Let's light some candles

Let's light candles

Let's light some innocent candles
brandishing some placards
filled with slogans
in bright and colourful ink.

Let's suspend classes
and ask kids
to block main road
holding placards
again with quotes
in golden ink.

Let's hold a flambeau rally
when the sun goes down
condemning everything
holding portraits
of party leaders.

Let's switch to TV
to listen to some rhetoric
of fine and forceful words
of national leaders.

And, let's forget
once for all
till another ghastly
attack happens
somewhere.

Flight of Krishna

He flees
From problems
With his people
stopped at a vantage point
And strikes  back
With vengeance 
When problems
Celebrate success
Of successfully
Driving him away.

Wet Odyssey

Wet Odyssey

 

As Jal Doot

Ferries loads of nectar

To the parched people

Mellow down

Dhak blooms

To dull yellow.

Spring takes adieu

Summer sears

Yet again

As the Sol glows.  

She saves her tan

With a parasol yellow

Above her tresses.

An engine

yellow

Billows smoke

Taking hope

And despair

Sorrow and joy

On board.

At this juncture

Of time

A painter,

Cogitate quietly

In his cosy corner.  

Rhymes and chimes

With brush and colours.

What eyes see

Psyche perceives

Letting loose

Whatever in mind

With an apt support

From brush and strokes

Smudges and slopes

Lo behold

Another plein air

Creation.

Peacock flying about

Landing and Pecking

With a holo of feathers

Behind

Invoking clouds

And calling mates.

Ah, the azure sky

Brews a bout of downpour

That everyone

Longs and prays for

In searing summer.

Whistle blows

Flashes light

Flags furl

Engine lurches ahead

Carrying

Hopes to success

Tears to joy

Sorrow to happiness.

Ah, wait

Mind chases

The train

With canvas, easel

And hues

For yet another

Wet odyssey

For eyes and heart

To feast on.

Image curtsy. Bijay Biswal, Nagpur