# The Golden Chord - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/ - Published: 2015-07-19T16:43:13+00:00 - Author: admin 4.4/5 - (11 votes) [[ **Author:** Ivy Imogene Hansdak **Pages:** 44 **Year of Publication:** 2010 **Price:** HB Rs 120, FB Rs 100 **ISBN:** HB FB _**About the Author**_ Ivy Hansdak works as a senior lecturer in English in New Delhi. She received an M.Phil in English from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a poet, Hansdak has been influenced by English poetry as well as the alliterative and onomatopoeic folksongs of her mother tongue, Santali. _**Teaser**_ _Ode to Delhi_ In the acrid fumes of your traffic jams; In the sweltering heat of your summers; In the filth of your air-conditioned vapors; We sleep and smile, We dream and drift on. In the clutching touches of beggars’ hands; In the clanging sounds of auto rickshaw horns; In the stench of sewers overflowing on roads; We sing and dance, We shrug and move on. In the glitter of your neon lights and malls; In the geometric shapes of your flyovers; In the fleet of cars on your smooth highways; We wink and wave, We bow and emasculate. _**Contents**_ I. MONSOON SONATA Indian Monsoon / 11 Sounds of a Rainy Night / 12 Sunbeams after Rain / 13 Just Another Rainy Day / 14 Summer Night Song / 15 II. RANDOM THOUGHTS A Beggar Child / 19 An Old Man / 20 Small Miracles / 21 Specimens/ 22 A Definition of Love / 23 To a Circus Lion / 24 Night Scene at Siri Fort Auditorium/ 25 A Stray Cat in Godavari Hostel / 26 After the Riot: Her Voice / 27 Ode to Delhi/ 29 The Last Drop / 30 III. SONGS OF WORSHIP Can I conceive beauty equal to Thine? / 33 Though my lips are constrained / 34 I falter again / 35 Though my own people mock me / 36 Can I forget, Lord? / 37 Thou hast heard my prayers, at last! / 38 Visiting a Cathedral in Pondicherry Town / 39 Jesus Heals Two Blind Men (Matthew 20: 29-34) / 40 ## Comments ### By: Gita Viswanath - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-2 - Published: 2022-02-14T09:10:42+00:00 Beautiful poem with evocative images ### By: Vijay Boratti - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-3 - Published: 2022-02-14T09:28:23+00:00 Finely written poem on delhi. Very sensitive imagination and apt illustration. ### By: Sunder Manoj Hembrom - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-4 - Published: 2022-02-14T09:40:12+00:00 Beautiful poetry by my friend. Congrats! ### By: Mahendra Besra - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-5 - Published: 2022-02-14T13:02:32+00:00 It’s really so good. ### By: shuktara - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-6 - Published: 2022-02-14T15:42:18+00:00 Thank you, all of you, for appreciating Ms. Hansdak’s writing! ### By: Anand Mahanand - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-7 - Published: 2022-02-14T16:19:06+00:00 Lucid style. Pleasant reading. ### By: Shuktara - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-9 - Published: 2023-06-26T18:26:16+00:00 Thank you, Anand! ### By: Indranil Acharya - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-8 - Published: 2022-02-15T09:57:47+00:00 It’s a brilliant poem. ### By: Shuktara - Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2015/07/19/the-golden-chord/#comment-10 - Published: 2023-06-26T18:28:31+00:00 We’re glad Ms Hansdak’s writing resonated with you, Indranil!