Eluding Rainbows (Poems)

Desh Bir Sharma’s poetry has many moods and stances: polemical, confessional, inspirational, critical, expositional, rhetorical. It has empathy and anger, sardonic irony and percipient wit, and introspective clarity. The poet is troubled by the looming technological dystopia, the evisceration of political institutions, the widening economic chasms, the divine indifference. He muses on the fate of all flesh and also shines a tender light on humankind’s essential, redeeming bond. -------- Rajesh Sharma, Formerly Professor of English, Punjabi University, Patiala.