I Wish to Grow Words
Dr. Rati Saxena
I wish to grow words
Not like fruits
Not like vegetation
Or flower pads
Like a jungle
Tall---short
Crooked---banded
Weak - strong
Words
Grow as trees
Spread as grass
Climbs as
climbers
Bloom as flowers
Ripe as fruits
I
A bird
with yellow beak
Will fly - will hop
Will sing -will dance
Until I change into
WORDS
Not a jungle
Dr. Rati Saxena - the Illustrious Editor of Krtya.in, is an eminent Hindi poet, translator and Sanskrit scholar. She has authored three collections of poems in Hindi (Maya mahathagini, ajanmi kavita ki kokh se, sapane dekhata samudra) and one each in English and Malayalam (in translation). Among the several awards she has received, the most coveted is the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation in 2000. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Culture and Arts Fellowship, which helped her complete this path-breaking work “A seed of mind-a fresh approach to Atharvavedic study".
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