Σάββατο 27 Μαΐου 2023

Poems by Dr Jernail S Aanand / India


  THE WORDSMITH AND THE PACKING PAPER  


People used words 
Less to love
And more 
To fight and camouflage

But in his wisdom 
He soon realised 
He was going to starve 
And die of disuse.

Some words like good
God, love, care,
Had  already started rusting 
No takers.

While those in high currency 
Were hatred, evil, devil 
People liked 
To be called demons.

He saw these people wrapped 
Everything very carefully
He had seen  some items 
Delivered by couriers 

So the Wordsmith at last 
Came to realise how he could live
On his words.
Use them as wrapping material.

Now, good, God, wisdom,
Love, help, greatness, 
All such currentless words 
Are used as wrapping material..

And  the poet, is happy
Atleast his words are used as 
Packing paper, 
And it brings him a square meal.
Jernail S Aanand 



WHEN THE POEM WALKED OUT IN ME 

She was restless and felt really ruffled 
When I tried to set her up
And give her 
A few digestible touches 

I wanted her to be called 
A creation off a good production house 
And bring credit to her creator 
As a man of great culture 

I went on playing with her features
I restrained her voice
I also checked her raised nose
And also bent her neck

And from her mind, I removed 
Self assurance and pride, 
And filled it with straw,
So that it does not feel awkward if insulted.

We teach all such things to our daughters
Who are going to be married, 
Not to utter a word 
Before the power of the MIL

The poem stood before the mirror. 
Looked at her distorted features
I had forgotten to restrict her Revolt
And she did it. Walked out on me.
Jernail S Aanand 


OF HE AND SHE 

The one who is driving the cycle 
Looks back to see 
If the lady is still seated 
On the carrier

He always loved her 
For her looks
And was ready to do anything 
For her 

She too loved him,
Not because of him, 
But because she knew 
He could give her a home 

While sitting on the carrier
The woman looked sharp
And deep forward
She was the creator of the future

While man was an imaginative fool, 
Who loved balloons 
For whom woman too 
Was a living colourful dream.
Jernail S Aanand 



Bio

Dr. Jernail Singh Anand is Founder Chairperson of the Ethical Universe: International Academy of Ethics. He is  an Honorary  Member of the Association of Serbian Writers, Belgrade  He is Prof Emeritus in Indian Literature at The European Institute of the Roma Studies and Research Belgrade.  Dr Anand has authored more than 150 books in English poetry, fiction, non-fiction, spirituality and philosophy. He is credited with the theory of Bio-text in critical theory. His work has been translated into more than twenty world languages. Author of 9 epics which are regarded as modern classics, Anand has organized 4 International Literary Conferences, latest of them,  in Chandigarh. He was conferred Cross of Peace  Cross of literature, Franz Kafka Laureateship 2022 and International Aco Karamanov Poetry Award 2022 (Northern Macedonia.. Skopje), to mention a few of them


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