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The Wind -- Vikram Seth

Guest poem sent in by Tanmoy Saha
(Poem #1318) The Wind
 The bay is thick with flecks of white.
 The freezing air is honed and thined.
 The gulls sleep on the stones tonight,
 Wings locked against the prising wind.
 With no companion to my mood,
 Against the wind as it should be,
 I walk, but in my solitude
 Bow to the wind that buffets me.
-- Vikram Seth
 From: All You who Sleep Tonight

I was slightly surprised to find that this poem was not on the minstrels
collection. This is one of the best poems of Seth that I have come across...he
is at his best when he pens these small ones (Remember 'Sit'? - Poem #966)....

This poem needs absolutely no explanation at all....but do you ever wonder why
is he against the wind "as it should be" ?!

Some more of poems can be found at
[broken link] http://www.nth-dimension.co.uk/vl/author.asp?id=235

Tanmoy

P.S. Anybody know what Seth is working on next?