Kurukshetra by Dinkar

What made me read the book – it was on offer, and i had read a poem of Dinkar

What I liked about the book – the lofty goal it set for itself, and the way it achieved it. The book is verbose, but a richly rewarding experience

Who will I recommend the book to – someone who has patience and who wants to understand morality

What did the book teach me – each is responsible for their own self and their universe

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The Headless Horseman

The Sun had reached its nadir
And twilight besieged the horizons of the city.
Howling through the dark graveyard, blew the zephyr
Recalling what happens here nightly, with resentment and pity.

As the moon began to roll out of the cloud
On a grave, but one, the moonlight shed its light
Suddenly, came a sharp noise – thud thud
And the dead resurrected in the darkest of the night!

Slowly came out, with vengeance, the head-less dead
And from nowhere came a black horse in sight.
Fitting a pumpkin in the place of his head
Sat the dead over the horse, as if for a fight!

‘Beware Beware’ hooted the owl
The Headless Horseman was on the prowl. .