LAKSMISREE BANERJEE

 

 

Unity In Transcendence

 

I am a Brahma Kamal unparalleled

a bloom in the snow clad peaks

where the wonder of colours shimmers

diffuses into white transcendence

one pure soul snuggled in many petals

the Painter's brush in endless refractions

the dawn gleaming in endless multi- hues

golden, red, orange, purple and blue

unified spills all in one white imbued ---

 

I am a singular rose white and untarnished

laughing in watery sprays of translucence

sprinkling joy in plants of the garden

home of peace in so many kaleidoscopes

the rivulets shine with varied glows and tinges

flowers of yellow and red in verdure of green hue

children from diverse homes playing without rue--

 

I wonder at the arch of the endless horizon

filled with rain, sun and the bright rainbow

a sparkling conglomerate of tints and chromes

a blended canopy of the sky in unified weave

ballads and ballets of nature in one symphony

hand in hand the glimmers different interlink

the birds, bees and beasts commingle with a clue

of one sonata and one orchestra, a song we always knew.

 

Finding Harmony

 

In treading through miles of

desert sands in stretches arid

for a speck of life and love

 

There was none in ravaged homes

with scattered corpses in this

rubble of a bombarded civilization

 

Yet I kept going in search of unity

across spectral mirages with

stumbling barriers of hate everywhere

 

All of a sudden, I heard joyous jingles

of dancing feet and tambourines

in an enclave of togetherness

 

Of diverse people celebrating harmony

in an oasis of the promised land

with realization having dawned at last

 

People at war sharing the same testament

of faith beyond the missiles and sand

In happy symphony, blessed hand in hand.

 

LAKSMISREE BANERJEE

 

LAKSMISREE BANERJEE is a Multi-Award-Winning Poet/ Author, a University Professor of English and Cultural Studies, a Radio and TV Vocalist and a Former Vice Chancellor. Dr. Banerjee is an International Sr. Fulbright (USA) and Commonwealth Scholar (UK) have taught and recited in premier Universities and Festivals across the globe. Among several Awards her two International Lifetime Achievement Awards and the prestigious UGC Postdoctoral Research Award for her seminal work on World Women Poets deserve Special mention. Widely published and anthologised Prof. Dr. Banerjee has Twelve Books of Poetry with several Academic Books and Research Publications.