The Sands of Time and Other Poems

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New Generation Publishing Ltd

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491_9781847484932

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There is a message of hope in these delightful poems that seems to match the Ive seen it all and survived tone of the collection. Writing in agreeably idiosyncratic verse, Ashok Sawhny looks back on the dreamworld of childhood - The Stars of Lahore - and considers carefully the world his own grandchildren have inherited. He pokes fun at Mans greed and destruction - Mammon and Global Warming, and all that - and celebrates Nature, Gods creatures, and what he calls The Drama of Life. Indeed, his most touching poems concern the mysteries of time, falling in love and family life. By contrast, the Tribute to the Guardians of our Frontiers, a stark evocation of army life, makes a telling reminder that borders printed on maps dont always relate to a reality that has to be fought over.Here we have a book of hours, a chequerboard of nights and days, of jealousy and love, and an eloquent witness to Mans strange amalgam of folly and wisdom:Wise is he who understandsThe hourglass principle of Time and sands

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