An Epode To Two Junctures Poem by Hrishikesh Bharadwaj

The first Ballad: Spring Equinox

I
A fall that starts the earth,
The lone that transpires in May.
All round in the world,
Blooms joy.
From north to west,
Against East to West.
Fowls of different classes
Sing to their gusto's content. 8

II
Forests, hardwoods and shrubs,
Bud from the lightest to darkest green.
Efflorescence the flowers from
Pale yellow to vibrant and dark azure.
The berries yield a juicy,
And ripe vegetative part.
From eatable to non- eatables
Join and form a canopy of stars in a green sky. 16

III
The morning red burning stars,
Spreads its first ray on the grasslands.
Luminous Meadows,
Radiate the vibrant sap green.
As the dusk signs off and packs,
The white cratered body
Beam a bright white
On the hot apples. 24

IV

The lad turns happy,
And the giants visit their friends.
Nippers dance in the giant’s garden
To the ode of the sing koels.
Sighting the worldly joy,
The creator himself turns jovial.
And showers more herbs
For the bop of the dude. 32

The second Ballad: Summer solstice

I
It follows the green term
Whose king is the Sun,
That shines dawn and day!
Turning miserable for some.
Follows the green term
In the days of august
Too in June and July
Glows the king. 40

II
The great star burns,
Burns till the hydrogen is empty.
Until all the water evaporates,
Burns he, burns he, and burns he.
The moon of the baking days,
Converts into a snuggly ball of rock.
Days are lengthier,
And the nights cut are short. 48

III
The mortal chaps and dames,
Wear squidgy and flimsy wears.
Too they all in corners,
Take sips of fruit pulp.
Faunas and the birds,
Stay long in their nests and dens.
The venoms scaly reptiles,
Out comes less for quarry. 56

IV
The floras burns off,
Till they turn dark brown,
Till the leaves dry and fall,
Till all the branches loosen. 60