RANJANA SHARAN SINHA

RANJANA SHARAN SINHA

A MILLION MILES AWAY

Miles away--

Bloom beauteous roses,

Fragrance reach the soul;

Miles away--

Sweet whispers arise,

Heart deciphers the words;

Miles away--

Stirs a hazy shadow,

Eyes recognise the face;

Miles away--

Melodies on wings,

I set my feet to dance;

Miles away--

Sorrow descends,

tears come to my eyes;

Miles away--

Burns a candle,

Light reaches my path;

Miles away--

Your joys and pains,

I take a leap of empathy:

Miles away--

A transparent moment,

I get transported into your core!

Miles away--

I know your pain of loving me

As if it was my own:

Love wells up

About to flow out!

ACHROMATIC AUTUMN

Monsoon morphs into autumn:

Trees have begun

turning to golden brown,

caramel leaves--

Pale,yellow,amber, cinnamon,

begin to fall;

some leaves burn

with shades of russet and red.

But Autumn removes

the fiery cloak of colours

And takes a dip in the river:

Lo, he is reborn in a new form--

Immaculate,white, pristine

like the snowy kash flowers

blooming on the bank,

swaying in the breeze,

bobbing their heads

under fleecy white clouds!

Achromatic Autumn touches

The petals of parijat--

Aromatic and white

over an orange tube!

Autumn...colourless autumn,

full of fragrance and charm,

reminding me of a little girl

in a garden picking up

parijat in her hanky:

I see Parijat dropping

one by one at dawn

covering the ground;

The air is redolent with perfume!

I breathe in the sweet

nostalgic fragrance:

My childhood sleeps

on a soft expanse of

snow white petals of Parijat!

TANKA

yes the time stands still

amid the stunning splendours

some fire like roses

rainbow of your ceaseless thoughts

purple must of blue roses

*

iconic morning

lo unblocks her abundance

The world is swept off

As she pouts her sun-red lips

Love leaps out like a dolphin

*

pink purple-blue red

the clouds in the zircon sky

untranslatable

delicacies of colours

become butterflies of joy

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on my mind's vast slate

i feel many thoughts running

looped and connected

they flow like cursive writing

The cascade brings smiles and cry

*

your small round image

pops up on the memory screen

feelings touch the chord

i'm lost in a maze of thought

why to drag it down

CLIFFS OF TIME

The rainy season has waned,

virescent hues no longer in sight;

In ambers and bronzes

sleep autumnal leaves

stirred by soft susurration of breeze!

The leaves and l are old;

wish to borrow wings

and fly fast

reaching the cliffs of time

where histories of life are etched--

obscure and bright!

In the bronze distance

I find effigies of grief

and animated dolls of happiness:

The two of them meet

and shake hands

in the quietest space--

I become a stoic

amid kaleidoscope of seasons!

DAY  BREAKS

Day breaks in the city and continues--

Birds on the big baniyan start chirping

To wake up their old buddies-- the beggars,

But it's lost in the traffic sound piercing.

The woman picks up her kid and the pot,

The man on the crutch comes to the signal.

Some sadhus, the bearded men in saffron

Sit on the pavement with combs in their hands

Soon, it's Office time and the building brown

Sees an influx of men and officers;

Under the huge tree assemble the youth--

Unemployed with files face the bitter truth.

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RANJANA SHARAN SINHA

Dr. RANJANA SHARAN SINHA: Former professor in English at S.B.City College, Nagpur (MH),India, Dr. Ranjana Sharan Sinha is a well- known voice in lndian Poetry in English. Received accolade from the former President of India, A.P.J.Abdul Kalam for her poem Mother Nature.Poems, short stories, articles and research papers published in a number of dailies, magazines, e-zines, archives at national and international levels. Honoured with many awards for her outstanding contributions to literature. Authored and published 5 books and 50 research papers.Research supervisor RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur.