Protective Chants

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Sky runs a circus tonight
Dangling dark nimbus clouds
Slouch around like old elephants
Dancing to the tunes
Of thunderstorm’s clapping
Whipped by wild flashes
Of the whimsical lightning
Mother yells from inside
Offering words of advice
‘Call the name of Arjun
To protect you from thunder’
My wandering mind wonders
Whose name would Arjun chant
To ward off his rain fears!


Ashok Krishna

மௌனம்

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காதலாகிக் கசிந்துருகி
மனத்திருப்பை மடலிருத்தி
அனுப்பி வைத்தக் கடிதமொன்று
பதிலற்றுக் கிடக்கிறது
அனாதையின் அழுகை போல்
 
ஆழியலை ஆர்ப்பரிப்பாய்
ஆழ்மனத்தின் தவிப்புகளை
தூண்டிவிட்டுத் தள்ளி நிற்கும்
உன்னுடைய உதாசீனம்
மூச்சுக்காற்றின் மொழி போல
மனதோடு பேசி நிற்கும்
உன் மௌனத்தின் பேரிரைச்சல்
 
மௌனத்தின் அர்த்தம்
சம்மதம் கூடத்தான்
என்றெனக்கு சமாதானம்
சொல்பவர்களிடம்
சொல்லத்தான் நினைக்கிறேன்
உன் மௌனத்தை விட
மரணம் கூட மேலென்று!



அஷோக் கிருஷ்ணா

Concoct A Little Love

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Concoct a little love
Deep in your delightful heart
Add a lot of affection
Abundance of pure care
Another quart of affinity
And, a bit of allegiance
Pepper it with playfulness
Pack a dash of possessiveness
Throw in a pinch of lust
With no whiff of lewdness
Brew it for a while longer
Till I get to sense it here
Inside my lovelorn heart
When it turns well-seasoned
Sit with me by my side
Let’s taste that nectar of Love
Till the end of Eternity!

Themes

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A red Sun now buries his face
In the blushing horizon’s bosom
To rejuvenate his weary self
For the outings of another day

From amidst the busy crowd
Cradled in his mother’s arms
A little kid chooses to smile at me
Showering all unadulterated love

Fragrant fresh blooms in my path
Sway charmingly in cool wind
Like the chuckling little girls
Sharing their own sweet secrets

World abounds in varied themes
Paving ways to vent heart’s waves
Trapped in mind’s masochistic hole
I could yet write of none but you!

Ashok Krishna

Presence

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Silencing all sounds
Shutting the world out
Everywhen I sit
To pen down a poem
Is that your presence
Brimming with love
That I feel alongside?!

An Old, Broken Bench

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Left alone unwanted
In the garden’s corner
With rust-covered railings
And a few broken nails
Moist-laden old planks
Catering to termites
An old bench survives
Talking to the little buds

Drawing from distant past
Woven with halcyon days
The rickety old bench
Recounts many tales
Of the playful kids’ games
Young lovers’ smitten gazes
Lazy men’s lengthy sleeps, and
Aged ones’ reminiscent sighs!

An Autumn Night

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Rustling Autumn leaves
Of this Moonlit breezy night
Remind me so much
Of your breathing
As you once calmly slept
Wrapped in my loving arms
Serene like a celestial nymph

A hoary Moon hiding by
Passing dark wispy clouds
Reminds me so much
Of your sweet face
Silently seducing me
Veiled by wavy strands
Of your wild fragrant hair

Even the coarse quilts
Of this mattress
Feel so very tender tonight
So like your supple skin
Burning me once with passion
Pressed against my being
In deep intimate hugs

Have I spent myriad nights
All by my somber Self
Inebriated with your memories
Why this night feels, then
Warm and divine?
Did you just feel me there
As an old forlorn dream?