all rights reserved.

4 comments:

  1. Remy,
    Looking and searching for Havell on ndia I discovered your note by chance! I need to have a copy or access to what Havell wrote in connection with planning of the capitol New Delhi and of course with petitions signed by Shaw and Coomaraswamy. Please give me your email id on narendraden@gmail.com
    best wishes,
    Narendra Dengle

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  2. Narendra,
    Remi remembers you many a times... Nice to hear from you. I have a print that I hunt and shall send you... my e-mail ID: remi.desouza@gmail.com
    tahnks and best wishes,
    Remi

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