Wedding Celestial

By Srikrishnan Ku

It is an anthology of short poems in free verse form written for prompts in All Poetry.com. Subjects range from love, nature, beauty, soul, death and unity. These poems are impromptu verses to convey truth and beauty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Srikrishnan Ku
• Release date: Jan 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311490360

Srikrishnan Ku

Born as the eighth child of a pious couple Dr.N.Kuppuswami Sarma and Mohambal at Pattukottai, TamilNadu, the 62 year old former Associate Professor of English, Srikrishnan , spent four decades of his life in temple city Madurai. He worked for upliftment of teachers and down-trodden people. He is a practitioner of Yoga and meditation and a staunch devotee of sages of Kanchi and Bhagwan Satya Sai Baba. He publishes his poems at All Poetry.com and Poetry.com. He lives in Chennai, Mumbai and visits San Antonio,US to stay with his son's family. He loves reading, writing, visiting new places and meeting new people.

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Where are you?

Trees appear bare, so even great sky-

Where are brilliant sun, white moon

Flicker stars for I do not see you today?

In all thy face I see all beauties of nature-

Eyes take me to crystal clear waters of Ganga,

The forehead's brightness is Himalayan crest,

The lips seem to invite me to ocean of milk,

Whole face radiates in splendour of love,

Unravished,unknown,unthought of, my beauty!

God must have wondered at your graceful

Colour, shape and form, He swooned awhile-

For all your dazzling appearance knocked Him.

Blessed I am to be thine, the more you are with me

Merrier I become like a fly that falls inside honey.

There is one fear that lurks somewhere in my heart-

That Time like a thief may steal away only my youth,

For thy flesh that evokes so much attraction be spared

As another figure or form like yours shall never sprout

Upon the Earth that loves her fairest, unique daughter!

Flowers stop to wither, birds refuse to fly, clocks stop time

At your movement that jealous fairies above strike from work!

Heaven Here

Sweet tunes of joy added beauty

As life assumed its daily glow,

Birds were busy moving about

Men and women rushed to work,

I did my morning yoga in peace,

A great feeling of joy leaped out

From a single thought of a face

That affected me of late so sharp,

It is not just the features physical-

Her smiles, her gestures, looks-

With epic proportions rise

To shake my strong psyche

Which is not open to all.

With waves of inward smiles

I proceeded to bathe in all jubilance,

A thought flower is sweet in love

For it unfolds a thousand petals

Of music,scents,abstract visions.

The whole day was a day of triumph

All my studies took me to lands of love,

Where she and I alone mattered.

With cinematic brilliance of scenes

Where little appears big blasts,

So minute, so catching were moments,

The promised time came more like dream,

Roars of waves deafened our ears,

Sky threatened with dark clouds,

We were like ethereal creatures-

Wholly contented in union of hearts-

Where world became a dot of nothing.

O those wonderful days, weeks, months!

What happened later is our own story-

We live in same pure holistic ecstasy,

Life's happy journey grows gentle

Into mythological heights, believe me-

'True to one another, win life with smiles'-

We follow, the soft winds confirm it,

Nature is our witness, our model,

Turn to see their communion, life is easy!

Dew Drops

Two sparrows we saw making love

we were together that afternoon

on the lonely spot of a Great Lake

Beneath a neem tree feeling its scent.

We smiled, we thought of Andrew Marvell

For reason best known to us, you made me

Describe a new location for lovers, I agreed-

'A red rose is made to enlarge to seat two,

You and I sit there feeling its coziness,

A bee tries to stretch its jealous prick,

We fight it out in all might, for we are tiny'-

So my story went, we laughed, we felt

Melted, our hearts wept, we knew why?

It was our last meet, we parted with

A good bye, for we were made with

Such strong stuff, no tear, no fear-

Only being together, no sentiment,

We agreed, spent our short stay

In admiring each other, but