Poem from[Going back to Punjab]

 

by Hiro Kota

 

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―Contents―

 

 

 

1.[ Old time]

 

2. [Vegetarian dog]

 

3. [Debate]

 

4. [Dormitory]

 

5.[Post]

 

6. [Tailor]

 

7. [Academy in the moutains]

 

8. [Lighting all over ]

 

9. [Trees on the stree ]

 

 

 

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[Old time]

 

Photo tells us what the situation

 

in the old time village

 

Camels worked all day long

 

Pulling rope tightly connected to wheel of buckets

 

 

Full of water from the under ground

 

now called irrigation

 

Thing like this had been replaced to morden pump

 

reality of existance in the past

 

memorable evidence lost many years

 

nothing exists on the basis on past

 

valuable record of camel pump

 

a piece of landmark

 

 

 

 

[Vegetarian dog]

 

Dog laying over the marble floor confortably

 

Taking a nap after the meal

 

strictly based on the human diet

 

 

 

 

chapati and cow milk

 

For thirteen years of her life

 

Vegetarian diet is

 

thus proven to be working OK

 

for pet

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Debate]

 

Good to see what students are discussing

 

in a group

 

Individual performance is not considered

 

to be valid in this class

 

Rather uniformity and cooperation should be

 

first priority for the skill developments

 

 

One might be aware of that care is needed to others

 

Discusion in such a way that collaboration

 

and integration

 

sharing ideas with others

 

all essential parts of such role play

 

More important than learning subject

 

 

 

 

[Dormitory]

 

A number of motorcycles neatly parking 　

 

in the front yard of student dormitory

 

On the Saturday morning

 

A little break

 

for students working hard in this week

 

Same is also trure to their vehicle

 

 

 

 

Peaceful atmosphere under the blue sky

 

Just imforming them

 

the spring will be coming soon

 

so that they may see their mom

 

 

 

[Post]

 

Waiting for someone who will send mail

 

Rusted for a long time

 

 

Never imagine to whoｍ and when　this post will be available

 

Postman may come sometime a day

 

Nothing inside will be his disappointment

 

These days mail is mostly via internet

 

Rapid and less costs than post mail

 

Missing is individual characters

 

Prints by computer signify

 

no discrimination in document

 

That why the post is standing for

 

Hand-written letter of yours

 

on the corner of lonely road

 

 

 

[Tailor]

 

Let me handle anything 　that you wish to wear

 

A piece of cloth cut and sewn by him

 

Ready for wearing by anyone

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long piece of cloth now converted to nice shirts

 

Facing strangers passing by his shop

 

He may be well known

 

As　custom- made- tailor in town

 

for many years

 

Your demand is always satisfactory

 

 

 

 

[Academy in the moutains]

 

Driving down the deep mountains　in the late everning arrival

 

 

 

 

Next morning 　hymn rising from holy place

 

where people are attracted 　Students in the separate uniform

 

sitting in the room accoding to their age

 

Voice of children cleansing soul

 

Giving us new energy which 　expelled any contaminants

 

I asked a few children at the age of 16or so

 

for their wish in the future carrier

 

Most sait to be engineer in future

 

The time when those youth will grow up

 

world should be more promising

 

 

 

[Lighting all over ]

 

Amazing lighting over the mountains

 

Never seen things like this

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every houses are lighting like

 

stars in the sky

 

Symbolizing

 

electricity furnished all over the country

 

None of people are missing

 

their own light

 

in such isolated area

 

no place exists without light

 

Even in the deep mountains

 

 

 

[Trees on the strees ]

 

This is what you can see

 

along the road side

 

a place for shading

 

from harsh sunshine

 

and sudden rain

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometime one can notice

 

trees tangled by their own branches

 

as if we are trapped by own notion

 

 

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