Thursday, December 1, 2022

Purush Anthology - Kavya Kumbh -An Anthology series after Shakthi by Arindham Roy - Dec 2022

 

Poem 1:  Divine Light!

Smile is the name of the man

who gave me life and love like no one!

Tiny, sick, unpleasant, dirty infant was I

He cuddled me to his heart without a sigh

showered with his love in abundance

kisses, gifts, blessings shined in radiance

Made me a girl with boy’s attitude

to face the world with strong fortitude

Empathy, compassion, and care injected

Same time, invoked the kali when needed

Fed us with food, good thoughts, and deeds

Never preached but lived life the way we should lead

Prepared us for miracles and miseries of life

readied to handle roles of mother or a wife

when his death came knocking him early

I watched him go in silence, holding memories dearly!!!


Poem 2: Man with misty eyes!

Silent, soft, and unspoken man to begin

His eyes spoke million things when words failed

Tears and few words on our first night muddled

Fears erupted in his eyes of losing his beloved

As a new bride, we welcomed a new stranger

his hallucinated friend who would not let us free

Love, affection, and bonding grew stronger

so did his troubles and helplessness much deeper

He stared into the skies with thoughtlessness

struggling to deal with the world’s unkindness

Then came little angel, the apple his eye

despite of his fear, she was his bundle of joy

Together, we raised, above the social norms

focused on send off the stranger around

toiled day and night together in life with love

today, we are a happy family in his grove


About the Poet:

 

Umasree Raghunath is a Senior IT Director, Author/ Blogger/ Poet/ Lawyer/ Diversity & Inclusion Social Activist/ Motivational Speaker, Past President - Inner Wheel Club of Madras South, President-eWIT (Empowering Women in IT), Chennai, India. .  

 Umasree has close to 400 poems across various themes, 800+ blog posts, several short stories, 2 published books – ‘Simply Being Sidds’ and ‘After the Floods’ and several articles on various subjects, situations and emotions and been writing since she was 13 years old.   She is also having a live blog in her own name. And part of several poetry anthologies of both National and International repute.




 


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