ಸೋಮವಾರ, ನವೆಂಬರ್ 4, 2024

To "Live"

To Live


They Say "Live" Life
I do not know
how to?
 
Do I live for myself
or
Do I live for others
I do not know!
 
Do I make me happy
or
Do i make them happy?
I do not know!
 
Do I love me 
or
Do I love them?
I do not know?
 
Do I  do what I tell
or
Do I do what they tell?
I do not know?
 
I do not know
how to "live"!
 
 

ಮಂಗಳವಾರ, ಜೂನ್ 18, 2024

Chai Friendship

 

Once, a love for tea brought our friends group together each week. As we delived into health conscious lifestyle, we reduced the frequency of tea and that dimmed our frequency of meetups. 

The poem contemplates those moments.

The Tea kadai gave the heat
for the corns to pop

Now,
Tea cup is empty
Thoughts are dim

Let the water heat
With a gentle brew
To simmer our worries
And evaporate our thoughts
and free us
Of emptiness

Jackfruit Spark

 

This poem captures my feelings when our once-chatty friend group(Chai Girls), silenced by daily challenges, reconnected  when one of the friend brought a jackfruit from her hometown. This brought back the liveliness and laughter.

 

I reflect,
This group is like Jack fruit
We stand aloof
No talks
Like the pricky skin

Peel the layers
And we bare the soul
un ending giggles like the fruits
with  endless themes

"Chai Girls" need a jack fruit
To start the unending conversations



ಮಂಗಳವಾರ, ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 16, 2024

ಗೆಳೆತನ


ಸಾಗರದ ಆಳದಲಿ ಬಚ್ಚಿಟ್ಟ
ಮುತ್ತಿನ ಚಿಪ್ಪುಗಳಂತೆ
ಗೆಳತೀ ,
ನಿನ್ನ ಸುಪ್ತ ಮನಸಿನ ಭಾವನೆಗಳು
ಅಗಾಧ , ಅಮೋಘ !

ರವಿಯ ಹೊಂಗಿರಣಕ್ಕೆ
ಮಂಜು
ನಾಚಿ ಕರಗಿದಂತೆ
ನೀ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ನಾಜೂಕು!  

ಅದೇ ಮಂಜು,
ಬಿಸಿಲಿನ ಬೇಗೆಗೆ  
ಸಿಟ್ಟಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಾಗಿ ಹರಿದಂತೆ
ನೀ ಕೊಂಚ ಖಡಕ್ಕು !

ನಮ್ಮ ಈ ಗೆಳೆತನ
ರವಿಯ ಹೊಂಗಿರಣವಾಗಲಿ 


ಗೆಳತೀ ,
ನಿನ್ನ ಮೊಗದ ಆ ನಗು
ಮನದ ಕನ್ನಡಿಯಾಗಲಿ
ಆ ಮನಸಿನ ಚೈತನ್ಯ
ನಮ್ಮ ಗೆಳೆತನವಾಗಲಿ 


-ರಂಜಿತ