nuggehalli-pankaja
90/F/Bangalore,Karnataka state
Recognised writer in Kannada regional language of Karnataka with many prestigious awards,films,and English writings in journals. Many English poems have been included in anthologies.Has translatedKannada encyclopedia into English for Kuvempu University ,.
MERCY ! MERCY!
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Lock in,lock up, lock out,
WAKE UP,WAKE UP!
Wake up to the call of misery
Echoing in homes barren of food,
Morbid silence of desert-like roads,
MERCY! MERCY! MERCY!
Hear you not,
Cold footsteps of death
Shadowing all corners, thresholds-
Cosy and safe,till yesterdawn?
Flapping of wings slowing,
Chirpings and laughter draining,
Sunshine, moonbeam.starlight ebbing,
Whisper once,I beg you, Only once,
Which our LIGHT
For unlocking the doors. . . . . .
Choking our world so-
MERCY! MERCY! OH MERCY!
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Nuggehalli Pankaja
Apr 19, 2020
Apr 19, 2020 at 3:46 AM UTC
Clouds brooding. . . Shadows darkening,
Leaves still, breeze stiff,
Whence comes this odour
Blinding life and light?
Whispers in the air,
Hideous. . . gruesome,
Surrounding - - surroundings,
Suffocating. with steps stealthy!
“Wherefore come you?”-I shriek,
“From planet above”- It hisses,
“ To unearth you,oh BHOOLOKANIVASI ,
Jealous of your achievements. . . . .
“CORONA is my name,
Forget not!
Flee not coward!
Tell me, can you hide
Dare you hide,
Anywhere-
And where?
From me, the ALL_POWERFUL CORONA
“Ha ha.ha. .. . ”watch awhile you accursed!
Gloat not so soon!
Our doctors and scientists
At your throat night and day
Will diminish and destroy
Ere you create more havoc,
Beware Oh CORONA!
Flee back whence you came –soon!
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Nuggehalli Pankaja
(Inspired to rewrite in positive by my dearest friend and guide dear Ambika Ananth)
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NUGGEHALLI PANKAJA
“Ha ha. . .”watch awhile yo
Apr 5, 2020
Apr 5, 2020 at 2:59 AM UTC
Your wavelets lapping the lotus
Reminds me
Of his wavy curls,
And the ripples
His dancing feet-Yamune…………..
Rustle of boughs
Sweeping the shore,
His laughter low
Over the scented breath of breeze
Makes me sense
His presence –Yamune………….
The lilting voice
Of cuckoo,
Through flutelet pouring out
An array of colours
Blinding,inspiring,
Unfurling a vista of splendour-Yamune!
How my feet aches,
To dance with him once more,
As before…………
Can you help me find him –Yamune,
You who was close to his heart?
“I am there in your heart Radhe”
Came the whisper-
Melodic,vibrant,fluty
“Ours is a spiritual bond
Surpassing carnal—sublime!
You can find me in all forms
Through nature
If but you tune yourself
To keep steps with me
Unto eternity………….
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Nuggehalli Pankaja.
KARNATAKA-BANGALORE
Copyright
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Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020 at 9:46 AM UTC
Gazing at the painting
In sunset of my life………
Roses rustled around,
Like thoughts rambling,
With petals of sunset-sheen-
Melody of moon-rise divine………..
Poesy inspiring
Are they , Each thought-petal a dew-drop
Awakening,
Souls caught
In cocoons
Of their own making……..
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Nuggehalli Pankaja
Karnataka-BANGALORE
Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020 at 9:33 AM UTC
VIGNETTES FROM YONDER
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a)- REMEMBERANCE. . . .
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Diana dear,
Did you have to be
So wonderful,
That even Yama-God of death
Had to woo you?
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TO HER NOMORE
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Thou were a dream
In my life…….dry,
One moment here,
Next moment gone,
Like stars after morn,
Leaving me fumbling
For footsteps fading………..
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C)- SHADOW
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Shadow lingers,
My steps falter
In an effort to capture……….
But find myself becoming the shadow itself
When end of lane
Nears…………….
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Nuggehalli Pankaja
Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020 at 8:52 AM UTC
WALK ON……….
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It is not yet dark
Wanderer,
Walk on…….walk on,
For some more time…………
A little more mile
Over these lanes
Still ours
TILL COMES OUR HOUR
Nuggehalli Pankaja
Mar 28, 2020
Mar 28, 2020 at 8:28 AM UTC