MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL

MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL

FAMILY TREE

Love seeds a family tree

Passionately sown

In endearing warm damp earth

The earth opens itself to receive

To become mother earth to mother.

The seed opens itself

In emergent embryonic presence

To show as a tiny velvet leaves plant.

Loving hands nurture it to let the plant grow

Upward to branch out into leaves and flowers.

As the plant grows upward,

Its roots go deep and deeper within

Deeper its roots go and spread to hold

Taller and it grows and spreads around

To be a family tree,

Strong and sturdy against winds and storms.

In the strong hold of Mother Earth

Extending its arms to sky.

Saved from severe storms and worms

So that nobody do harm

The tree of family in Love flowers to seed again

Again to be seeded to plant in earth

To plant new plants to be tree

WHENEVER TUMBLED

Whenever light tumbled

The day limped and sulked

Sunshine looked pale and ash grey

Before slipping and fading out as shadow.

A glimmer appeared from behind

Fighting darkness and shadows

Descending in front with sudden shattering sound

As shield to hold back the devouring darkness.

Birds made shrieking voices and fluttered with awe

And flew away taking their shadows along with

Suddenly I felt myself soaring high

With wings of eternal soul

Keeping my ethereal eternity exalted

Bristling with star-woven stance

Intense thrill fanatically followed

And did not let excitement dwindle away

That did rise and fall like ripples in the sea.

Lucidity was long past the insanity

Awareness long past the uncertainty

Razor of intellect dissected to determine

Every existence became as clear as day-light

Yes, it was a long fight to come out

From nightmare world that entwined

To come out of the darkening cycles

To reconstruct from shreds to wholesome

Tearing away hurdles of the dark

To give clear way to sunshine for throbbing change

That changed everything that exists

Palpitating trembling delight defied the dark

Transforming globe as a sunny bright ball

OUR PAST AND PRESENT

Our past is like a book

The wind of our time,

Is turning its pages

And reading it word by word

Laughing words,

Weeping words

Words like different flowers

Words like pale yellow leaves

Words like glistening dew drops

Words like raining tear drops

Words clinging together or breaking away

Words dancing on floors

Words dancing with fingers of keyboards

Words crying behind walls of pages

Words are life like existence.

Sometimes, words burning like fires

Begin to torch away every word in lines.

Begin to set afire the book of our life

Breathless we run here and there

To see all this horrible happen

To see the tearing teeth gnawing.

We begin to put off the fires

Caring not to burn our extinguishing hands.

Words are again joining heads

To show their existence and effect.

To write what we write in present

To write new pages of history of the change.

MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL

MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL is a prominent poet who has been writing poetry and ghazals in lyrics. for the last 4 decades.  He served as Lecturer in English in Punjab state of India.  With masters in English and Punjabi, he had gained knowledge from classical to modern poetry. He is one of those who brought modernity in nch humanistic exploitation and other social evils prevalent in society. He is staunch humanistic in his activities as social activist and as a poet. He is against wars and terror of any kind and has written to promote love ,peace and oneness in the world. He has organized many literary and cultural events . He is associated to many literary organizations like Punjabi Sahit Academy, Kedari Punjabi Lekhak Sabha and others as Patron, President, General Secretary and other executive member. He is chairperson of World Association Of English Poetry. His six books in Punjabi Ghazal and poetry and one in English has been published. He has written many papers and reviews on books of many writers. he has been honored by many poetic and social organizations. After retirement , he migration to be with his family in U S A and Canada, he was associated with organizations there and attended many events ; national and international. He has promoted many writers in Punjabi and English poetry through his organizations. He is active in human rights and peace associations working to have social justice, love,peace and brotherhood.