As The Mangalyan 14 Woos The Mars Poem by M D Dinesh Nair
As The Mangalyan 14 Woos The Mars
Neither asleep nor awake
Need I be to say this:
I hear, a wingless fall, out of the clouds
With a thud and splash on an unknown lake.
An injured word flutters to the beach
wanting to fly back to its flock...
I know for my amusement that
It is the Moon weeping
With the man going for romance with the Mars
Sick of my usual poetic thoughts
I now look for seeing the odd sketches
And the choking Moon sprouts tears in my eyes.
It is right or wrong I know not still
As I was loyal to her for long
I too have been in romance with her almost till now.
The Mars is shy like a bride in veil
She has to be explored by man
A romantic mission! Endless nights await...
Like a widow left in lurch
The Moon bemoans all through her night
The seas will soon begin to look red
And the Sun will be redder still.
I see the Mangalyan wooing the Mars
A crowd is watching.
They are told India is more than China now.
Land will soon open like a mouth in awe.
So much cruelty was never seen before.
Anger and greed and lust and beast
Are blooming in the veins of man.
One perfect excuse to kill a past.
Hunger and thirst are still on mount as ever
But we want to have a mission put on the track
With a vision improved by magnifying glasses!
Goodness was ignorance perhaps
Crushed ambitions had a glory too then.
My friends are in dark I fear...
Tomorrow the blue moon will fall dead
Where shall we bury her on the green planet?
Will the red Mars give consent to
The Earth in submission
To do the last rites either?
When the Moon weeps and sheds tears
I hear the sweet murmurings of the Mangalyan
Made into the ears of the red beauty
Cold and dead till now.
Is one more sin committed by us
On the annals of history?
In this context I am amused to think of the Indian scientists as the wooers of the red planet who are no more interested in the Moon whose looks have fallen all of a sudden!
Though I too join the ISRO [ Indian Space Research Organisation]in wishing all the best for the MANGALYAN, as a poet I am using a license to write an elegy on the Moon`s relegated status and imminent death in retrospection.
This is simply a phenomenal piece with great imagination in the context of Mangalyan's expedition to Mars and successful landing there and the moon is somehow not easy and looking deserted, pale and at the same jealous.....Dineshji......the resentment is quite natural.......superb piece...10/10
A Great poem. India's dream mission shuttle- MANGALYAN is successful. Really a great achievement. Beautiful description of sad Moon and the red Mars shy like a bride in veil, our lovely planet green Earth. The question at the last left me wondered.... Will a song will come very often praising red Mars. Loved reading it.
It is the Moon weeping With the man going for romance with the Mars Always the farther one looks more interesting whether on earth or in space. You have nicely portrayed this in your beautiful poem. Let the scientific mission succeed. First step is landing.
Twinkle twinkle little star we are now on the mars. a beautiful write
Twinkle twinkle little star we are on the mars. a beautiful write
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/15/2024 11:58:40 PM # 1.0.0.1119
This is a wonderful composition! As usual your update on India's space expedition and the latest news of international acclaim! Yes, we can be proud of Mangalyan's successful entry into the orbit of Mars! Enjoyed the poet's fancy of Moon left deserted and crying, as man has approached his new blushing bride Mars to be wooed and explored! Great poem and top marks!