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"A Farmer's Ghost" is a popular English poem by the Indian poet and writer Anju Makhija. The poem won First Prize in the Fifth All India Poetry Competition conducted by The Poetry Society (India) in 1994. The poem has been widely cited and anthologised in reputed journals and scholarly volumes on contemporary Indian poetry.

Comments and criticism

The poem has received positive reviews since its first publication in 1995 in the anthology on Indian Poetry Emerging Voices. The poem has been frequently quoted in scholarly analysis of contemporary Indian English poetry. The poem is regarded by critics as a jewel in contemporary Indian poetry.

See also

• The Poetry Society (India)

Notes

1. "Award Winning Poems - AIPC 1994". Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
2. "Award Winning Poems - AIPC 1994". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
3. "Award Winning Poems - AIPC 1994".
4. Poetry India - Emerging Voices by H K Kaul, Virgo Publications, 1995.
5. "Fourteen Contemporary Indian Poets – Rana Nayar in The Tribune".
6. "India Star Literary Review - Shampa Sinha's Siesta".

External links

• Fifth National Poetry Competition 1994 - Award Winners
• Anthology of Contemporary Indian Poetry - Anju Makhija
• India Writes - Contemporary Indian Poetry
• "Best Indian Poems"

• Indian poems
• Indian English poems
• 1994 poems
• Works originally published in Indian magazines
• Works originally published in literary magazines