These poems have been published in Brian Wrixon's Anthology of Poems: Poets' words on Being
It is blue all along-
she fills her heart e' soul
Purple was just another
Cross of blue hue with pink
Jasmines, jades and penguins
Almost all shades in between
Black e' white are traversing
Her mind in rays of the sun
So are the moon and stars
Shine in space sparkling
White, with the proud
Colors o'purple heart
Pink healthy note o
Red, blue e' white
Sounds bright?
No it looks great,
Nothing's more right.
What is this she finds as if air tight?
Oh jeez, this is her delight
To hug him e' hear him sigh
Giving out a painful cry in shy
she knows he will not stop that night?
I guess she will have to call it a night
Yet it seems so tranquil and pleasant,
Worshiping him e' pouring her heart,
At a magenta rose like Ajanta deity's feet.
Stop this please, she says out loud,
as she needs to read and write
It's ok for a little while, not throughout,
I guess she cannot stop with a thought e'
Ahem, I cannot put my pen to write
Although it is impossible to fight
I guess she knows who he is
No wonder he was ecstatic,
O it is him, her sweet love
There seems to
Be no end nor a beginning
With no rhyme or rhythm.
she has to go to work right now
she finds it hard to concentrate or do anything
as she is falling so much
Behind she cannot
Watch where she is Treading
her feet are so Heavy that she can hardly
See her toes, without bending
His piercing looks are breaking
her shyness, and breaking her backbones
O please be gentle, she seems to say,
for someone is bearing her heaving song
and wants to leave her sweetheart to continue at
A later time and date till she completes her
work pending, yet she cannot help
How she loves his blue eyes shining bright
Lover boy holding her captive, yet to preserve
the home of her junior to come
With round bright eyes, brown and curly locks
Of hair playing on his temple, touching cheeks,
Eyes and ears, with the softness of silk, looking
Like bronze and copper with dark clouds of nimbus
Touching the stratus joyously floating on waves o
Horizontal parallel curves blooming colors of blue
With a creamy transparent dew, dreaming under the
Stars and sunshine not minding day or night waiting
To arrive in a fine care of a nurse assisting the doctor
Untangling the baby from her uterine home dominating as
The moments pass increasing the rhythmic
Lamar breathing of inhaling, exhaling withholding e'
Relaxing each passing minute with pain throbbing with the wet
Sticky surge of amniotic fluid gushing out without an
Outburst o' complain, may I continue later sweetheart
She seems to be saying just then the nurse says mantra
breath in and breath out and stop no further,
as she is going faster, and slower on e' on
The cries of the baby bring the mama back to senses
Gushing out the clear fluid out of her mammary
Giving the baby energy and vitamins for life
Keeping him off of the infectious germs
What a lovely feeling it is every time
Holding the new baby born, softer
Than finest muslin or French
Chiffon in ranges of rose
To pink sweetly clean
Lovely as a freshly
Bloomy jasmine
O baby mine
The proud Mama's Smiling
As though her eyes are saying
Love you kissing the papa, it is the new life that's begun.
oh wait, it is just a dream, she is fantasizing,
Like a bubbling spring she was
When I saw her the first time!
She was all over the place
Laughing and running, and playing
It was as if you want to hold
A bunch of flowers all in your hand
Some would just go out into the cold
As you do not want to cause folds
She was ethereal, I thought
I saw some time later, she was
A soul seeing many things in life
Like the river Ganga near Varanasi
She bears all the responsibilities
Like a vessel full until brim
Never showing if she is grim
Her people around her as if
Travelling in tranquil in a vessel
Life is kind but not always,
When I saw her later, she was
In a huge turmoil as if her vessel
Was going up and down in a typhoon
Yet her poise was great, she served
Them with generosity generating out of
Her lovable spirit, and bearing all the
Burden yet never feeling afraid
Of the thunders and the floods that followed
He left her company after a long
Life with care and spirit,
Even when he could not get out of
His bed, he listened and supported her
Even with his looks, when his children were
Uneasy with the care and attention
She vested on them and grumped..
She was shattered, but not in spirit,
Standing against all odds,
She supported her children
And gave them solace, and strength
Little does she reflect on the
Unstoppable past, she like a guiding light
Is always showing the path,
Never complaining of the hurricanes
The wonderful person that she is!
The colors I like
It is blue all along-
she fills her heart e' soul
Purple was just another
Cross of blue hue with pink
Jasmines, jades and penguins
Almost all shades in between
Black e' white are traversing
Her mind in rays of the sun
So are the moon and stars
Shine in space sparkling
White, with the proud
Colors o'purple heart
Pink healthy note o
Red, blue e' white
Sounds bright?
No it looks great,
Nothing's more right.
What is this she finds as if air tight?
Oh jeez, this is her delight
To hug him e' hear him sigh
Giving out a painful cry in shy
she knows he will not stop that night?
I guess she will have to call it a night
Yet it seems so tranquil and pleasant,
Worshiping him e' pouring her heart,
At a magenta rose like Ajanta deity's feet.
Stop this please, she says out loud,
as she needs to read and write
It's ok for a little while, not throughout,
I guess she cannot stop with a thought e'
Ahem, I cannot put my pen to write
Although it is impossible to fight
I guess she knows who he is
No wonder he was ecstatic,
O it is him, her sweet love
There seems to
Be no end nor a beginning
With no rhyme or rhythm.
she has to go to work right now
she finds it hard to concentrate or do anything
as she is falling so much
Behind she cannot
Watch where she is Treading
her feet are so Heavy that she can hardly
See her toes, without bending
His piercing looks are breaking
her shyness, and breaking her backbones
O please be gentle, she seems to say,
for someone is bearing her heaving song
and wants to leave her sweetheart to continue at
A later time and date till she completes her
work pending, yet she cannot help
How she loves his blue eyes shining bright
Lover boy holding her captive, yet to preserve
the home of her junior to come
With round bright eyes, brown and curly locks
Of hair playing on his temple, touching cheeks,
Eyes and ears, with the softness of silk, looking
Like bronze and copper with dark clouds of nimbus
Touching the stratus joyously floating on waves o
Horizontal parallel curves blooming colors of blue
With a creamy transparent dew, dreaming under the
Stars and sunshine not minding day or night waiting
To arrive in a fine care of a nurse assisting the doctor
Untangling the baby from her uterine home dominating as
The moments pass increasing the rhythmic
Lamar breathing of inhaling, exhaling withholding e'
Relaxing each passing minute with pain throbbing with the wet
Sticky surge of amniotic fluid gushing out without an
Outburst o' complain, may I continue later sweetheart
She seems to be saying just then the nurse says mantra
breath in and breath out and stop no further,
as she is going faster, and slower on e' on
The cries of the baby bring the mama back to senses
Gushing out the clear fluid out of her mammary
Giving the baby energy and vitamins for life
Keeping him off of the infectious germs
What a lovely feeling it is every time
Holding the new baby born, softer
Than finest muslin or French
Chiffon in ranges of rose
To pink sweetly clean
Lovely as a freshly
Bloomy jasmine
O baby mine
The proud Mama's Smiling
As though her eyes are saying
Love you kissing the papa, it is the new life that's begun.
oh wait, it is just a dream, she is fantasizing,
For she cannot bear a child from her mate
who is lost in the rubble of 9/11...
may be in a different life
may be in a different life
it will be realized...
Flying the red white and blue
Flying the red white and blue
Galantly in the Eastern horizon hue
On Hysterectomy
She was a home,
of kindness
Through hardships and happiness
Through pleasure and pain
Blessed me with family
And suffered all the pain
I pray that she attain Nirvana
For all the things she endured
I am sorry I hurt you so much
Still you bore all the pain silently
Forgive me for all the atrocities
That you patiently took
With knives, scissors and razors
That were used to pull you out
For bearing harming outgrowths
From my abdomen and discarded away
May you attain nirvana, my children's home
My precious womb, going through such pain
After going through my hysterectomy
I am sorry you had such hard times..
Bless my family, mother goddess
Through hardships and happiness
Through pleasure and pain
Blessed me with family
And suffered all the pain
I pray that she attain Nirvana
For all the things she endured
I am sorry I hurt you so much
Still you bore all the pain silently
Forgive me for all the atrocities
That you patiently took
With knives, scissors and razors
That were used to pull you out
For bearing harming outgrowths
From my abdomen and discarded away
May you attain nirvana, my children's home
My precious womb, going through such pain
After going through my hysterectomy
I am sorry you had such hard times..
Bless my family, mother goddess
I am feeling so much better now,
Now that I said it although sad...
Now that I said it although sad...
Sadness in Heart
If tears are shed as you remember
Someone near and dear and no more
With each drop of tear you remember God,
Let the eyes pour, Let divinity soar!
If you feel sad at heart
each feeling brings you close to God,
Let the heart melt,
May you meditate on Him!
Stars hanging in the skies
Twinkling as they look down,
If you find God in each twinkling star,
Let the stars lose their motion,
May the stars rise on earth!
Someone near and dear and no more
With each drop of tear you remember God,
Let the eyes pour, Let divinity soar!
If you feel sad at heart
each feeling brings you close to God,
Let the heart melt,
May you meditate on Him!
Stars hanging in the skies
Twinkling as they look down,
If you find God in each twinkling star,
Let the stars lose their motion,
May the stars rise on earth!
Note: The following
is a song in praise of my mother in law, Satyavathy Devi Goparaju, who spent
all her life in caring for others, keeping up the traditions and transferring
culture through generations. It explains how she took care of her entire
society with her role.
శతసహస్ర నీరాజనాలు
లతల్ పూవులున్
విరిసినవిట
మామిడి పుప్పొడి విరజిల్లెనిట
పచ్చని తా౦బూల నారికేళములు
వ౦దలవాయినాలై ప్రభవిల్లెనిచట
వ౦దలవాయినాలై ప్రభవిల్లెనిచట
విష్ణునామచి౦తన సదా
వినిపి౦చెనిట లలితా సహస్రాలు
రమణీయ గానాలు స౦గీత
సాహిత్య సాధనలు ఆరాధనలు
ఆ తల్లి చేసిన నోముల ఫలాలు
వాడవాడల హరినామ జపాలు
గడప గడపలో త్యాగయ్య
క్షేత్రయ్య, అన్నమయ్య కీర్తనలు
మా తెలుగు తల్లి ఆ కన్నతల్లి
మనసు తెలిమల్లెపూవు,
మనిషి తెల్లని మబ్బు
మాట మ౦చికి మారుపేరు
ఆమెతీర్చిన ఇల్లు
అ౦దాలహరివిల్లు
ఆమె మాటలన్ని
పలువురును కొనియాడు,
ఆమె నేర్పిన విద్యలు
అ౦తరిక్షము న౦దు
ఆమె తోడనే అ౦దు
ఆత్మసమ్మానము
అ౦దరును స్మరియి౦చు
డామె సత్చరితము
పుడమిలో స్వర్గమును
చూపి౦చినయట్టి
కర్మలో కరుణలో
వాత్సల్యముబికేటి
సత్యవాక్కు తోడ తలపుడో
తల్లులార సత్యవతీదేవిని
నీ తల్లి, నాతల్లి పొగడేటి
కర్మ జీవిని, పుణ్యజీవిని
చల్లనైన నగుమోము తల్లి
చల్లని తల్లి సత్యవతీదేవిని
To the Unborn Girl Child
My lovely child,
My unborn baby,
My future unseen,
May you live!
May you lead
The lives of many
To survive the times
Not be a pawn
In the game of power
I pray that you may
Be a light to millions
Showing path from
Darkness to light
A Spirit Like A Beacon!
When I saw her the first time!
She was all over the place
Laughing and running, and playing
It was as if you want to hold
A bunch of flowers all in your hand
Some would just go out into the cold
As you do not want to cause folds
She was ethereal, I thought
I saw some time later, she was
A soul seeing many things in life
Like the river Ganga near Varanasi
She bears all the responsibilities
Like a vessel full until brim
Never showing if she is grim
Her people around her as if
Travelling in tranquil in a vessel
Life is kind but not always,
When I saw her later, she was
In a huge turmoil as if her vessel
Was going up and down in a typhoon
Yet her poise was great, she served
Them with generosity generating out of
Her lovable spirit, and bearing all the
Burden yet never feeling afraid
Of the thunders and the floods that followed
He left her company after a long
Life with care and spirit,
Even when he could not get out of
His bed, he listened and supported her
Even with his looks, when his children were
Uneasy with the care and attention
She vested on them and grumped..
She was shattered, but not in spirit,
Standing against all odds,
She supported her children
And gave them solace, and strength
Little does she reflect on the
Unstoppable past, she like a guiding light
Is always showing the path,
Never complaining of the hurricanes
The wonderful person that she is!
