Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday, 21 January 2024

INTRODUCTION PAGE FOR POEMS

 Jayesh,

 

Vishesh suggested that I write an “ Introduction ( Foreword ? ) “ which appears before the INDEX page

 

What do you think of the following few words ?

 

 

I take my morning walk in a nearby garden

 

Three years ago, its trees were alive with pigeons , sparrows , mynas etc – birds which had filled the blue sky for millions of years

 

Today , except for some crows and an occasionally darting squirrel, these have all but disappeared

 

May be, these crows and squirrels too might become extinct in the next few years

 

I realize that my poems too ( which ,after all, are man-made ), will disappear into the dustbin of Time within a few years

 

But, during that brief period, I hope at least some readers enjoy these

 

A friend suggested that I write an autobiography – some facts about my life

 

I could not think of anyone who would have bothered to learn about what I did in my life – which, more or less , is reflected in www.hemenparekh.in

 

As far as the poems that follow are concerned, these are “ fictional “ accounts of what any poet could have desired as “ facts “ during his life time

 

 

Regards,

 

Hemen masa

 

PS :

 

As far as the book-covers are concerned, I will send to your office 3 volumes which I got printed in my office

 

Keeping the titles same, feel free to suggest alternatives

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