Morning Tv Channels Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

I wake up instinctively around 4 45 am
To put TV on: a few Channels like DD Bharathi,
Kalaigner TV dedicate this time of the day
To classical music, vocal or instrumental.

While I dont have an ear for music,
My father's lasting, and only grievance!
Now after so many years I try hard
At least to listen to classical music.

Being a man I get carried away by looks
Of the dancer, figure and movements
Than any technical excellence of the dance:
Of course I have seen a man dance but 10 years ago!

The dance where bare breast or cleavage
Can not be shown to the audience,
Regardless of any gesture or posture
Is Bharatanatyam our Indian heritage.

Like swimming it exercises
All inward and outward limbs
And yet many think our the old
Association of dancers with devdasis.

But it is one of the oldest of the pure
Arts which entertained high and low
And provided spectacle, entertainment,
Music, tradition and exercise.