The images and reflections
Of Kali, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati,
The Motherly Consciousness
Incarnating as to annihilate and lessen sin on earth
In the form of Kali, representing anger and wrath against
And as Durga the Battle-queen,
Representing Valour, the clash and jingle of swords.
In my poetry, make I the images of Kali, Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati,
See I them making the idols of clay,
Painting and colouring them,
The sculptors sculpting out
Of stone, cement and others.
Parakeet,Picking the zodiac cardsComing out of the cageAt the town squareNear the court campusUnder the banyan tree,Think I,Think iOf the earning,Bird taming,Keeping of the pet,Fortune-tellingSoothing to the desperateAnd frustrated onesReturning from the court campus desperatelyOr loafing joblesslyTogether with its conservation status.
And thereafter city-dwelling and urban life,Called I modernisticAnd now after being stylistic and manneristic,Call I myself post-modern,Modern as well as retreating back toHolistic healing, naturopathy and avurvedaFor to concentrate and meditate upon,To fix the fickle mindFull of career orientations.Denying the breast to the newly-born babe,The modern careerist, glamorous girl-turned-mom,Trying to rebuild her imagery and resettleThe…
Or the scroll sheetOr to cast in metalsToo is a priceless art,Not less than the poetry of the poets.
Rough and tough,Rude and naughtyAnd destructive,Th boy of a bad company,A gang,How to deal with the devilEven though related to?
And re-make IOn a small scape of paper.Your God-gifted faceMakeAnd re-make IOn a small canvas of paper.
That she is characterless, that she is loose,That she is immoral and deceitful,O how long, how long,Will you go charging her, framing her?There was a time when burnt you aliveAfter the death of her husband,Asking her to be a Sati,A small girlUnable to rise up to the pyreAnd they readying the rituals to giveCourage to.You…
