Saturday, August 23, 2025

 



RUSTIC GLORIES

 

Far from towering skyline smokes,

Distant milling crowd noise socks,

Concrete world and glass mansion,

Metal road flyover busy awesome, (1)

 

Schools, colleges, offices, and buses,

Metro, train, stadium, and parks,

Streets, lampposts, footpath rush,

Picture of a city megapolis is stark, (2)

 

Dreams differ, malls and restaurants,

Evening time, relaxation is pleasant,

Build houses, acquire gold, jewelry,

Fantasy lives here, stays life ivory, (3)

 

Plenty of food goods, commodities,

At the side, a drain, a line of shanties,

Lack of food, dressing sick, illiterate play,

Menial work wages a sad life, says (4)

 

A parallel world can never converge,

A village in the lap of nature merges,

Splurge livelihood absent serenity,

Simple rustic folk cultivate a duty (5)

 

The bullocks' grassland grain field,

Golden color crops in waves yield,

The pond where lotus blooms says,

Swimming swans, happily, and play (6)

 

Thatched cottage, mud wall paints,

Village women with a pitcher collect,

Dust-free clean air, green restraint,

Soiled path, narrow cartwheel state, (7)

 

Enchanting, silent, itouches evening,

Wings of darkness at night life sing,

Rustic glories, unique; city life differs.

Flood and thunderstorm life suffers, (viii)

 

Written by: Bijayananda Mishra

Date of writing: 23rd August 2025

Themes: Marvel village life

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