‘A River’ by A.K. Ramanujan was published in ‘The Striders’ in 1966. It is a poem on the Vaikai, which flows through Madurai. This river is appropriately described as a ‘city of temples and poets’, approximately 450 km.

The poem ‘Upagupta’ is a part of Tagore's writings in English in an anthology of 86 poems, translated from the original Bengali Version by Tagore himself.

The poem ‘The Queen's Rival’ is based on a Persian folk tale shared with Sarojini by a close friend. It has been taken from the poems’ section of ‘The Golden Threshold’, the first volume of verse by Sarojini Naidu.

Toru Dutt has blended the autobiographical element, the poignant note of pathos, the elegiac note and the deep - sensuous description of nature in the poem, ‘Our Casuarina Tree’.

Philosophy was included in Nissim Ezekiel's fifth volume of poems, The Exact Name (1965). It is one of Ezekiel's most abstract poems.

Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher is one of the most celebrated and critically acclaimed poems by Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), the pioneer of modern Indian English poetry.

Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), widely regarded as the father of modern Indian English poetry, occupies a distinguished place in Indian literature for his intellectual depth, psychological insight, and realistic portrayal of human life.

Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), widely regarded as the father of modern Indian English poetry, occupies a distinguished place in Indian literature for his intellectual depth, realistic vision, and remarkable use of irony.

Night of the Scorpion is one of the most celebrated and widely anthologized poems by Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), a pioneer of modern Indian English poetry.

Enterprise, from The Unfinished Man (1959), is one of Ezekiel's finest poems. It has a well - marked rhyme scheme and incantory music all its own.