GAIETY

 

GAIETY

 

 

The darkness of night frightened life,

Silence piercing energizes strife,

A juvenile heart lacks thrills, visible,

Search for a job, shelter looks simple, (1)

 

Milling crowds, busy streets, malls,

Alas, vehicle, pedestrian footfalls,

Born in this city, once considered,

Immense opportunities preferred, (2)

 

Gold medal postgraduate, honor,

Parents, friends, teachers clamor,

Demanded plum post, career tuff,

Walk every nook and corner huff, (3)

 

The interview panel polished sick,

Sick, the youth felt, the eyes prick,

Probed status, family, disastrous,

The degree certificate fails callous, (4)

 

Fail to impress during interviews,

Pals got employment link rescues,

Uncle, a minister, the senior officer, calls,

Telephones achieve tasks strolls, (5)

 

Surprised to watch youth bearded,

Out-of-focus eyes walk threaded,

The confidence gaiety visibly lost,

Sadly marked his life merits cost, (6)

 

Priceless possession, profession,

He deserved to lead a life notion,

Should be honored respected fit,

His position credentials explicit, (7)

 

But contrary to his ability, efforts failed,

From parents or teachers, life derailed,

Notice him at the bar, drunk laughs,

Smokes, he intermittently coughs, (viii)

 

Remorse felt to hear from parents,

He returns home very late, scents,

The sad downfall of a promising kid,

Society is less bothered to get rid, (9)

 

Very well knows the youth, fond,

Even if in the mud but diamond,

Need support and care, loves a lot,

Bring up confidence, great effort, (10)

 

Invited him to family acquainted,

Gradual comfortable yet talented,

Understood all, love, caring, feelings,

Accompanied by us know likings, (11)

 

The night was different, bright, felt,

A moonlit night in the boat dwelt,

The lake, luminescent silver, quiet,

The boatman playing a flute, a duet, (12)

 

Kids were mesmerized and hungry, yet,

Returned, consoled his mind, bet,

Advised him to switch to business,

Promised to arrange loan address, (13)

 

He looked at me, believed, relieved,

A story was a decade ago, retrieved,

The youth is a big shot, a businessman,

He showed his prowess, that he can, (14)

 

The same is the lake, similar full moon,

Invited me to the boat lives bloom,

He was crying, smiling, laughing well,

Found tears in my eyes gaiety dwell, (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Gaiety 

Themes: Differed the full moon, night gaiety visible

Written: 3rd September 2023, Cuttack

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INFUSION

 INFUSION

 

 

 Beseech intoxicated hearts stay,

Vast multitude river of soul way,

Confluence of ancient faith host,

Converging, hundred million lust, (1)

 

Lust, far from physical life matter,

Passionate for decade wait allure,

Sacred, mythical, notional, visible,

Himalayan river, to bathe, mingle, (2)

 

Offer water to ancestors, sunrise,

Setting sun millions taking dips,

Millennia, the practice stood firm,

Salvage from birth, death, swarm, (3)

 

Invaders chained country mourn,

Land in slavery colonial conform,

Still continued the movement hit,

Time immemorial faithful entreat, (4)

 

Wait, oh spirit, look at Car Festival,

For a thousand years, people vocal,

Converge from corners of the country,

Pulling rope of chariot, dated entry, (5)

 

Mingle rich, poor, across castes all,

Allowed all religious people, recall,

People converge to the temple, ensure,

Belief pulling the chariot endure, (6)

 

Salvation only certain trusted a time,

Survived simple faith age pristine,

Torture intimidation threat failed,

Stubborn lives twilight year nailed, (7)

 

Must visit four places tipped land,

East west north south once stand,

Four temples, stone idols, ancient,

Generations for millennia incident, (viii)

 

No road help walked for centuries,

The last birth, deny worldly entries,

In modern times, wisdom, importance,

Touch the four points at least once, (9)

 

Guaranteed salvation lives peruse,

A mountain cave hostile track use,

Million visitors awe at Glacier Pillar,

Etched for generation deity stellar, (10)

 

Daunting across age, genders, trail,

To meet and pray decisions detail,

Idols only four stones, in a deep cave,

The cavern forces to crawl, save, (11)

 

Million pilgrims lo steps thousand,

Mountain caves, attractive demand,

Wished anything granted the story,

Steps at mountain slope, lives sorry, (12)

 

They sing and dance tearfully climb,

Return praising the Mother behind,

Life sprinkle colored water powder,

Smear with color paste time allure, (13)

 

Visible extraordinary mirth bright,

Moonless night light and fire sight,

Festivals stood centuries intoxicate,

Hilarious life rich and poor intimate, (14)

 

The world is the ocean, life the boat float,

The soul is a free bird, the Lord sails a boat,

Billion-plus lives celebrate the occasion,

Spectacular lives assemble infusion. (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title Of Poem: Infusion

Themes: Faith across ages, class, and gender, converges

Written: 2nd September 2023

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EXPECTATION

 

EXPECTATION

 

 

Inexpressible heartthrob dwells,

Expectant eyes look at sky fuels,

Hope plays every hour cruel fail,

Dark clouds hovering crane nail,(1)

 

White arrow crane intimate hail,

Standing crops survive, not derail,

Growth of grass on embankment,

A peasant sits under a shed lament, (2)

 

Praise the Lord, let not crop damaged,

A heavy shower for a day staged,

Absent the thunder lightning lit,

Weather kind enough passed hit, (3)

 

Sit with his family, kids play well,

The greenery extends to the horizon,

Receding dark clouds, sun wink,

Yearly output farmer pray, link, (4)

 

Greenery to granary September,

Receding rain, Autumn weather,

Lost in thought, dreaming nicely,

Greenish to golden crops visibly, (5)

 

The month shows turbulence,

Occasional hailstorms, credence,

Village life is simple faith worship,

The family engaged in ritual courtship, (6)

 

The delicate heart looks at the sky,

Blue sky inviting sunlight high,

The mirth is a visible golden aura,

August had rain enough for flora, (7)

 

Arrives September, nerves tense,

Absent yearly flood fear pretense,

River breaks embankment flood,

Submerges crop, hard toil blood, (viii)

 

Devastation complete, disappoint,

September havocked aids anoint,

A year hopes bright output high,

September will be less flood sigh, (9)

 

Visiting villages scenic wonderful, 

Anxiety tensions season overrule,

Fairweather standing crops sing,

Gentle breeze plays, fields swing, (10)

 

Welcome September world gather, 

Agog with the visitors, country leader,

Neither are past nor future symbols,

Discuss for world peace stay goal, (11)

 

Seal the animosity chasm tightly, 

Expectations world citizens rightly,

The summit summarizes accords,

Year expect bumper crop records, (12)

 

Infectious hearty smiles peasant, 

Food prices lower home pleasant,

Critical September knocking bell,

The year ends a few months, to tell, (13)

 

Election around the corner warns,

Expectant opposition verbal arms,

United, consult, confide, confused,

Anticipates early election infused, (14)

 

Expectations ruling party bites dust,

The victory of the opposition dreams most,

Sit near a peasant and mesmerize time,

Ripen expectations September fine. (15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: Expectation

Themes: September arrival hopes high

Written: 1st September 2023, Cuttack

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THE BEACH

 

THE BEACH

 

 

Amazed to hear born fortunate,

Golden spoon at birth, time-related,

Hundreds of employees attend,

Opulence saw spirit transcend, (1)

 

Palatial mansion luxury visible,

She grew, growth pretty simple,

Obstruction for education little,

Teachers many private, belittle, (2)

 

Experiments continued intense,

Her interest changing pretense,

Spoiled to demand subject well,

Music, dance, art and crafts, fuel, (3)

 

Bedroom instruments decorate,

She plays at will start readings,

A mini library, a hundred books,

She reads, a whole night, it hooks, (4)

 

Come to know places or people,

She travels extensively, a miracle,

Amazingly mixed with local, learn,

Analyze lifestyle custom prone, (5)

 

Her father, wealthy, provides her,

She spends millions, learns sure,

Her mother divorced her father,

Never seen her mother younger, (6)

 

Her dad recalls sparse contact,

Line of communication distant,

Beyond approach rarely meets,

Luxury, comfort. money greets, (7)

 

Always find attendants service,

She has grown adulthood vice,

Wanted dearly, a mate failed, sad,

Her dad blocks love angry dad, (viii)

 

Warned not to love commoner,

Replied to her bluntly harsher,

Selection of her dad mismatch,

Quickly, she decided, family detach, (9)

 

She rejected the affluent proposal,

Her father distanced, casual,

Bought for her a house switch,

Remote island near the beach, (10)

 

She, for years, quietly led her life,

A few attendants absent strife,

On the lonely beach, she is alone,

Her father rarely invites her welcome, (11)

 

She knew grown an unwanted,

Finally, link recluse, implanted,

No need to work or earn, she knew,

Accommodated with life view, (12)

 

Product of amorous life sense,

Pomp to celebration, pretense,

Lost her mother, later dad hell,

His minted gold, his life dwell, (13)

 

Alone, an orphan feared people,

Preferred a lonely beach uncle,

Uncle, her attendant, grew old,

Stayed with her, less feel cold, (14)

 

The beach, her uncle confesses,

Her life is simple, happy, impresses,

Uncle, her father, mother, teacher,

The beach, beautiful her future...(15)

 

Pen: Bijayananda Mishra

Title of Poem: The Beach (Fiction)

Themes: Orphaned by wealth, her life at sea

Written: 31st August 2023, Cuttack

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