My Escapism | Poetry by Harminder Nagi

BRUSSELS - Dec. 2, 2020 - PRLog -- Harminder Nagi is a poet of Indian origin, now living in England for over four decades. He is a design engineer by profession. His passion for poetry started just over a couple of decades ago. A beatific instance happened in his life when he met his long lost relative unexpectedly. The incident made him so happy that he wrote the first poem that night to express his joy. He has developed a vivid and light hearted style, often drawing inspiration from everyday life. His poems range from jovial and humorous to childhood melancholy to birdwatching and nature. With a gift of versatility, he has written poems on many themes. He is the author of three books: "Wish I had a magic Carpet", "Continents Connect" and "Journey Through My Thoughts". Harminder takes great pride in sharing stage with Roger McGough, Henry Normal and Cleo Asabre-Holt. at the Nottingham Poetry Festival in 2019. He was also one of the guest poets taking part of Henry Normal's Poetry Hour Epic Tour in 2020. He is an active member of "Kavya Rang" and Allpoetry.com poetry clubs. The majority of the poems in this book were written for the contests held at the Allpoetry.com during Covid-19 lockdown and have won virtual trophies.

Corona ~ The Dragon

It's like a Chinese dragon with potent potency;
traveling erratically on a high frequency
It's here to feast on the human race,
Spewing out noxious fumes; hard to trace.
If you happened to be in its close proximity.
It grabs you by your hand with anonymity,
And crawls through your larynx and airways
Leaves you huffing and coughing for many days.
It doesn't care, if you're a pauper or queen
it pounces on anyone with its approach demean
It's been smuggled from land to land
It's curable; the antidote is in your hands.
The prevention is better than cure;
There is a some-sense in this lore.
Personal hygiene and isolation
are crucial to combat aggression.
This phase will pass-by like any bad dream
After every dark night comes a morning agleam
Is it here to teach us a lesson; the hard way?
Cultivate the habits; be grateful for each day.
And don't forget to thank those workers,
Who, put their lives at risk to save the others,
We'll kill the virus if we all work as one tribe,
Must abide by the rules, which will prescribe.
We pray for those showing the symptoms,
And our heart goes out for all the victims.

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