Ganga: The Eternal Saga The land was barren, filled with the ashes of the YoreFor their souls’ salvation, the goddess was to be luredBhagirath atoned for many years for his ancestorsTo save the land where their unsated souls wandered Bearing scars on his chest, Bhagirath penanced for agesSagar’s arrogant […]
Dreams and Nightmares…
Dreams Though perennial, theirs was a fleeting love affair,“Where art thou? Please come back. I’m scared.”The frightened little girl sobbed, looking for himIn a vast edifice, akin to an ancient Roman Colosseum! She was recklessly searching for him lost in a labyrinthAs always he vanished and she kept on screaming‘Yes! It’s you! I know it’s […]
To the “Princess, Not-So-Cindrella”
When the clock strikes twelve The ebony of night desolves the Cindrella hourShe picks up her magic wand Transforms her pumpkin carriage into wings of fireLeaves all the shards of her broken dreams in quagmire. There shouldn’t be any glass shoe left behind, she ensures As she needs no Prince Charming to rescue herShe’s meant […]
LIGHT IT UP BLUE: Autism Awareness Day
A Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rosewhether it’s red, pink, or blueGod made us in shades of VIBGYORand told us to live those hues. The azure of the sky I’ve seen in your eyesturned deep cerulean in your heartYou sipped those blues like Shiva’s Venomwhich tints your bits and parts. Ah […]
SHEER ARTISTRY: A Sonnet on Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry): A Sonnet When heart bleeds Aqua RegiaSolvates your inner spaceWhen Brine is tinged with liquid painWhich sets papers ablaze. When soul cracks in screeching silenceThere’s bloodcurdling solaceThen poems write themselves with painPen scrolls mere roses, lace. When agony drills you deep downYet, you don’t show its traceWhen pain seeps […]
Time ‘s Cadence
Time leaves all behindon the sepia pages of bygone wynds What was saved from those burning infernoscomes out victorious from the ordeals of time. I held those classic fragments of the yorelanded on my heart, coeval with the crimson bosom of times,The fragments, so ugly coldrife, forsoothwhich, initially, seemed glossy in my dreams. What ended, ended…Nathe-less, […]
Desideratum…Desiderata: The Tawny Teak Chair
Desideratum, the Tawny Teak Chair… I was decluttering my house of those amassed memories… Worn out clothes, broken toys, torn books… And some dried flowers buried in those senile dairies… All that’s passé collected through years while I was vindicating my soul Then, I thought of cleaning the debris of my heart as […]
Open Your Lips and Sing: A Sonnet
Open your lips and sing When Nótus blows in a baritoneBirds are songsters of spring,When Zephyr eddies in a sopranoCome, open your lips and sing ! . When autumn leaves fall in falsetto Queen bee quaffs with her sting, The lone Moon laughs in his languor Just open your lips and sing ! . When […]
CONVOCATIONS : The Celebration of Nirvana…
CONVOCATIONS…An Elegy… My poem is the literal representation of Sufjan Stevens‘s instrumental music album, CONVOCATIONS, released about a month ago which is his musical homage to his deceased father and also, to all the lives lost during the pandemic, COVID 19. My poem is written in the memory of my sister, late Vineeta Mishra who […]
Covid 19 and The Last Kuru King : A Roseate Sonnet
# Covid 19 and The Last Kuru King : A Roseate Sonnet Adorning Kalki on his crown, he bore the sins of his progenitors, Insects were restricted in Parikshit’s abode, he was too cautious. The last Kuru King was cursed to die snake-bitten within days seven, He stayed recluse fiend forefended in a home no […]
When The Angels Danced On Their Heads: A Greek Folklore
When The Angels Danced On Their Heads: A Greek Folklore Amidst the stillness of eternal night on Mount Olympus, Euterpe stood aghast before her father, King Zeus. The muse of Lyrics and Music was dethroned of her glory, One amongst the nine Mousai, merely a subject to mockery. Her misdemeanor was loving a demon feigning […]
RAAG LAYS IN ROSE : A Roseate Sonnet
RAAG LAYS IN ROSE Running the gamut, Raag aired his longing clandestine, Agreeable was Ragini, his love and concubine. Arcane was their love, though opened up like pea-pods, Gliding with the Zephyr, they played all the chords. Love grew strong, from nights to morns, ’twas savoured every bit, Arms snuggled deep in symphonies, they […]
CHIMERA: The Saga of a Lady and Her Mirror
CHIMERA “Ever seen your pretty face, O’ My Queen?”He asked me with a coquettish grin.Nodded in yes, I was sure of the boon,“Ah! They used to call me ‘The Moon!’ He smiled and catechized again, I muttered, “See! My eyes, my mane!” “Discern my question, O’ La Imbécile! Don’t nod your head! Stop […]
Eve, in The Garden of Earthly Delights
“Why Hast Thou Made Me Eve?”, she catechized God…An Ekphrastic poem written on Hieronymus Bosch‘s triptych painting, ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’! Netherlandish artist, Hieronymus Bosch, created his magnum opus, a commissioned work, between 1490 and 1510. This untitled, unsigned triptych oil painting was done over an oak panel during his 40 to 60 years of […]
Symphony : A Roseate Sonnet
??? Symphony : A Roseate Sonnet ? An ocean sealed in,Some clouds within,Raindrops frolic,but never are seen ! Echoing seven seasin moonstruck dreams,Feigning witheredyet, soul dampening ! Hackneyed kohl smearsand the dark night sings ! Ricocheting notesof rains and springsSymphonies spurt fromeyes mute, stifling ! Epilogue : Unshed tears evince the symphony of […]
Arising from the Dust : #AFTD, 32 Stories of Grit and Grandeur
Arising from the Dust She woke up from the cindersWith laden wings alongFlecked with ashes of the yoreLissome, yet so strong! Her wings weren’t mere feathersBut, limbs of ores alloyedAh! Christened brash and brazen,The Phoenix rose from fire! Ancient Greek mythology says, Phoenixes were monsters resurrected from the remains of their predecessors. Monsters? I was […]
Happy Birthday to My Glimmer, Anindhya…
Happy Birthday My Moonbeam, Anindhya ! What should I gift you today…?…except my words as demure, love as pure and blessings as powerful as you?So, here goes the last birthday ritual, my gift of words, your birthday poesy! ? ?? She’s the zephyr who wards off all the stale air,A whiff of sandal woods which […]
APORIA : A Greek Tale of Titans…
Sufjan Stevens, a Canadian singer who might be lesser known, but he has just taught people a lot of old and new words with the track listing of his latest spacesynth album, APORIA. Most of the titles are of Proto-Greek origin and are a telltale of the diverse ancient Greek myth and folklore. I have […]
Will COVID 19 ever be extinct ? The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind…?♫
Fed up of COVID 19 ? The Answer, My Friend is Blowin’ in the Wind “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”… …. Well, it’s ambiguous whether he played a flute or a violin. The adage says it was a flute though he was a maestro violinist. Hence, the question is, was he really as brutal as […]
We Are Back, Because Symphony Never Fades…
Swiftly, I was flowing as waterCapricious in cadence in air,And you thought, I’m gone?Won’t I come back again? How have you forgottenRiver reunites to mountainsRiding on the chariots of clouds,Parched in hot summer days? And, zephyr returns anew,Revived into scented breezetraversing the sandal woodsFresh, for us to breathe. Well, as they say….“let bygone be bygones,and […]