Concrete Jungle

by Dr. Jaipal Singh



The metro city I live in is a concrete jungle Skyscrapers and huge buildings are its trees Concrete flyovers, blacktop roads are pathways Revving trucks and cars with the whirring sirens Are omnipresent carnivores - tigers and hyenas And bikers and barefoots as deers and antelopes. The concrete jungle lives and flourishes Everything else is turning dirty and dark No more green trees, no natural grass Men only walk on the rugged concrete No more lovely birds soar in the sky Only loud aeroplanes to deafen our ears And to rock human homes and thoughts. But a few green patches left in the city Still leave some hope for the humanity At a stone's throw away distance from our place Is 'The Ridge', ridge area as many of us call it Or mankind's ingenuity and sanity, if we call it. In the concrete jungle to have some peace The Ridge area offers me a lot of solace Just a minute's walk, to be in tune with nature What a lovely sight, the canopy of trees offer A shelter and home for so many soaring chirpy birds A flock of parrots, partridges, cuckoos and pigeons. Who can forget mention of passerine species Perched upon the old banyan and peepal trees Nightingales sing without pause sweet melodies And peacocks dance, their plumes outspread With their bright feathers of azure and emerald A beautiful sight in morning, evening and rains Of the Indian classical and western pelvic gyrations Natives! Even Shakira and Beyonce will be envious. So refreshing and rejuvenating are those moments I walk often to the Ridge to escape concrete jungle.

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19-May-2012

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Comments on this Poem

Composition at the link vindicates your sentiments for Delhi and thanks for introducing to well organized 'anjuman' , of course I need time to learn more about it.

I have similar attachment for Lucknow for many reasons, one being my entire education including a Ph.D. Delhi is like a second home, current spell being 4th posting while in civil service.

jairathore
21-May-2012 10:05 AM

Yes, Paris is one city I would love to visit again and again.

So is Delhi as I always feel very nostalgic about this city.

I've done all my schooling and univ. there....

Here's a song-shayeri combi on Dilli.

http://www.aparnaonline.com/dilli.html

alwaysaparna
21-May-2012 05:01 AM

It certainly is..., Aparna Ji, even Delhi, the place of your education, is getting increasingly better.

We do have our emotive reasons to like or dislike a place. Paris offers a lot of variety for tourists, like in my case it was Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower and Seine River Cruise among many...

jairathore
20-May-2012 13:24 PM

All said and done, it's one of the world's most beautiful cities.

I went there years back for my honeymoon :) Its memories still make me swoon :)

Especially - Opéra National De Paris - Simply Superb !!!

alwaysaparna
20-May-2012 09:35 AM

Yes, I have been to and one can easily see Eiffel Tower.

jairathore
20-May-2012 08:35 AM

There's no escaping the concrete jungle be it India or abroad.

The city shown here is Paris.

alwaysaparna
20-May-2012 03:22 AM

Thanks, Aparna Ji, as ever you have picked up a right choice (a concrete jungle).

jairathore
20-May-2012 00:58 AM