LILY SWARN
SMITHEREENS
I walked through the smithereens
Of last night's revelry
Scrunched souls dabbed with rouge
Vanity lying in tatters of silk
Beneath the rubble of a million
tears
I spied her beguiling smiles
Teasing and torturing
The black curls of witchcraft
With irradiating beams
Roshni was the dream girl
Heart throb of innumerable boys
Partying away her nights
Languishing away her student days
The haze of smoke fogging out
Her benumbed grey cells
Piles of notebooks cluttering
Her room and her life
For that is just what they were
Only heaps of her father's
Sweat and toil
Gingerly moving her pounding head
She licked her dry lips
A gnawing sensation in her stomach
Moving her dazed eyes around
The ruins of her youth
She gulped back her tears
The lump weighing on her heart
A grimace forming ugly lines
Around her pretty upturned nose
She realized in a blinding flash
That she needed to darn
The torn socks of her bohemian life
!
© 2017. Lily Swarn. All rights reserved.
DELHI DAMSEL
Like a willow branch
stooping to conquer the world
She lurches dangerously
Animated eyes
Furrowed forehead
Peering to read the number of the
drunken bus
that just came hurtling by
Salwar kameez wrinkled Constantly
shoved and pushed
It's the spunky Delhiite in morning
action mode
Blithe as a lark
Fresh as a daisy
All set for the daily grind
The battle royale
with the roads of Delhi!
The surreptitiously groping hands
The furtively pinching creep
The lasciviously leering lecherous
uncle
The small arms brigade all set to
launch fire on this Delhi damsel
Venturing out to earn her daily
bread in the city
that was annihilated and built
seven times over
The bus ride over she embarks on
her walk across the busy Chandni Chowk
Betel leaf spitting Romeos
Squirting red juice
follow her with lewd whistles and
cat calls
She tries desperately to gaze
Nonchalantly at the garish shop windows
Till she reaches the shop where she
stands behind a counter selling sequinned saris
And smiling ingratiatingly at
disgruntled over fed customers
Humble salutations to your fighting
spirit
O ye woman of Delhi
"Hunooz Delhi door ast "
Copyright Lily Swarn9.2.2016
CAPRICIOUS LIFE
Currents of capricious life
Tossing me heartlessly on
Mulberry bushes thorny
Each leaf hiding glazed silk
in its caterpillar cocoon
Cineraria beckoning me
Right into it’s Purple Heart
Musing on mundane Mondays
Staggering in halls of solitude
Swimming against the silvery tide
Beneath a star spangled sky
Wanton witch hazel devouring
My enchanting essential aura
Cacti concocting crazy codes
Waiting to flower and die unseen
Amidst the barren desert sands
Copyright Lily Swarn 25.1.2019
LILY SWARN
LILY SWARN, multilingual poet , author and columnist is a gold
medalist and University color holder. She has written three books .Her poetry
collection , A Trellis Of Ecstasy ,has been lauded by the Journal of
Commonwealth Literature, London as a “ veritable delight “.Her novel The Gypsy
Trail , was launched by the Governor of Punjab. She won the Reuel International
Prize for Poetry 2016 and was recognized as Global Poet Encomium Of Peace and
Universal Love, She was awarded Global Icon of Peace, and the Virtuoso Award. She
was conferred with the Elizabeth Barrett Browning International Award at India World Poetry
Festival in recognition of her contribution for World Literature and Promotion
of World Peace and for her Legendary contributions in the field of Literature and
Poetry in 2017. Lily has been honored
with" An Icon "award during the celebrations of 51 years of
establishment of Chandigarh, International Diploma by Temirqazyq, the best
writer of the world 2017, Poetic Galaxy 2018 award, Sarojini Naidu Award for
excellence in Poetic composition and recitation ,Gold Double Cross award for
the book, Complexion Based Discriminations. Lily was awarded the trophy for
being Woman Of Substance, Title of Meritorious Poet and Author 2017,The coveted
"Frang Bardhi "International Poetry Contest awarded Lily with A
Special Award for her exceptional work. Awarded Certificate OF Honour for
delivering a disquisition on Metalanguage. World Directory of Literature, History,
Art and Culture presented a Certificate that endorses the inclusion of the
illustrious Lily Swarn for her recognized merits in the literary and cultural
field. World Icon of Literature by International Higher Academic Council of
English Literature and International Icon of Literature titles were bestowed
upon her . Her poetry has been translated into 13 languages. She has been a radio
show host in the US and compered many stage shows. Lily was given the Social Excellence Award
2019 by Pinkishe Foundation.
Above all she is a fine human being overflowing with milk of human kindness.She starts her day early in the morning with a Quote from Shri Guru Granth Sahib ,followed by a daily visit to her aged lonely(widows) father and a revisit to him in the evening also.
ReplyDeleteFate has not been so kind to her as she lost her 23 year young brilliant- bubbling youthful son just before her valiant Army Officer Husband's retirement.
But the poet in her inner self rose to the occasion to face the saddest tragedy and instead of spending her rest of life in remorse she took to her pen so vigorously to regale her patrons at large and the international literary community to draw towards her.
That made the Awards and Felicitations raining over her from all corners of the Globe.
She remains active with her obession,day and night, throgut Digital Media .
But She never forgets to thankfullythankfull with remotest of her patrons.
A LOVABLE PERSONA BESIDES BEING A LITERATEUR OF REPUTE.
GOD BLESS.
Above all Lily Swarn is a fine human being overflowing with milk of human kindness.She starts her day early in the morning with a Quote from Shri Guru Granth Sahib JI ,followed by a daily visit to her aged lonely(widowed) father and a revisit to him in the evening also.
ReplyDeleteFate has not been so kind to her as she lost her 23 year young Brilliant- Bubbling Youthful son just before her valiant Army Officer Husband's retirement.
But the poet in her inner self rose to the occasion to face the saddest tragedy and instead of spending her rest of life in remorse , she took to her pen so vociforously to regale her patrons at large and the International Literary Community to draw towards her.
That made the Awards and Felicitations raining over her from all corners of the Globe.
She remains active with her obession,day and night, throgut Digital Media too.
But She never forgets to thankfully acknowledge the remotest of her patrons.
A LOVABLE PERSONA BESIDES BEING A LITERATEUR OF REPUTE.
GOD BLESS.