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Theme :
Beauty
Ancient Indian Ballad Chitra! Chitra!
by
Mukesh Williams
To your
mocha form I sing
To ho, I praise thee
Chitra! Chitra!
Though you’re beyond
The bitter waters of Godavari
Beguiled not to respond
And I banished from my country
Under a soul-lit sky
Bound by a decree
I will not stop to sing
In the teeth of a relentless gale
Chitra! Chitra!
I will not lament tonight
Your ivory-carved delight
That has put the light to flight
Nor will I bemoan the plight
Of your two perfect mares
Yoked to the chariot of the night
Tawny mounts whose manes
Spread in the fragrant wind
Yearning to be contained
Reverent to regions unknown
I will travel for thee
Chitra! Chitra!
A fish-rippling belly
Tender work of summer tan
The musk in your niche
To the black-eyed Eve
I impetuously sing
Chitra! Chitra!
On a white pearl bed
Inlaid with tasseled gold
Your auriferous divinity unfold
You stream of summer love
Lovely shadow on the snow
Chitra! Chitra!
Your pear-shaped smile
A celestial dream on a night-sky
Sophisticated sorceress
A sonsy lass
To you I sing and louder sing
Chitra! Chitra!
April 19, 2009
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The Week of April 19, 2009
A Holi Song by Kumud Biswas
A Love That Died by Lucy Cottingham
A Prayer by Dr. Uma Asopa
A Restless Sleep by Stephen C Watson
An Old Trip To Morocco by Michael Knott
Ancient Indian Ballad Chitra! Chitra! by Mukesh Williams
Fanatic Wish by Nikhil Gawai
Girl in the Park by Jan Oscar Hansen
Happy Holi by Rupradha Mookerjee
It’s Time for Me to Leave by Rupradha Mookerjee
Killing the Kins by Prof. R.K. Bhushan
Love Thyself by Mukesh Williams
May of '03 by Mike Smith
My Saraswati Moonstone by Fred Hose
Poems Purely Personal by Prof. R.K. Bhushan
Quarter of An Hour by Kewal Paigankar
The Apocalypse by Kumud Biswas
The Ballad of Jade Goody by RD Ashby
The Hope by Dr. Uma Asopa
The Indemnity by Jan Oscar Hansen
The Music Man by RD Ashby
To Rest on the Grass by Bernie McCann
Unquestioned by Dr. Silogan Pillay
Woman by Divya Chandran
Women, March Ahead! by Dr. Jawahar Surisetti
Women's Day by Sandra Martyres
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