MOMENTOUS
Fag end of the generation
noted,
Born after the nation is
liberated,
Colonial rulers quit long
shores,
Less chain centuries-old
allures, (1)
The wind water granaries
forest,
Rivers fertile soil habitation
test,
Free is the country in front
stare,
Poverty, illiteracy, divisive
life hire, (2)
Fractured the unity, futile
fought,
Divided a country, stays
distrust,
Female feticides child
marriages,
Encounter bride burning phases,
(3)
A generation from coin or
lantern,
Bullock cart thatched roofs
learn,
Late came radio free newspaper,
Road or train bus towns
prosper, (4)
Growing population education
lit,
Higher education is cheaper
hit,
The assets of the nation,
literacy,
Country forgot serfdom
prophecy, (5)
Dreamed of bringing a golden era,
Population growing industry
aura,
Communication to
infrastructure,
Seven decades, our twilight
year, (6)
Disbelieve revolutionized
decade,
Gadget electronic wireless
invade,
Intelligent-machine, the
computer,
Marvelous invention space
secure, (7)
Unthinkable, scientist job
achieve,
Challenges complex tests
survive,
Looked aghast, never life
believed,
Man and moon, machine thrived,
(viii)
Moving to the moon, journey
trail,
Astronomical distance cover
well,
Soft landed, rock-strewn
craters,
Dusty less gravity,
atmospheres, (9)
Hostile moon surface land
tackle,
Science & Technology did
simple,
Astonished, a billion-plus
people,
Glued to television sight
miracle, (10)
The computerized screen,
dictate,
Thousand miles to communicate,
The Moon Lander obeys
correctly,
Gradual descent, automatically,
(11)
The fuel, ignition, engine
control,
Rotate the Lander, a vertical
fall,
These moments for a touchdown,
People, the world fear,
breakdown, (12)
Failure several earlier
happened,
Correct a soft landing gladdened,
Overjoyed across all ages,
gender,
Numbed breathtaking encounter,
(13)
People, breathless for a split
second,
Touchdown, distant moon
commend,
News, the success spread a
wildfire,
Dreams seven decades to
inspire, (14)
Space travel reality a country
boasts,
Momentous lived-to-the-day
hosts,
Tearful, overjoyed land and
future,
My prayer for children study
sure. (15)
Pen: Bijayananda Mishra
Title of Poem: Momentous
Themes: Significantly, the moon
is not far
Written: 24th August 2023,
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