Ananta Madhavan Poems

Wait for the choler to get cooler.
Easy to find reasons for disaffection.
It wasn't our fault.We seldom say Sorry
Or Thank you, because we have already
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When he was sent to jail
The warder did decree
His cell should be
Perfectly circular.
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Overnight rain has left the tarmac wet.
The handrail of the balustrade
Has a row of raindrops clinging on,
Not yet adrip. I count them
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This is a season when we are unsure
Of the changing climate’s hidden role.
Mid-November in Mysuru this year
Defies weather reports and forecasts.
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Clouds keep changing shapes, resisting outlines.
That proverb about clouds with silver linings
Is simply fanciful, though Milton used it in ‘Comus',
Where he thought he saw "a sable cloud
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What remains but to celebrate
The moment's passing?
All too often I have found
That events are evanescent.
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My quilt and blanket slid off.
I wriggled out of bed, a little shivery;
The watch showed two-something.
Far too early, but I liked to hail
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Inaugurate what you cannot finish.
To begin anew is hope, to urge you on,
Continually, though you may suspect
The end is not for reaching.
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In that sloth before waking up a dream may come
And vanish without trace, unless its vividness
Is noted on a scrap of paper or saved in cyber-space.
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