Poems | On Nature And Toronto

Some moonscapes! Evoke the magic
of lost kingdoms!

In a Toronto sky
of topaz blue
?? ?
streaked with thick
strips of virgin white,

hangs a full-faced?
moon?

over the
skyline: the

irregular?
silent
phantoms
looming nocturnally.

The orb?
renews its?
old being

gets reborn
every night;

washes?
the farm
and urban lands

in its milk?
of
tender light
?
softens?
contours and voids;

the doors open up
lead?
to the
luminous regions of?
solitude, on?
such
wonderous nights.

II. Inspiration From An Unlikely Realm

Running over the fences?
in the Brampton area,

a black squirrel, nut in?
the mouth, moves swiftly
over barriers.

Balances food with?
the
dexterity of?
a natural acrobat.

The tiny worker
delights
the young
immigrants?
from Punjab.

They
pause
take?
deep breath
?
resume walking
in the ankle-deep snow.

III. The Art of the Brown-Black Snow

The snow carries its own
field of energy and visual
patterns.

Fast and thick

solidity of different?
shades, forms
and mass;

gets
shovelled to clear
the sidewalks;

mini hills
of white?

freckled with
brown and black?
spots, a strange?
domain of
colours,?
vitality,?
aesthetics.

The iconic
countries of?

H. Avercamp,?
Gogh?
Monet

become?
alive

in diverse?
timelines

of viewing?
intersections.

IV. Anticipating Spring As A Strategy

The trees, bare-ribbed,
shiver as the homeless?
in the frigid air.

Mid-March but?
the winter refuses
to go, a?
patient-on-the-catheter, stubbornly?
clinging to life.

The snow-showers
a
haze of torn papers?
from?
the monochromatic sky.

A city
survives the gloom
of late winter, long, hard
and sad

imagines the?
joys, scents and sounds?
of a promised spring

delayed-delivery
due to
human actions.

(Toronto-based author-academic-editor, Sunil Sharma has published 23 creative and critical books, joint and solo. He edits the?Setu?journal)