Vihang A. Naik

Vihang A. Naik (b. September 2, 1969) is a contemporary Indian poet, translator,
literary and art critic. Born in Surat of Gujarat, he read for a BA in English studies
and Philosophy and MA in English Literature and Indian Literature in translation,
all at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. After a collection of English
poems, City Times and Other Poems (1993), he published a collection of Gujarati
poems, Jeevan Geet ( 2001 ) , dedicated to the cause of victims of the 2001
Gujarat earthquake. His most recent publication is a collection of English poetry,
Making A Poem , published by Allied Publishers’ , Mumbai ( 2004 ) . Editors
website at http://www.vihang.naik.name and founder of POETRY FiRST at
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A Disturbed Sleep

Dead poets
haunt your dreams
and disturb the sleep.
You wake up ,
startled
as in a battlefield
fighting
the airy nothing.
Last night,
you remember,
the mosquito fight
you could not win .

Poetry Manifesto

Yes , a poetry must be
an unexpected thing ; perhaps silly.
A nightmare or a dream.
A craft , a paper art.
Why bother for something more.
The why , the how
and the what of poetry .
May it be black and white or bloody .
Or let there be VIBGYOR
paper poems .

Being Contemporary

These days it is wise
to be learned, certified and appointed.
You can be safe
hammering your thought.
Speak or do not. The day enrolls.
Academics, Seminarians,
professional theoreticians,
and a pack of barking dogs. You
become one, quarrelsome
who seldom bites.

Making A Poem

To write a poem the pen
Has to slide making a line
Over a sheet. You see a
Snake uncoil. Words bare
themselves. You come to know
what nakedness is or does.
Manaka's charm works as a
rule. A Sage needs senses.
In this episode the pen runs
out of ink, Refill. The sound
of music resonates. Sheets flap.
The dance of the black ink and