POETIC OCEANS 2

  What do we hope to discover on the roof while flying a kite What do we hope to recover on the roof from the sky,in artificial light What is the fun if you cut another string, is it a loss or is it a win? What was achieved amidst all the shouts and the din With all the strain and in the neck pain, what huge amount went down the drain.

Guns missiles are silent , death lurks all around Is it a time of peace? I fear perhaps but  Where have all the flowers gone  gone to Heaven ? Everyone? Burnt to ashes all the gardens? All the beds -everyone? where has all the green grass gone? mixed into Earth, all the blades everyone? where have all the houses gone? blasted into pieces -everyone? where have all the singing birds gone  gone to the skies everyone ? where have all the tall trees gone? buried underground everyone ? where have all the children gone ? vanished into the caves everyone ? No! Gone to Heaven everyone, everyone Looking for life of peace, everyone. Peace Peace where have you gone? to future universe sent ? let us seek-everyone

 

 

Environment Stories & Memoirs: NAPOWRIMO--2024- A POEM A DAY ---30 POEMS IN 30 DA... :    Today, we’d like to challenge you to write your own ode celebrating an everyday object.’ Ode to The Kaangrri   (everyday heating utensil-...

   Today, we’d like to challenge you to write your own ode celebrating an everyday object.’ Ode to The Kaangrri   (everyday heating utensil-to beat the cold, used in Kashmir) O Kaangarri, O sweet Kaangarri' Thou empty cold Queen of Energy' Unique symbol of Kashmiri Identity Any Historian may relate thy graceful warmth ' But why art thou so cold and quiet "What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both" What Attic shape - under the arm  you drove away fear and kept one warm'  yet now a touch of sadness I feel Kangri O Kaangarri' How sweet Thou art' what sunny winters thou hast seen in snowy mountains clear streams, valleys green, I long for, have never been nor ...but no, will be One day we shall return - 'Karyo Manzar jigras jaye shamno maa e masha ni -Mere Watan' We will return to your heaven' O Kaangarri' Thou art silent in grief I know Your heart has shed all tears and so is dry But we shall not any...