Intro: Return of experimental poetry. Different colors, different people. Wrote most of these while attending a lecture on Quantum Mechanics, and you will see how deeply the subject affects me!
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Faded Green Saree
She is a faded green saree now
Washed out by the torrents she left
In her wake, as she walked away
As she walked away through the
Muddy fields of my heart sown with
Seeds of my silent passion for her!
She is a faded green saree now
In patches she smells of past
The stains have rubbed her of
A glory I happily conjured for her
Her glow, her sheen is faintly visible
Ah! Still visible in my memories of past!!
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Faded Red Saree
She is a faded red saree now
Consumed by the pest of past memories
She exists in the odour of moth balls
Her life is a listless wait in the dark
As newer hues have rendered her colourless
To those very eyes that once admired her!
She is a faded red saree now
Stranded in the nooks of neglect
She reeks of the mildew of sorrow
That fill her pores, for there isn't
A gush of wind to naughtily disturb
Her noted knack for a sauve silence!
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Faded yellow saree
She is a faded yellow saree now
Stripped off in the savagery of moments
Moments of hatred and rage and duncanry
That swept the streets in the name of Gods
And tore apart the fabric, exposing
The hidden fears, the blackness of soul!
She is a faded yellow saree now
Dishonoured rode of a dismal time
Carrying the blotches of blood and fury
And silted with tears and ugliness
The soft tissues devored by beastliness
Lying in pieces the victim of crime!
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Faded blue saree
She is a faded blue saree now
Crumpled and wrinkled, soft and supple
A gossamer separating living and etheral
She smells of years of loving sweat
That cradled and carried newborns
To lose her youth in the nights of labor!
She is a faded blue saree now
Still smells of Dettol and baby oil
That rubbed and scrubbed and earned
Her distinction of being the foster ma
The foster ma of a generation of joys, but now
Waiting for nirvana, for a recycled rebirth!
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Faded pink saree
She is a faded pink saree now
Ah! She was the rose petal that
Fluttered in the thousand sighs
And bathed in the dew of delights
Shimmered in the morning of her prime
Now lies withered at dusk of existence!
She is a faded pink saree now
Was once perfumed of pheromones
And settled in the mind of every eye
Was once a lotus in blossom
Glorious in youth, in splendor
Now lies wilted, withered, forgotten!
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(The classes thankfully last for a finite time)!
7 comments:
Vivek,
Loved the poems.. yaay... :)
Ah! Still visible in my memories of past!!
Glorious in youth, in splendor Now lies wilted, withered, forgotten!--- arre, sad..:( but lovely words.. :)
cheers
Rush
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good post
From Dud Sea Scrawls:
Faded sarees and other incomplete series!
By Vivek on Sat, 2005-10-01 16:05
Thanks Reshmi, ano, bleu!
I wish I had more time to be here, be online, read and write more stuff. Be it faded sarees, India trip series or tea poetry, all remain in limbo as I try to find direction for my PhD. They say inspiration for literature comes from pain, from diverse experiences, my pain is a self-imposed pleasure that I get in non-literary pursuits and of courses, with age, experiences continue to mount.
Hey Resh: I have been attending classes for past 23 years, and if (as planned) I become a prof, there might be another 50 years to go:) Though writing poetry while teaching would be harder;)!
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:) nice experiment
By bleu on Thu, 2005-09-29 11:40
yes, I see you learnt something from Physics- to stay away from it in poetry Eye-wink
at least you got to cover the rainbow, nai? how can you not cover the rainbow? the rainbow is so colorful? you got to cover the rainbow.
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are you...
By ano on Sat, 2005-09-24 17:13
taking requests?
i would like to see faded purple saree, faded brown saree, faded black saree, and faded white saree, please. seriously.
nice imagery.
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:)))
By Reshmi on Thu, 2005-09-22 15:44
very cute poems doctor saab [not yet…. but u will be some day - nai?] Eye-wink aur woh bhi physics ke nahi to dil ke hi sahi.
kidding aside - this was a fun read. can we wish for u to be attending classes forever? Big Grin
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