By: Dr. Archan Mehta
A Poet’s Trial?
Where do your ideas
Come from, poet?
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I don’t know…
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What do you mean?
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I’m not sure…
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Be honest with us, poet.
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Perhaps, my ideas
Come from a higher power?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Maybe, it is the
Result of divine intervention?
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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How can you create
Poetry when you have
Degrees in Economics and Business Management?
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I don’t know…
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Are you crazy, poet?
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No, I am sane:
I feel fine.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
All I know is that
When the muse visits me,
Poetry flows from my pen
Like a gushing and cascading waterfall.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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What about hard work,
Discipline and motivation, poet?
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These ideas have
No place in my life.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
I work based on intuition alone…
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Do you know, poet,
That there are people
In this assembly with formal
Academic credentials in
Literature and creative writing?
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I am aware of that, honorable judge.
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And yet, you have
The guts to
Claim you are poet?
—
I am independent of their
Goodwill and understanding…
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Quit poetry before it is too late.
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To lay down my pen
Is to surrender life and living…
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Go home, poet,
We have nothing more
To say to you.
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Yes, your honor and
Respected members of the jury.
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And, by the way, poet,
One more thing:
You won’t go far, poet…
We don’t appreciate your
Attitude, but you are free
To leave and live in a
Fantasy world and stew
In your own madness.
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Thank you, ladies and gentleman.
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One more thing, poet,
Your poems will reach
Our desks before your
Poems ever see
The light of day—
Keep that in mind, so
You do not have high
Hopes for what you
Claim is your creative flair.
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Yes, Sir….
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And, what is more,
Get a real job,
And become financially
Sound instead of
Catching flights of fancy
Or wallowing in self-pity.
Become a contributing
And respectable member of
Society and a good citizen
Like the rest of the human race.
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I’ll think about it, Sir….
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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Now, get out, poet,
Before we have our
Security guards forcibly
Remove you from this
August assembly where
You obviously don’t
Belong anyway, foolish poet!
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Bio: Dr. Archan Mehta
Archan Mehta has earned a Ph.D. in Management. Currently, Dr. Mehta is a Consultant and Writer based in India who trains clients in Stress Management through the ancient practice of meditation.
Dr. Mehta’s articles and case studies have been featured in HR Future. HR Future is a leading HR magazine based in South Africa, sourced by prestigious ivy league schools in America (USA) like Harvard and Princeton.
In 1990, Dr. Mehta won a national award for a short story in Onlooker Magazine based in Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, India. The Judge was the late, great Khushwant Singh, India’s celebrated Journalist, Editor, Author, and Columnist.
Dr. Mehta’s works have appeared in numerous publications:
- American Poetry Anthology
- Poets United to Advance the Arts
- The Times of India
- The Indian Express
- Mid-Day
- HR Future, Business Manager
- India Today
- Sportsweek
- The Statesman
- Ahmedabad Mirror
- All India Management Association
- People Matters
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Onlooker
Dr. Mehta is a member of several professional organizations, such as Society for Human Resource Management, Indian Society for Training and Development, Academy of HRD, Rural Marketing Association of India, Ahmedabad Management Association, Human Resource Association of India, Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences, National HRD Network and All India Management Association.
Dr. Mehta likes to stroll outdoors, listen to music, party with close friends, and read in his free time.
Please feel free to reach out to the poet at archanm@hotmail.com or through LinkedIn.
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