Author's introduction
Appreciation-flowers.Today the poet in me has written these 50 poems.
Today I offer my most sincere gratitude to the perfect typist and the untiring server in Nivedan.
Today the great and divine artist in Pratyay deserves my most special gratitude.
Today the exemplary services rendered by Kalyan, Ashpriha, Mangal, Joe, Dhanu, Sevananda, Bansidhar, Jose Luis, Kanti, Indu, Jolie, Daisy, Drona, Madhavi, Ananta, Eulogio, Nadeshwar, Eshana, Aidita, Lester, Ricky, Anna and many more have found their home in my grateful heart for masking, printing, collating and completing this book to my great satisfaction.
(signed by) Sri Chinmoy
29 January 1974
Sri Chinmoy, The Golden Boat, part 1, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
