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Two Poems

4/24/2020

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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.
~

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​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.

2 Comments
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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