Alankar(Decor) -60 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Some Tankas
(The 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables
and the 2nd,4th, and 5th have seven syllables

The Exhausted

Born and grown somewhere
Put up in wedlock elsewhere
To serve purposeful
Harsh treatment but thrusts in mire
Sinking lotus dying slow


What A Contrary..

What a contrary
Lord of fire boarding ice mount
Ice-fire bond presigned
Born is Ganga to board drought
What a contrary


Plunge, A Diving Deep

Plunge, diving so deep
Calm that river contented
Deep is her wisdom
swim on with her waves bubbly
Propelled her way by all odds


Shopping

Women are crazy
If you say, I won't agree
What you feel wrong, tell
Don't men go on fashion spree
Crazy are men too


Boulder

Massive and mighty
But might roll down windy sharp
Yet majestic stands
Carved with histories
Brave and bold aeonian