NAMITA RANI PANDA

NAMITA RANI PANDA

A DIVINE LETTER

Isn't the sky a divine letter

with Sun, moon and stars as its indelible letters

written by God with heavenly ink

that perpetually entice and blink?

It's a marvellous creation of the greatest Creator

with a hidden message for each creature

that every moment changes its texture

from blue to crimson or grey to azure.

It's a solace to the love lost lover,

a source of inspiration to the poets and painters,

a mystery to innumerable star gazers

To read His letter we need keen eyes

that teaches us to shine brightly in spite of darkness

and scatter warmth in spite of loneliness

As day comes after the night there is an end to everyone's plight

So let's read this letter with utmost care!

*(c) Namita Rani Panda

31/03/2017

NO WAITING FOR A BUDDHA

“Who are you young lady?

Why are you perspiring profusely

in the dark chilly night

soiling your fair delicate body

and honey coloured hair?

What are you doing dear

with your hurt hands,

swelling heart and

the bruised bleeding body?”

“I'm a love lost bird

building a castle of love

with my flesh, blood and tear

for my lovely loving lover.

I'm a parched dreary desert

digging tirelessly

for an endless fountain of love

to quench my thirst.”

“Let me draw out

the dagger of despair

the arrows of sorrow,

complaint and grief and

smear the balm of love on your sore!

Let me save you

from suffering , decay and death

 and bless you with heavenly bliss!”

“Who are you young man

to trespass into my life?

I don't believe in rebirth.

My heaven and hell is this earth.

What is it to you if I suffer or rejoice?

Let me suffer for my sin!

Let me struggle and strain !

Let me die and decay!

You go on your own way.

It's none of your business

as a Buddha I desire not,

my beloved I desire the most!”

*(c)Namita Rani Panda

     03/02/2017

( For a woman her home is her heaven. Her love is her worship and her lover is her God. The poem depicts how she denounces heavenly bliss and prefers to struggle and strife for the sake of her love. )

AN UNWANTED CHILD

I'm a forgotten child for whom the world is so wild

Strangulated before I see the light

Though my sole dream is to make everyone's life bright.

Dumped in the garbage after my birth

My kith and kin never realise my worth

For them I'm enemy of their mirth

Though I'm hidden behind the cloud

I go on scattering ray of love around

From the heaven I rain my tears

To bless my loving little brothers

To wash the sin of my mother and father.

I wish you all to progress and prosper

But with out me how can you prosper?

O' my loving father and brother

I'm your forgotten daughter and sister

Won't you do me a little favour?

*(c)

29/03/2017

NAMITA RANI PANDA

Mrs Namita Rani Panda was born on 10th Jannuary 1965 in Sambalpur district of Odisha, India. Having lost her mother in the tender age of six  she became a silent and keen observer of her surroundings. Being the lone parent her father brought up all his daughters with the liberties of  sons to enable them to face the challenges of life boldly. But that intensified in her heart the pangs she has been facing as a female in the male dominated society. In every piece of her writing one can feel the cry for leading a life of liberty and dignity. The other themes of her interest are love and life and  social issues . Now she works as a Post Graduate Teacher in English in Navodaya Vidyalaya, Khordha, Odisha, under the Ministry of HRD, Deptt. of School Education and Literacy, Govt. of India , New Delhi. She has been in this teaching profession since 1988.Her educational qualification is M.Phil(English} M.Ed. Apart from poetry she keeps interest in story writing and painting. Her poems are published in various international journals and anthologies.