Tag: Telugu
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What is the Gender of the Seed… Mercy Margaret, Telugu, Indian
It is a vast expansive ocean of verdure How many leaves had been collected to create this! How many trees had been felled!! And how many saplings needed to be planted!!! The waves that crash on its shores Were but the flotsam of dry leaves Which had lost their vigor, And the ocean shall not…
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కవీ – గిటారిస్టూ … Pradeep Ankem, Indian Poet
“నీ తీగెలు ఎందరో ఆడపిల్లల మనసు దోచుకుంటాయి” అన్నాడు ఆరాధనగా కవి. “అయితేనేం, నీ కవిత ఏ తీగెలూ లేకుండానే మనసులోకి ప్రవహిస్తుందిగా?” అన్నాడు గిటారిస్టు. “ఒక సుదీర్ఘప్రయాణంలో, సంగీతానికున్న ఆకర్షణ కవితకేదీ?” అని ఆక్షేపించాడు కవి “కానీ, ఏం ప్రయోజనం? పాటమనసులో మెదలకుండా కూనిరాగమైనా రాదుకదా?” మెచ్చుకున్నాడు గిటారిస్టు. “ఆహ్! పాటలో ఏముంది?” నిట్టూర్చాడు, కవి “అవును, పాటలో ఏముంది? కోయిలపాటని వినిచూడు. పాటలో ఏముంది? ఒక సంకీర్తనని వినిచూడు తెలుస్తుంది” బదులిచ్చాడు గిటారిస్టు “నువ్వు…
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War and Peace … Mohan Rishi, Telugu, Indian Poet
The people who have left us are far more generous Than those that come along with us… Didn’t he say unheard melodies are sweeter? They bequeath us some epochal texts Some new jargon, new expertise Some twilight hymns Some aural parting days And some exotic worlds. Thanks. For expanding and sharpening our vision; Being another…
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You, sculptor of my life!… Sobha Raju, Telugu Poetess, India
You, sculptor of my life! You assigned to each organ of my body a specific movement after recasting each…; Whether you did it by an inadvertent error or, by intention as they were looking bad, you have reoriented my eyes. Now, they should only watch the world you show and that world is nothing but…
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With the Yoke You Left Half-way… Vanaja Tatineni, Telugu Poetess
That the necessities were welling up each year like water in a spring, and the loans were growing wild with interest like reed unattended, you took to liquor once to drown the grief; But today you took this “peasanti-cide” and dropped down dead like a pest. . Ever since you merged into the elements leaving…
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A Film of Fog … Vamshidhar, Indian Poet
“Oh, you are an MA? Even those MSc’s and M. Com’s are lurching in the dark. Want to become a teacher? Who cares for your Telugu? The medium of instruction is only English here. What? You want to be a government teacher? Even the CM is ignorant when the DSC shall meet. Till then how…
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The Tiger… Silalolita, Telugu Poetess, Indian
All the blessings for longevity, and happiness shall be confined to age four or five. They may blossom to the same twig of a plant but each of the flowers meets a different fate: Clear barriers, destinies, veils of fidelity, Adorning the bode and putting on lingering shades of blushing Are inseverable fetters to womanhood that follow up…
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When the Heart Takes over… BVV Prasad, Telugu, Indian Poet
. Why do we witness those rare drops of tear in a mother’s eyes when her son, who constantly chafes at her for nothing, touches her feet for a blessing; . Why do tears stream out from her pale eyes when you sincerely apologise your wife pleading guilty for the hurt; . Why do the eyes…
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The Sea … Ramana GV, Telugu, Indian
That e-mail was received when I was at the mental hospital. That was sent by an editor of a magazine soliciting a story for a special issue. My wife had informed me about it. That I was in the mental hospital she kept it a secret. Only my children knew about it. She felt it…
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I want No Life… Ravinder Verelly, Telugu Poet
. Then: There was no form. There were no limits at all. My term of life was the same as that of Milky Ways. I had a full-fledged freedom to touch the bourns of skies and the depths of abysses same time. My existence was at the threshold of nine planets. . Now: I am a…
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