MANJULA ASTHANA MAHANTI

 

Silver Cloud

 

I'm merely a small silver cloud

Very fickle, jump in moments

Wandering futile, my nature

Love to explore the sky anything, everything

Has secret surprises to amuse

Don’t need companions

Don't like disturbance in my wilderness

Love my silver shine

Enjoy privileges, delighting coolness

Hide myself under the deeper layers

Dark rain clouds pour

Thunder, lighting scare me

Sunshine again coordinates

I wander, I enjoy

Solitude is bliss for me......

 

Vista Vision

 

It was dusk approaching

Sitting alone, enjoying being myself

Solitary man is away from voice, noise

The sun has thrown his colours

Sky changing colours from

Golden to crimson, to pink, to grey

Dark grey with white clouds

Jumping here to there

Observing, attentively

The reflection of the sky,

In the wavy waves of broad River

Dance of colourful waves, so charismatic

 Captivated in the lure of ambiance

We enjoy Nature’s beauty in Solitude

 

River...

 

A river is always reason of joy

The coolness of it's water people enjoy

The rumble tumble & ghastly flow

Everyone loves, their faces glow

It originates with a harsh flow

Doesn’t know to bend, run in row

Or to flow between the banks

As it's capable of breaking even stones

To make path for itself to move, run

It has witnessed many civilizations

Which grew & flourish at it’s banks

River was the provider of water

For the whole civilization to prosper

Life of all the creatures, indebted of river

There can be no life, in absence of water

It’s wavy waves are so alluring

Touch of them cool, delighting

Inspired to run with the flow sometimes

Or want to be strong forceful, sometimes ...

 

MANJULA ASTHANA MAHANTI

 

MANJULA ASTHANA MAHANTI: She is a published trilingual poet, author, editor, translator and story teller. She has eight collections on her credit along with a long list of participation in national, international anthologies, e-magazines, etc. Webinars and Lit. Fests. She is recipient of several national, international awards, Samman from Gujarat Sahitya Academy and Telangana sahitya akademy, Amongst many more, recent award I received," Icons of Asia " , B. R. Ambedkar award,Hind Shiromani, South Asian Global Achiever's award.