Poets And Poetry

iyerviji · Aug 26, 2019

Nice poems Satchi

satchitananda · Aug 26, 2019

Thanks Vijima! :-D

Thyagarajan · Aug 26, 2019

satchitananda said: ↑

The Road Not Taken

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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Uncharted territory has its own dangers. Road LESS TRAVELLED by one must have a reason of lurking danger. How then I wonder why Robert Frost decides to trod on the one less travelled the y intersection in the yellow wood. It could be metaphorical connotes something else which my small mind unable to catch or comprehend!
Thanks and Regards.

satchitananda · Aug 26, 2019

The refusal to face risks due to (un)perceived fears could lead one towards a happy though limited life. Maybe the road less travelled might lead to a satisfaction and peace greater than to be found on the trodden track.

Thyagarajan · Aug 26, 2019

satchitananda said: ↑

Here is one for the summer:

Grasshopper Green
-by George Cooper

Grasshopper-Green is a comical chap;
He lives on the best of fare;
Bright little trousers, jacket, and cap, –
These are his summer wear.
Out in the meadow he loves to go,
Playing away in the sun;
It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low:
Summer's the time for fun!

Grasshopper-Green has a dozen wee boys,
And, soon as their legs grow strong,
All of them join in his frolicsome joys,
Humming his merry song.
Under the leaves in a happy row,
Soon as the day has begun,
It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low:
Summer's the time for fun!

Grasshopper-Green has a quaint little house,
It's under the hedge so gay:
Grandmother-Spider, as still as a mouse,
She envies him over the way.
Darling, he's calling for you, I know,
Out in the beautiful sun;
It's hopperty, skipperty, high and low:
Summer's the time for fun.
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I enjoyed and had a vicarious fresh green grass cut smell with grass hoppers hopping around flowers in the park .
Thanks and Regards.

jayasala42 · Aug 27, 2019

Madam,

More than English poems, sanskrit poems contain many chitra kavyas, rich embellishments which are unimaginable.Vedantha desikan's paduka sahasram, contains 1000 shlokas about Shri Ranganatha paduka and this was composed within a single night.Each shloka is a gem. It contains various chitra bandhas, There is shloka with a single letter 'yaa' repeated 32 times. It should be segregated to different syllables( anvayas) to arrive at the meaning.
There is 'Go-mootri style- the design formed if it walks urinating on the earth;
chess board style,;
knight marching with drums,
chakra style;
lotus style
palindromes and so many embellishments.
I stop here many may not know sanskrit.
jayasala 42