Poetry ~ Dr. Muralikrishnan T.R. The Drizzle that made me a poet How do I forget that day Which got treasured in a May The first clouds of dark monsoon Brought by the winds so soon The palms and mangroves gave Their nodding assent with a rave The children of my neighbourhood Sprinted back as quick as they could The dense gray merged with the azure The wild symphony of nature in full measure A violent silence did the earth embrace While the anxious birds flew back in haste The soothing wind gave a warning Of heavenly showers impending Then from the horizons far and wide Trumpets of rain sounded with pride The gentle drops kissed with kindness The yearning earth with infinite richness From the earth’s bounty sprung the redolence A primitive rumbustious uncanny observance As the celestial theatre unfolded the plot The protagonist arrived at the spot Bringing solace to every vacant soul, Unleashing uproar to humanity as a whole. ~ A Digital Replay I measure Time Not the way the clocks do And not the way the world perceives But in positions Where my mental framework Engulf magic moments and Irreparable losses. My flashy recollections Of over-protected childhood, Dim lit classrooms, The nauseating odorous toilets of the school, My sexual awakening, My first ill-fated romance, The lip to lip kiss with adolescence, The eyes that stole glances of ivory coloured damsels, Graduation to a money minded world, Salary and arrears, arranged marriage And its consummation Nagging worldly responsibilities, Bereft of mirth and emotion, The first gray hairs and their uneasy concealment The never ending construction of home… The text of life continues To create new forms and shapes And every mind with a colourful multimedia- facility would recreate its past the way I did Since I know mine may not be the first and the last. ~ ![]() Dr. Muralikrishnan T.R. is an Associate Professor in the Department of English in MES Asmabi College Kodungalloor with twenty five years of teaching service in various colleges. He teaches poetry in Undergraduate and Graduate Classes. He is a recipient of ELTRePs India award 2014-15 (ELT Research Partnership) granted by the British Council in 2014. He has already published a few poems in various edited volumes.
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Amitha P Mani
4/24/2020 08:27:39 pm
The poems are really nice and relevant. Hope that more will come from you. Keep going. Best wishes sir..
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Anthony Wade
4/25/2020 10:12:41 am
A moving (no pun intended) portrayal of how we all individually record time passed. Well written.
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