Teesta Review: A
Journal of Poetry, Volume 7, Number 1. May 2024. ISSN: 2581-7094
To Pause, to Ponder
--- Nishi Pulugurtha
A
few pauses to catch up on life
Pauses
snatched
For
a while at least
To
rest, to ponder.
To
try to recover
In
a complicated world
The
web being woven, not clearly visible, yet there.
The
discerning eye misses it, as it entwines the buds.
The
rocks that hold on as the water gently passes under and over,
moving
ahead as it always had.
Creating
music as it flows.
Clear
and visible.
Dead
trunks left, abandoned.
Not
cut but fallen, dead.
Gathered
to dry, to be used in myriad ways.
The
sun trying to find a way through the tall trees that reach high.
Dampness
mitigated by the bright rays
That
finds a way into the senses
And
lingers on.
A
wait for a catch.
And
life slithers on.
As
it must
Calmness
descends, or does it!
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Bio:
Nishi
Pulugurtha is an academic, author, poet and
translator. Her publications include: travel writing - Out in the Open, Across and
Beyond; poetry - The Real and the
Unreal and Other Poems, Raindrops on the Periwinkle, Looking
Poems; short stories - The Window
Sill and essays - Lockdown Times.
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