Tuesday, September 1, 2020

MOLLY JOSEPH


MOLLY JOSEPH

Where Water Sings Over The Stones..

the quick sands
of Covid
sweep across,
shrouding
man's
survival  game...

Where are we
heading to...?

You can hear
the sand
drifting from
the tops
and valleys
throwing back
their despair...

it echoes,
pervades
the near,.
the far,
while pale
horizons
watch...

No, out there
a plain
awaits...
your abode
of solace...
where water
sings over
the stones
the wind
cools you,
the cattle
stand in wait
under the trees
to step down
to the riverside
to quench
their thirst..

wait, wait
we too must
for
the sandstorm
to subside
and the sky
to clear up...








Awareness

the sun
yesterday's
today's
tomorrow's
the same...

the usual
dawns
and eves..

but
beyond
hormonal
hijack
an awareness
dawns...
we  just
the links
in the
cosmic chain..

breathe
easy
be
content...

mankind
has learnt
to slow
down...

to watch
how the
turbulent
waves
take rest
on those
horizons,
dim, distant..

how the
pensive
hilltops
slope down
to the
valleys
to waft in
solace...

time to
reach out
to the needy
for whom
no work
means
no food..

time for
those
stalled
calls to
the ailing
uncle,aunt,
senior
colleague..

time to
reminisce
read,  listen..

time for
stars
and star wars
with your
kids...
hah!
how we
have sobered
down
to the tunes
of nature's
levelling
synchrony..








Prayer

This eve,
more than ever
tears well up
in my eye..
thou,
all knowing
all seeing
radiance
above  !
can't you
see
how your
children
struggle
suffer...

the flies
fluttering
round the
fire
burning
themselves..

how
vivacious
they were,
poor mortals
dancing
delirious
with life
energy
you
showered..

sure
you had
the creator's
high
watching.
their
vivacious
dance..

now
they
struggle
to survive..

their
dance
languid
inane..

Lord!
thy own
children !

pierce
their misty
shroud,
brighten
up their
being..

we need
your
grace
radiance
full.


MOLLY JOSEPH

Dr. MOLLY JOSEPH retired as Head of the Dept. Of English, St.Xaviers College, Kerala,  India and now serves as  Professor of Communicative English. She, a bilingual writer, has had her Doctorate in Post War American Poetry (of William Carlos Williams). She has published 9 books of Poems - Aching Melodies (Patridge, Penguin),  Autumn Leaves,  December Dews,  Myna's Musings,  It Rains,  The Bird with Wings of Fire,  Where Cicadas Sing in Mirth (all by Authors Press New Delhi),  Firefly Flickers and  Hidumbi - novel(by Xpress Publications, Kerala) and Pokkuveyil Vettangal (poems,  Malayalam). Dr. Molly writes travelogues and short stories and has won several awards. The India Women Achiever's Award 2019, Wordsmith Award 2018 and Award on Experimental Poetry 2020. Dr.Molly attended Kistrech Literarary Festival in 2018 and attended World Congress of Poets held in Bhuveswar (India) in 2019. She represented India in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Literary Festival 2019.


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