Acknowledgments

This book of my poems into English translation from original Hindi is a further step in continuation of my earlier book 'Feather' ( First edition: 1984 and 2nd edition with added new poems: 1994 published by Writers Workshop, Kolkata). I am sure that this book also be welcomed by the readers like the earlier one. It is a matter of great satisfaction for me that magazines/journals/ anthologies like Chandrabhaga, Illustrated Weekly of India, Indian Author, New Letters (University of Missouri( Kansas City, USA), Pratibha India, The Hinustan Times, Lotus (Edited by Faiz Ahamad Faiz), Indian Poetry Today (ICCR), Korean Indian Culture , New Quest, Kavya Bharati, Continuum, One Yet Many-The Cadence of Diversity,

Natural Modernism (Han Media Co. LTd), Skylark, हिndi (Wardha

Hindi University) and others have already published my poems.

My gratitude is due to my respected translator-friends: Sunita Jain, Santosh Alex, V.K.Joshi, O.P. Kejariwal and Vishwa Mohan Tiwari;

To Magazines and sites: Indian Literature, Muse India, The Korea Times, Kalpana, the journal (Editor-in-Charge Manu S Kurup).

to family members who have always proved a strength and inspiring force to me.

to poet and publisher Dr. Sanjeev Kumar who very kindly gave a rare tempting offer to publish this anthology of my poems which I accepted happily.

Divik Ramesh