Friday, November 23, 2007

Time of our Lives







There were images on the 76 mm;
there was Zimmerman in the air.

There were protests,too;
under the 'sky-road'.

Repurcussions from miles away,
they played the wrong cards at Writers.

The men in Mughal city,
played the blame game.
The folks in the village played with death.

They assured peace,
Red peace.
A Rizwanur dies again,
A Nandigram cries again.

Its a mutiny,
a silent arrangement.

Thirty years of attrocity,
burns in a single day of 'inhumaneness'.

Another Modi is born,
Or is it discovered?
The truth was always there,
the courage was'nt.

And they sang Zimmerman,
they marched candles.

Silent Mutiny.
of distant feelings of disturbance.

The uniform clad men,
did the job.
The told job.
It is the Red connection again.
Lalbaazar.

We had cars,
we have chemicals.
Its blood now.Red again.

For once the wind blew pure,
at Writers.
The answer was 'Blowin' in the wind'

White Zombies.
Poltergiests in disguise.
Hideous.

The invisible wall has been shattered.
The sun has indeed risen.

Melted candles,torn pieces of black,
broken pieces of wood,stagnant bent of the mind - was all thatwas left.
The silent protest reverberates.

They went Dylan,
candles,silence and
tears.

6 comments:

Jhilmil said...

hmm...not bad...
but if u added lil rhyme...
it would have been better!!
which poet do u follow?
From mah side its vikram seth...relly a humorous poet!

Debs said...

Well...I dont follow any poets as such! And about rhyming my lines...I hate doing them...Its better without that.

Inam said...

I quite liked it, the refrain of red is strong enough to stir one's political consciousness. I like the 'silent arrangement' bit too.
As for rhyming, I quite agree; there is no law that one has to rhyme in poetry, it's quite an ancient concept to think that poetry sans rhyme is bad poetry, one that Lorca or Neruda would laugh at.

onlyzzz said...

random thoughts
but not random poetry

snooky said...

great poem....I think theres nothing wrong writing a free verse poem...

I like the theme and the concept

Anonymous said...

sincere effort.. keep goin...