How many more
Must you kill
Before your hunger
Is satiated
How many more
Ethnicities
Must you cleanse
Before your earth
Is purged
How many more
Infidels must die
Before your justice
Is done
How many more
Downtrodden
Must be trampled
Before your
Empires are safe
How many more
Little girls
Must be raped
Before your lust is
Fulfilled
How many more
Children must
Blow themselves up
Before your cause
is met
How many
How many
How many
The soil is wet
From the blood
That you drew
The skies are torn
By rending screams
Pain is everywhere
No messiah seen
Who will deliver
This earth
From its
inhabitants
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One is amazed by the simplicity of language she employs. There are very rare moments of outburst. Mostly, the poems are subtle to the extreme. The language is guarded and even anger is controlled. Words are pruned to their essence, like minimal flowers arranged in a vase. Gaudiness in expression is totally avoided.
'In this chronicle of love pursued and subsequently lost, Priyasi (Preeti Singh) wades through much traveled waters. But it's probably the freshness of feeling that comes with each line, the pain and the unending emotions, that stay in your mind, much after you've finished the book.'
_Femina
‘Simantini (Boundless) by Priyasi (PreetiSingh) published by Minerva Press landed on my table a few days ago. I read the first poem, then the second, the third and then the entire collection.'
_Khushwant Singh
‘A prolific collection of heart-rending verses. The poems are sensitive and simple. The singular achievement of the tract is the poet's sincerity of feeling.'
_Hindustan Times
Going through the poems of Priyasi (Preeti Singh), one feels elated to find that she has made skepticism the means of revealing the subtleties of female psychology which make the poems interesting and fascinating. The poetess uses very simple language to exhibit her dexterity and leaves an indelible mark of her sheer intellect.
_National Herald
_Femina
‘Simantini (Boundless) by Priyasi (PreetiSingh) published by Minerva Press landed on my table a few days ago. I read the first poem, then the second, the third and then the entire collection.'
_Khushwant Singh
‘A prolific collection of heart-rending verses. The poems are sensitive and simple. The singular achievement of the tract is the poet's sincerity of feeling.'
_Hindustan Times
Going through the poems of Priyasi (Preeti Singh), one feels elated to find that she has made skepticism the means of revealing the subtleties of female psychology which make the poems interesting and fascinating. The poetess uses very simple language to exhibit her dexterity and leaves an indelible mark of her sheer intellect.
_National Herald
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