Raj Daswani

Purple Pebbles Raj Daswani

FROM ME NOT MUCH...! Poetry is an echo of your heart. Prose gives expression to your experiences and impressions. Prose writing is easier than poetry. I have taken a middle way "free poetry", free from rhythm and bondage of meter. It intoxicates you; it is a meditation and relief from all sorrows, pains, and aches. It was in 1972 I tried free poems in Sindhi under the title Tame ja Tukra, pieces of copper. I was all alone, the family was away, I remember, after writing about 100 pages in one sitting, my heart was so heavy, eyes filled with tears, I sobbed like a child. It was 5 o'clock in the morning. Maybe it was the morning fresh breeze, which made me cool and calm, felt light and composed. It was Sunday, no office, I went to sleep wrapped in these thoughts. BETWEEN MY CRADLE AND CREMATION, LIE UNACCOUNTABLE STORIES