Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
I Have Never Seen…
by
Ram Mehta
I have never seen Caesar,
I have never seen Cleopatra,
Yet I know the bewitching beauty,
And her enticement on Anthony.
I have never visited moon
And have never seen an astronaut,
Yet I feel the magical surroundings
And what an ecstasy it must be.
I have never seen a ghost
And have never seen an old castle,
Yet I know the Hamletian dilemma
And the concern of Ophelia’s parents.
I have never seen Lord Shiva
And have never seen the river Ganga
Descending from heaven,
But I hav’seen the Ganga in all its forms.
I have never seen Mahatma Gandhi
And never seen the poet Zaverchand Meghani
But read his poem “Drink last cup of venom”
And felt the agony Gandhi carried on his way to London.
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)
Ram Mehta
India
After retirement as a professor and Head of English in 1994, Dr. Ram Mehta splits his time between India and North America. He visited France on a cultural mission in 1989 and presented a scene of the French dramatist Moliere's La Tartuffe in Paris. He also visited UK, Scotland and Ireland.
He is a life member of the World Academy of Arts & Culture and attended its convention at IASI, Romania in October, 2002 and 25th World of Congress at Los Angeles in August, 2005. He also attended 4th Encuentro Internacional Literario at Montevideo, Uruguay in April, 2003.
He has been awarded the honorary degree of Litt.D -by The World Academy of Arts and culture at Los Angeles (USA), in 2005 (UNESCO sponsored)
His poems are published in Algeria, Australia, Argentina, Canada, India, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Romania, USA, UK, Uruguay and Zambia.
Istanbul Literary Review - September 2011 Edition (#21)