Dwarakanath H.Kabadi As A Poet

Dwarakanath H.Kabadi(1936) , an auditor by profession, But a bi-lingual author from Bangalore, Writing in Kannada and English, Honnina Madilalli his novel in Kannada written in 1960, Followed by Lamps of Hope, a small booklet of poems in 1976. Amidst The Cosmic Wilderness,1980, Rye On The Ravines,1985, Symphony of Skeletons,1985, Tender Wings,1988, Melting Moments,1990, Kabadi’s Glimmericks,1994, A Tear On A Pancake,1995, , Golden Glimmers,1997, Shimmering Waves,2000, Snail-Pace Street,2000, Chariot of Dreams,2002, The books of poems tendered by D.H.Kabadi. Strangely philosophical and socially conscious, He has a style of his own, Twitching humanism for an expression, Asking to be compassionate, Sympathetic, liberal and humanistic Apart from being nihilistic and existential, Spiritual questioning of the self. Lighting the lamps of light under the starry skies But dark here, lonely and desolate, He sings of life under the cosmic wilderness, Rye on the ravines, The philharmonic music of the orchestra of life, Symphony of skeletons, A poet undefiled by the cutting edge of intelligence and wit conceited. The poems uncorrupted and undefiled by fact and fiction Delve into a world of innocence and ignorance And tell of a world unfurrowed and untrodden Where there lies but the music of life, The innocence and purity of a man, Feeling the pleasure and joy And looking back in wonder. Tender wings is a book of verse for the children, Melting Moments with smiles, sighs and sobs, Rye On The Ravines where the haikus abound in, A Tear On A Pancake social and humanistic, His flickers three-liner poems, Distilled and brewed out of his experience With society, life and the world As he has seen, he has felt Sociologically and philosophically.