Sarojini Naidu is also well acclaimed for her contribution to poetry. Her poetry had beautiful words that could also be sung. In 1905, the first volume of her collection of po
…ems was published as The Golden Threshold. Two more volumes were published: The Bird of Time (1912) and The Broken Wing in (1917). Later, her The Wizard Mask and A Treasury of Poems were published. In 1961 her daughter, Padmaja published a collection of her previously unpublished poems under the title, The Feather of the Dawn.The Golden Threshold (1905)The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring (1912)The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring (1917)The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India (1928)The Feather of the Dawn (1961)The Gift of India Naidu writes: :Shall hope prevail where clamorous hate is rife,Shall sweet love prosper or high dreams have placeAmid the tumult of reverberant strife'Twixt ancient creeds, 'twixt race and ancient race,That mars the grave, glad purposes of life,Leaving no refuge save thy succoring face? Naidu said, '"When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice."Naidu adds, "If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work." Without offending, would like to add the following: Her sweet name before marriage was Sarojini Devi, which many prefer. She was the real Nightingale of India. She is aptly called so, for almost all her songs are born from exquisite tunes. Their rich musical content has not yet been appreciated enough. Queen Gulnar's Daughter, Coromandel Fishers and The Indian Weavers are just three of her exquisite musical pieces. Imagine a thirteen year old girl sitting on a cattamaran in the Bay of Bengal playing and enjoying the rhythm of the tides and waves! That is how Coromandel Fishers happened. She is equalled in tunes, only by Rabindranadha Tagore, another Bengali and the National Poet of India. (MORE) 
