Bruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 29. Banjara Whenever I see Banjara hills Sturdy, stunning I’m reminded of Banjara baby Monie Who hasn’t a spoon of muscle On her bones She may not contain A pint of blood in her body Her honeyed talk is enough To infuse energy Into the body Of her […]
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Tempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 28. Persons Outwitting Time If ten words strum the lute of the heart, ten notes reach the pages of history. Essence accrues with ripeness and struggles with readiness. Like a brook of oneness,let us become writable songs and heal the wounds! I am a lone army […]
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Poems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi About the Translators RS Sudarshanam Late RS Sudarshanam was a poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, and translator.He published around 10 literary books including ‘MadhuraMeenakshi (Short Stories), Nishantam (Poetry), SamsaaraVruksham (Novel)and many more literary works. Received many awards includingNutalapaati Gangadharam Award, AP Sahitya Academy Award […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 28. The Pyre of Khairlanji Oh, Babasaheb Ambedkar, To whom but you Can I relate this sad episode? This minimal nation turned into A male organ Frightens me! Look at this incestuous Generation of vipers! Was there ever a brother On the face of the globe So heinous […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 27. Balu Everywhere When solitary birds suspend their waiting glances from nests hiding fruit bunches of pain behind smiles… When someone wants to swim in the sea of sense slipping into deserts or jungles, then Balu, the shower of your sweet notes gives solace. In our […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-36 Adieu, Till Then… Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy Nobody leaves a clue as to When or to what worlds their adventure is all about. It’s all an enigmatic, all-encompassing lonely reflection. And a jingle of queries. No matter how delicately you tread, Or, a friendly […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 27. Mother Earth I declare this land is mine And cattiest serpents hiss furiously I till my land And it crawls around me, This Anaconda of caste and Crushes my frame. If we beseech them And not the waters Village-lakes would overflow with Our blood. Have you ever […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 26. Vine with No Leaves Knowledge is turning into a forest amid hard times, animosities that are moving as waves. This city with burning trees is akin to a coffin; it’s like a cistern filled with silent dark melancholic songs. A traitor it is: when asked […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-35 A Fidgety Feeling Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy If you gestate for nine months And suffer some moments of great agony, The outcome will be the birth of a baby. If you invest some time And kindle some ideas, Then dawns a wonderful poem. The […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 26. Song of the Hunter It makes me twist inside Twist hard This fateful statue! Seeing it I don’t get a wink of a sleep. I feel like one Whose crown has been snatched And dashed to the ground. That pointing finger Aims at our loins Hidden behind […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 25. ‘Re’public Day All the beautiful occasions of hoisting the existence flags open as festivals. A victory drum sounded at the midnight of Fifteenth August, Nineteen Forty- Seven; the sky of national feeling blossomed in the form of hubbub everywhere. It stood in front of us […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-34 Care Of… Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy When the letters are at heart And heart itself becomes a poem, Poesy founts streams of elixir. When poetry is the altaltissimo Of all life’s yearnings Mind turns halo Swaying a cascade of tunes. While rowing across life’s […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 25. Corn Picker I only know how to lose But never to gain again My womanhood an affliction. I gather troubles at every step As each heaves himself up To his palanquin By stepping over my head. I am Soopanakha Who ensured Rama stayed monogamous The queen Prameela […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 24. Lamp of Hopes This is the introduction from my philosophy landto the tone of life when the future excesses are taking shape. As if passing days in the calendar with balance, you pushed some memories into oblivion! Selfish thoughts as your attires, thirst for power […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-33 A Rainbow Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy He is a magician of smiles. Smiles so intoxicatingly sweet As if he were an essence of Aurum and moonshine Milk and China rose Honey and grape juice… He turns all people at home Around him in merry-go-round. […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 24. Mother Curry You’re the consumers of Ghee-mixed food, my lords. Till now, none has taught us, Sirs, That food has caste And gruel, religion. I swear on my mother In our abject poverty It was this curry, Sirs, That saved our race From hunger pangs And filled […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 23. Learned Masters He ties new swings to the twinkles of your eyes; wraps with ropes of teaching, exercises. Fixes you as a pen or book on the tool of time, puts you on track. When exams are your ultimate aim he sculpts your brain, carves […]
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Walking on the edge of a river-34 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi Walking on the edge of a river I am a river My shores are not that of a country My thoughts Are the waves of waves My walk heals the wounds Wipes off the pains and […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 22. Home Dwelling I am deeply immersed in thoughts My mind has now become a newspaper; it cannot fill my fist. New light is being transmitted to the kitchen! I salute this strange free time; it doesn’t allow to stir the curry while cooking, how much […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-31 A Corf of Chalk Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy Caught in the chilly web of sagittal month Time shivers in the bitter biting cold. Even in the congested cities The fore yards of houses take a head-bath And get cleansed of their inured dirt. And […]
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Bruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 23. Love at Chennai Though my visits to Madras Maybe just once in a blue moon To run some errand― yet An unknown blood bond Makes the town always my own, Walks me through, holding my hand! Madras metropolis Is a splendid pot of hot food Catering to […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-33 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi New home When I heard Our ancestral home of tiles Had a rebirth I went there hiding A pack of old memory jasmines From the layers of the smell of new colors What I saw was […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 21. New Mirror Taunting words at home turn into embers even before childhood isn’t over and age is not ripe for responsibilities. The age difference between brothers is played up, yet wounds of sex determination are born. School precincts are not those of heart. Tender branches […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-30 The Bay at Bhimili Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy When I walk about that way Spread-eagling my curious looks I get a feeling of sneaking through a new window. Lapping itself in several folds The Sea seems a primordial man Swathing under its watery covers. […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 22. The Sacrifice A perennial sacrifice On the sacrifice pillar Who made This being stand thus? Frightened Just like me. Breathless The heart stifled I am startled By the bullet on my plate When I sit down to eat. Once again The Bhagavat Gita1chases me With a lathi […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-32 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi last tree Uniting earth and skyWith great thundering a demon thunderboltThe last tree on the earth collapsedIn the childhood when embraced mother in a nightmareMany a time when hugged that trunk of the treeStretching wide both […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 20. Nature of Shadows The whole night is falling as drops; the imbibing method is becoming symbolic. Some thoughts are printing cosmic rays, wayward moments, and stars not reaching the retinal sky, fascinating in the perspective. Some harsh delicate silent notions on either side of life’s […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-29 A Colossus Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy Whenever he runs into me The stink envelopes me even before. Embalming his skin with earth He enters like clay sundered by the wintry wind With a basket of dung overhead. He infuses life into the awaiting plants […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 21. Bruised Childhood Whenever I read of a pleasing pretty childhood Complete with teeny-weeny fluffy frocks Chubby cheeks My childhood ― A book of tables bereft of pages and Pressed down in an old trunk box ― Stretches out its leafy hands to be turned into poetry. If […]
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A Firefly in the Garden of Venus (Translated By Sri Nanduri Rama Chandra Rao and Hima Bindu T) Me, a refugee Firefly enslaved in your garden of love! A stepping stone to your mansion in the sky! A flower in the garland you wear ! A small part in your episodes of your life story! […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-31 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi Light and desire This is not a country with sand foundation This is a place of that show light on path to the world This is not a cloth of, three feet, tricoloured Entire Indian liberated […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 19. P.V., You Are the Renown of Telugu A huge natural wall stood as a revolution The whole story of the steps is a war field. Many have set traps but couldn’t catch the lion, your intelligence that is! When truth, virtue had no value, were […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-28 Viable Seed Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy Even a tear is dear to me. Melting silently over cheeks Like hope’s mackerel sky… drop by drop Occasionally, Drizzling at other times Like when the florid palanquin of desires Coming close to the hands but slipping off, […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 20. The Filthy My mother is an ogre She neither bathed me fondly Nor cajolingly fed me Neither stitched me a silk skirt Nor braided flowers in my hair. My mother Sun-burned, soot-faced With hands Eroded in the cleaning. When other mothers stealthily Gave their children pocket-money, For […]
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Replay -Kiriti Vundavilli Why is it in our nature to drink nature bone dry To risk our future, to plunder her to the sky Why do we set tomorrow alight In the name of today’s profit plight Why does no act of green affection Seem to slow our self-destruction Is the answer with these old […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-30 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi A black mother But her dreams are Always red But the experiences in life are Black … pitch black … When an infant takes birth No color suits the pain of a mother On entire path […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 18. Poet Some people just scribble Some toil and some have illusions. The others own magical feats, humility; turn into musical instruments, ragas, beatsor lyrics. Some have artistic outlook, streams of poesy. Some have selfishness, others repulsion for lucre. Some bank upon or sell away flowers, […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-27 A Dash of Exquisite Beauty Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy Hemmed between the ethereal and the mundane, Gasping for breath in the apartments, And wandering through the currents of civilization Like an ant-head, For once, one evening, After looking at the scintillating browny sun on […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 19. Wild Lily I am a piece of black flesh Formed into sculpture How could I have a heart when I am all flesh? In the mirrors of my inadequate blouse Hang reflections of Conspiracies, across time, which You have plotted against me. I know that The sound […]
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CAGED BIRD -Manjeetha Kumar Where are those days When life was full of joy Wings waved at blue sky Dreams landed just true Where am I now Weeping at the wounds Whispering to myself The world turned upside down My boundaries are declared by selfish men Their greeds dominates my needs Their wishes surpasses my […]
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LIFE IS LIKE THAT -Ramachandra Rao Nanduri Nothing is permanent nor ‘nothing’ ever shall be Passes over the moment of glee or gloom in one beThe clouds give rain to become clouds againLife rolls on day and night till the curtain is drawnNo encores no repeat performances, it’s all one act showSome shine some drown and […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-29 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi Niagara, a new feel Like you I am also is a part of nature Still, How come I cannot blend with it Without any concern of Any country, time and zone Without counting the sects or […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 17. Time to Grow The sky is torturing. Let alone guarding the infinite universe, it’s crushing under its foot, the endangered faith. It is useful neither for dried coir nor for fire. How tiny your heart is amidst your henchmen, how senseless your conceit, is not […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-26 A Foundling Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy A screaming unwanted child when he was born An offshoot of municipal rag-ring A penalty paid by some innocence For a trespass or somebody’s necessity…. The stains of blood over him Won’t betray any addresses. When delicate etiquettes […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 18. Child Sacs Leading a hand-to-mouth life The day before yesterday We sold our drudgery Yesterday we pawned the pitcher and winnowing pan. For a gulp of gruel we sold The blood in our body Our kidneys, for a handful of space We pawn our hearts every day. […]
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Cup of tea -Sasikala Thanneeru They always look at my cup and began to search it’s speciality They always wonder about rhythm of my sips and music of my thoughts They always curious about the news I share with my tea They want to utilize that ten minutes miracle for their own It’s time for […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-28 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi Definition Now and thenIf we can go far away from everyoneIn fact, the meaning of life would be understood.Though we have desires, love and hatredWhat id we have nothing can be understood Let any number of […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 16. Bonalu – Dazzlers of Art When devotees pour ‘five syllables’ in the vault of the heart and intelligence becomes a firmament of piety, they place faith on heads, turn themselves into a carnival. Hunger, food… they are not recent ones, but came into existence when […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-25 The Same Way — Again Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy Making each night a moonbeam-bud I yearn to adorn the flower vase on the table. Taking the advice of the friendly air To try to incense the room With glittering fantasies of youthful passions, But […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 17. Black Mother While all sons became mother’s sons And all daughters, father’s daughters Just so to garland their fame with poetry, You never got any respect in life, Mother Only crowns of hardship. When I think of you, The stream of humiliation that you swam across Breaches […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-27 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi Inner kindling Nothing hides But with a silence Hundreds of days of peace History of silence Nothing we can have in stories we read My silence of that time A helplessness It’s a line on my […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 15. In this Battlefield She is a flutter that made virility smoulder in the field of war; the lustre of gems she is. She kindles the light of erudition, and the flourish of hard work. So she is not a policewoman, but a policeman! She completes […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-24 The Song of a Cataract Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy When I start piling up words I lose my being and identity. Like a cloud drifting with the wind, I know, Yet, I show off my ego and status. When that man assumes silence, He […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 16. Postponement of Love Love poetry! What do you mean, my writing it? My lips have been trembling for ages With the fear of death To even utter the syllables of love, How can I write poems on my love! Who after all acknowledged There beats a heart […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-26 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi The dust of time Memory means Isn’t flowing into the past? How sweet it would be That level sad also In the layers of dust piled up On the leaf of life Dimmed waves of silent […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 14. The Song of the Present It’s a song; it embraced a long silence, crossedthe tombs of hatred near the bonds of affection. A dwelling erected in our life struggle. It has seen not only the stars In the firmament, the ripples in the sea, and […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-23 The Epical Touch Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy To mine eyes long forgotten dreamingAnd to my heart’s precincts shut for agesThere came an eyeful ocular epicHanding me out an invitationAnd churning a new lyric in me. The blue herds leisuring out on the skyMust have […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 15. Step Mother My Hindu step mother! When you excommunicated my touch To a nowhere place, the trisanku heaven* Tied a muzzle to my mouth Hung a broom down my backend made A strange animal out of me I became an alien in my own land. With not […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-24 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 25.Recognition To his mother also His father had given the recognition All his pride Its about his recognition only So, he discards in that way He says his recognition is mine Except that, he says, I […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 13. Book is our Flag Like a mother who directs a crawling child Like the father who teaches his son how to run Like the teacher who dispels fear from the mind Like the temple that tells God is present in the heart of one and […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-22 This is it! Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: Shyamala Kallury I feel I have known you Before I decide to ask The contexts you have created change. While wondering to myself as to how to know you, Ask you, you drift away moving in circles I keep […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 14. The Black Sun Although he did not learn the alphabet He was a farmer who grew affection By churning life Although he did not know ideology and debate He was a true materialist who did not argue But made me write the alphabet with my left hand… […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-24 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 24.Soaring high He becomes so egoistic But in fact, never realizes The nature as a teacher Man, without wings Roving in the sky means To teach a lesson that Even to the dream that melts away […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 12. Monopoly It’s an indoor game that fell into the hands of tiny tots. Irrespective of the season it gives a yield of bucks unseen earlier. A nice game it is… that of e-business No great fascination or rapture in the distribution of intellect. Only a […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-21 Moonlit Buds of Poetry Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: Shyamala Kallury Moonlit buds of poetry Float on the streams of Time in colourful boats Hearts aflame with poetic delight and Questing eyes bind their lives with moonlit Buds of poetry, emitting dreams. Keep the door ajar, Let […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 13. Prohibited History Even as I took shape in My mother’s womb I was labelled untouchable Stamped low-caste Before I was born. The day I was born I bore the imprint of an unchaste woman Cast into the drainage of tradition The dustbin of custom. I became the […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-23 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 23.How many? How many clouds are required To bear the burden of my tears How many oceans are needed To connect the roar of my heart How many forests are desired? To hide the darkness of […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 11. Corona, We Aren’t Afraid! We wage war individually, and fight the same single battle. We lie in wait separately. You are a microbial bomb, not an atomic one! So why do we fear you? We won’t tie you to stop you from touching us. We […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-20 Learning to Walk Afresh Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: Shyamala Kallury A girl grows leaning on those very dreams A boy studies to walk the path of the same destination. To sing on that branch as koels, To blossom on a different festival of spring The youth […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-32 The Adieu Song Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: NS Murthy WheneverFriendships sing adieus waving hands,Wounds rake up inflammable passions.The deciduous smiles and tearsShed on the platforms,And under the tree shades in bus-stands,Travel through the post bags againPlaying hide and seek with memories. WheneverFriendships bid good-byeWounds hum commiserate […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 12. Muddy Hands With the music of washed vessels. She wakes up the house. When the early cockcrows Piercing through thick darkness She lights the hut Feeds the children grains of rice. She arrives in the fields, porridge-vessel in hand The landlord welcomes her with abuses. As she […]
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THE UNTIRED English Translation: Penugonda basaveshwar Telugu Original : Sarasija Penugonda She’s been trying to erect a pillaras a mark of her self identity denied for decades by community Bricks of self-confidence are continuously kept wet with relentlessly shed sweat Sacrifices like a matchstick to ignite ,fire particles, a million n continue […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-22 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 22.Separately … Separating is not only For humans It’s a habit of the soil and To the rivers, mountains, and oceans Finally, to the sky also Not only To the fragrances and to the winds of […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 10. Bell of Virtue In the flux of a scene where silence overflows, render your brain formless a bit. Meanwhile, it is not just your dreams, but heart’s burden that is emptied. In the darkness where fireflies emit light, inordinate sound brooks keep flowing. Many are […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-19 Touch of a Melody Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: J Bhagyalakshmi Sometimes all words jumble up And break into pieces Like flowers dropped on a rock They get hurt and faint They are in agony like a struggling fawn Which struggles to reach the stretched-out hand But […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 11. New Syllabus The same age-old stale lessons In all the leaves of the same old book White sheets blacken from The soot that is in his mind. Children’s rhymes go thus Rama is a good boy Sita is a good wife Come on my daughter! Grind the […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-21 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 21.Remaining nest Entire home Again carries the silent vacuum Till yesterday The waves of naughty words Just in a night The aerial roots of shadows of Silent tempest To a part of my womb Who migrated […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 9.Scissors Whena flame rages beneath the pan of half-cooked rice, I feel the pain of besieging taunts. Like the stories of paltry grains for hungry stomachs, in the shade of subject, object, verb amidst the disparities between rich and poor, I feel as if I got […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-18 I Have No Death Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: J Bhagyalakshmi Somehow I have to keep myself alive everyday Even if I had not attained oneness with divinity Even if I had not flown on the crest of any lightning To keep my aim at the target […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 10. Buffalo Nationalism A void at home The minds speak no words On the day when we sold Our pet buffalo A pet is not an animal But one of us, more than kith and kin We have no separate homes. She is my parents’ child, Along with […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-20 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 20.Memories of floods In the revolution of galaxies of centuries From endless circles of earth If the name is heard once again In childhood Crossing over the heads That went away cursing the heaps of dead […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 8.Homage of Syllables Whenever occasions don’t revert halfway, all the experience should listen, say, see the words of known people, things worth knowing, deeds to be divulged and become a journey not waited. When answerless questions come near, immerse in NEWS, play the game of four […]
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At the end of Index Finger English Translation: V.Vijaya Kumar Telugu Original : “Dukhapu Minnagu” by Dr K.Geeta For every intolerance The index finger Maneuvered at Only one side You rascals At last Hung us naked At the end of the index finger! Vengeance of […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-17 A Stream of Water Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: J Bhagyalakshmi Someone has robbed the moisture of my tears Tied iron buckets with words of chains And emptied everything time and again Someone snatched away my constant companion Who used to be cool and gushing out time […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 9. Need to Speak My dumbness reveals No human is seen to speak It took a long time Even to speak to myself True interaction with a man Is possible only after Leaving all inhibitions. It is indeed For the union of true souls The interaction between you […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-19 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 19. A kitchen poem To write a poem Caught in the kitchen cabinet Struggled and jumped On the stove and committed suicide When doing Puri Crushed between two hands To my inability to hold the pen […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 7.Farmer Couple He becomes a plough to till the land in sowing season; she transforms into a basket of cold food in the red hot sun. He becomes the toil of the tilling harrow in his field; she walks behind him to sow the seeds dexterously. […]
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Music of the heart(poem) Telugu Original: Mandarapu Hymavati EnglishTranslation: Syamala Kallury Handicapped -blind You need not sing songs of sympathy You need not play violin’s piteous sigh With sad note – Of all the senses eyes are primary One cannot have life without eyes Don’t push them into the wells of depression They have to […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-16 Sprout Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: J Bhagyalakshmi It is not possible to travel smooth on any path One comes across ups and downs, twists and turns Before a man dies totally Little waves of death confront him Some unnatural race chases life As if stopping at […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 8. Morning Star Rising with the morning star Sweeping darkness away with a broom That girl draws patterns of brightness… As she washes dishes the sun rises from her beads of sweat. Amidst the chirping of birds. As she cleans everyone’s filth with her tender fingers That wonderful […]
Continue ReadingWalking on the edge of a river-18 English Translation – Swathi Sreepada Telugu original written by – Dr.C.Bhavani Devi 18. For me Separated from its mother When it was brought I became its mother Unable to walk slithering and walking Looking scared woofing When looking for milk I gave it the milk bottle Just moving […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 6.Special Soldier He is a picture of opulence on the retina; a sacred figure without many hues. He won many a million hearts. Wherever his sweat falls, there germinates mother’s love, blesses. In the nights and afternoons when mud blossoms, at a time when the branches […]
Continue ReadingDeath Warrants (poem) Telugu Original: Mandarapu Hymavati EnglishTranslation: Syamala Kallury An endless joy it is After the head-bath, washing the hair For some the body feels comfortable Moves freely in the swing For some the head-bath itself is A ritual, that sends one to lands More comfortable, then it is an explosion! Yes, Hunger is […]
Continue ReadingPoems of Aduri Satyavathi Devi Poem-15 Only After Knowing the Script Telugu Original: Aduri Satyavathi Devi English Translation: CLL Jayaprada It is only in a real anguish filled script That I look at myself That I know myself Whenever an ache twisted itself in me That when blow after blow hit, Life lost lustre like […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 7. Mankena Flower Caught in bramble and thorn I am a struggling palapitta** Whichever way I move The thorns prick me These are not thorns of today But shackles of slavery That have bound me for generations. Caught between the devil and the deep sea Danger hisses about […]
Continue ReadingLet me be ME -Manjeetha Kumar Let me write Let me muse Let me be ME Just me for me I am a Girl Not a Caged bird To obey commands To just live a living Let me be free Let me feel the breeze Till my heart stops beating Till my soul feels soothing […]
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The City of my Life -Nagaraju Ramaswamy The songs are deep; multi-layered; word over word; A trilogy of memoirs; diffused lines; page over page. Hyderabad is the book of my life. Today I tread the streets; my gazes gauge the tides’ crests and ebbs my thoughts […]
Continue ReadingTempest of time (poems) -Kondapalli Niharini Translated by Elanaaga 5.Osmania, the Glowing Lamp Always, I throw a couple of old dreams in front of me. When searching for similarities, Osmania emits the echoes of peace songs and those of valour from its rocky walls. Conceiving spirit, shaping expression it keeps filling the voids of my […]
Continue ReadingBruised, but not Broken (poems) -Challapalli Swarooparani 6. Untouchable Assault This is ‘untouchable Sunitha’ speaking: From long ago ― Forgotten by you all In this country, just as there is ― untouchable hunger untouchable exploitation, untouchable suicides untouchable rape too exists. I swear by my love for Yogeswar Reddy That mine is certainly an Untouchable […]
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The Soldier’s Mother -Mohan Das The phone was ringing and it was a regular feature Calling Doctor Parimala, disturbing her short leisure ! This time it was not for her treatment to a person suffering But to injure her with saddest news causing herself suffer ! It was from Army […]
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