AuthorUsha Raman

video of the poem, mental storm

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Hello! Wishing you all a pleasant spring season. Here I am with a video of a poem from ‘Serenading Poems Part one’ The poem is about the working of the mind. Title of the poem is ‘Mental Storm’ Let truth glitter in the wardrobe Of mind which seeks to probe Universe in all its store, Falsity and fear bog the mind, It slips into past unwind, A roaring fear batters the mind...

way to the real

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A video of the poem, ‘Way to the real’ Hello! A nice day to you all. In our search for truth, there are many impediments which block our path to realization. The poem is ‘Way to the Real’ Floats of falsity in mind, Blocks the way to truth, A real serpentine quest, Puts me in a trough of rewind. The low looking hole in mind, Betrays faith and duplicity haunts. Vision of a...

a dog

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The day yet to open an account, In the early hours played a truant. Out of winter darkness, a dog leaped, My mind in thought steeped. It raised its paws in glee, I paused the fear in me. It wanted something I ought to know, Was it a hug or food for now? I gave the dog a pat on his back, With that he was taken aback. He fled for nowhere to be seen, In the dark lone winter screen. Involved in my...

good day lad!

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Snub nosed face, What an earthy race! A sublime store of fat, The sight of a cat, Fun is your laughter, Sad are your tears, An innocuous innocence, Spreads on your face, You snatch suddenly, The objects you see, Care not for manners, When an impulse orders, Your heavy gait, Is a natural trait, Crafted to an emotive essence, Good day to a lad of innocence! ( Video of this poem can be viewed on You...

childbirth

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Nervous rumbling in my veins, Cordoned nurses, felling pain, Slow hour’s critical crawl, Led to a naked brawl, Footsteps pacing, weight falling, At the loins, pain shooting, Nerves rocking and reeling, Rollicking laughter relieved strain, God and religion were in again, Spattered the train of bloody slimes, Rendered a cute babe in its prime, An expel from the womb, Painful look, sudden...

What a woman!

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I despise your tradition and not you, It prompted you to ask for more gold, You thought brother was to be sold, Commanded me to serve your mother, She did not for a minute bother, About me and my girl child, In tradition, a girl is a void, For parents who have toiled. I despise your tradition, Which has rated woman so low, Woman such as you are a blow, To our freedom and existence. For the good...

stupid woman

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Toyed by conventional tide, A woman is cloyed, A battered woman Faces the force of society, Soaked in false sanity, A balance sheet count To get a husband in discount . She invests herself in a man To find companion if she can, Her feelings freeze, Catering to new needs. Stupid Woman! A husband she bought To get herself caught, In a web to consort, A man not of her sort. From ‘Serenading...

unknown destination

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A girl was sitting in the train, She had the look of a strain And had the prick of a thorn, In her talk, a mentally worn, People had the right to censure, Enjoyed humiliating laughter. She was a rape victim, Before, in a school was innocent, She was friendly with a guy, She didn’t know why. He offered her something to eat, To let her off in the street. She did not understand, What to her...

amorous nature

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Arresting attention, Captive eye, Arresting affection, Allusive tie, Amorous dreams, Sparkling light, A triggered night, Rain of kisses, Cheeks subtle and shining, A glowing fire To enrich body and soul, Mingled for chain of creation.

From Serenading Poems Part one

summer in new york

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Patches of blue and white, Slices of sunshine right, Into the branches which shake, Leaves in dance does make, A rustling sound in summer breeze, People on the way are seized, By a desire to have a gaze, At the green leaves in a maze, Spring has for music set a stage, Persons to enjoy of all age, People in colorful hues, Go into the summer new.

From ‘Serenading Poems Part one’

Usha Raman