AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON A weak Autumn hides somewhere far behind the fields Of half-ripe paddy , maize , peanut and mung beans Revealing the phantom skeleton of a late monsoon; And the sad dysfunction of a thin dew in the night In the joyless countenance of a burning afternoon. Farmers compute losses , peasants await more relief Cyclone-hit millions chide a shameless ghost moon When ceaseless cawing of thirsty crows fills the noon; Sun-struck butterflies in absence of flowers droop To the ground to sit on dry grass to sigh and swoon. Casual fall of leaves from sparse tall trees break silence Of serpentine roads leading to hollowed hearts of hamlets With hunger for food, polythene, water in their shrunken eye As the Sun quickly softens behind the eyelid of a half-sleeping sky. Comp. n copy right : saroj k. padhi 31/10/14
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:31:59 +0000
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