A POET

HAPPY WORLD POETRY DAY!

A POET

Oh! A perceptive, sensitive and imaginative poet

Can travel at an unthinkable and immeasurable rate,

Can see the dancing, joyous flowers in the captivating heaven,

Can gather precious pearls at the fathomless bottom of the ocean!

He can have the access to the impregnable bowel of the Earth,

Can relish the taste of the tantalizing Death and blissful Birth,

Can suck the sugared, mouthwatering nectar as the busy bees,

Can blow across the universe faster than the omnipresent breeze!

He can play with the huge fatal whales and the gigantic lethal sharks,

Can fly with the jets and sing with the cuckoos, nightingales and larks,

Can jump onto the shiny, silvery and serene bosom of the Moon,

Can clasp the burning and blazing Sun in a twinkling of an eye soon!

He can swim swifter than the boats and steamers against currents,

Can inhale the rejoicing and fragrant flowers’ spell-binding scents,

Can easily set fire on the incombustible water, stone and feelings,

Can excel any worldly goldsmith in moulding the bejeweled rings!

He can rule over the invincible kings, emperors and monarchs,

Can pace like invisible, intangible Time in the impenetrable dark,

Can meticulously convert a dry desert into a green, fertile oasis,

Can build in the space a lofty mansion of peace, mirth and bliss!

He can glide and slide on the shivering ice-berg without getting cold,

Can scale the sky kissing peak of Mount Everest with no rope to hold,

Can swing without swings wherever and whenever he wishes,

Can catch a deadly cobra and caress even if it scarily hisses!

He can lick venom and swallow hemlock without being dead,

Can suck ambrosia from the sweet, soft blossom’s honey head,

Can tumble down with the falling showers without getting hurt,

Can visualize a prolonged war that was in the long past fought!

Who else can wreathe the richest garlands with magical alphabet,

Who can surpass the excellence of an ever adorable poet,

Who can undermine the expertise of an appreciable poet,

Who can retain the enviable quality of an inimitable poet?

Who can belittle the special flare of a praiseworthy poet,

Who can underestimate the knack of a marvellous poet,

Who can transcend the power of a proficient poet,

Who can retain the unique genius of an adept poet?

Who can wield the pen as poignantly as a skilled poet,

Who can turn down the potential of an adroit poet,

Who can retain the vision of gifted, visionary poet,

Who is in the world as great as a miraculous poet?

SDM'S definition of poetry :Dear friends, according to me,

"Poetry is the wordy, suckled offspring of a sacred, solemn communion of mature experiences with emotions that is conceived in the subtle niche of an observant, thoughtful, imaginative and sensitive human mind."

Glossary:

Perceptive – observant

Captivating – fascinating

Fathomless - incalculable

Impregnable – unconquerable/unreachable

Bowel - inside of the earth

Tantalizing – teasing/ tormenting

Omnipresent – present everywhere/all-pervading

Fatal - deadly

Gigantic - huge

Lethal - deadly

Serene - calm

Rejoicing - delighting

Fragrant - scented

Spell-binding – soothing/ fascinating

Incombustible - fireproof

Invincible – unbeatable

Intangible – indescribable/ subtle

Impenetrable – impassable

Meticulously - carefully

Oasis – a garden in the desert

Mansion – a big building

Mirth and bliss - delight and happiness

Glide - move smoothly

Caress – touch gently

Venom - poison

Hemlock – a type of poison

Ambrosia – nectar

Inimitable - matchless

Poignantly – movingly

Miraculous - unbelievable

©Shankar D Mishra [Sr. Lecturer in English, Internationally awarded bilingual poet & author of 15 books including 2 Grammar books] 21.03.2018

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