Nissim is after all a faded romantic and his poetry <br />A study in faded romanticism <br />As his use and application of syntax reveals it so <br />That he smiles on seeing a girl, <br />Talks of love-marriage <br />But marries not <br />After falling in love with, <br />Keeping in view the marriage <br />Within his community. <br /> <br />The colours seem to be faded and fading when take <br />We up him as for a reading <br />And his talk of love-marriage, romance, honeymoon <br />And love at first sight <br />And the writing of love-letters, <br />All false, false promises of his. <br /> <br />There is not strong feeling, not so strong emotion in him, <br />Just carrying on with his simple stuffs, <br />Please, thank you, bye-bye, <br />Goddbye, Pushpa, <br />Seeing the semi-nude Cuban dancer, <br />Will see the pregnant woman viewing nudes <br />In the art gallery and will chuckle. <br /> <br />A convent educated boy, he is a poet of hostels and hotels, <br />Marriage parties, birthday parties, <br />Honeymoon trips, <br />Handshaking, <br />Doing hi-hello. <br /> <br />A modern shallow, hollow man, living in the cities, <br />He can say only about city life and city scapes, <br />Not the countryside <br />Where pulsates it the heart of India, <br />Where dwells it the soul of India.<br /><br />Bijay Kant Dubey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nissim-ezekiel-a-faded-romantic-and-his-faded-romanticism/
