A Leaf That
Flutters In The Air
when
spring rolls
the
leaf flutters in the jungle
spring a scavenger
fragrances
of the green waves
ants
carrying the bits
birds
extend the wings
the
colours grill in sun dip
the
grass hopper transporting
fire
of the spring
skeletons
of a leaf
a
gusty wind blows and cries
does the jungle carry the leaf
or the leaf coronates the jungle
the
leaf falls on the river bed
sand
islets on the river
nano dust particles
fall
on the ground
forests
will paint
tubers
,snails ,lichens
Sparrows
ready to celebrate
the
pigeons coo on the ledges
A
leaf can carry fire .....
for
it knows
to
die for others is a celebration ...
I Haven’t Seen The
Nature
For A Pretty Long Time
I
haven’t seen the raindrops
for
a pretty long time
sitting
in the multi-storeyed apartment
listening
the customised water drops
of
the air conditioner
in
this city
where
computer links to the forest ,
plastic
parrots ,artificial paintings
drizzling
showers
falls
of landscaping
lunch
decided by mobile apps
where
are the metaphors ,similes
and
myths
of the nature
a
nostalgia in my memory
an
illusion of swings in the Banyan tree
fragrances
of the Mahua plant
The
berries, amla ,the Kash flower
Nature, the Heaven’s cradle
eternal
dawn ,
the
light and shadow
the
frozen paw of the air roots
an
Eternal Love Guru
I
haven’t seen nature
for a pretty long time
the
tinkling coins evaporate my seconds
hooting
of the owl
somewhere
near by
may
be
I
am somewhere near the nature
may
be
I
am sleeping on the wooden pyre ......
They Say ....
they
say
water flows
but
fishes ooze carbons of chimneys
they
say
sky
glows
but
the ether echoes the nuclear bombs
they
say
wind
blows
but
the smokes smell the blood of black lungs
they
say
the
soil grows
but
the polythene blocks water to feed the seed
they
say
the
fire burns
but
ashes of the corpse still float in Bagamati river .....
Swapna Behera
Swapna Behera is a bilingual contemporary poet, author,
translator and editor from Odisha, India .She is a former a teacher from 1984 to 1995 in Mont
FortSchool and in Kendriya Vidyalayas from 1995 to 2015 . Her stories, poems
and articles are widely published in National and International journals, and
ezines, and are translated into different national and International languages.
She has penned five books. She is the recipient of the Prestigious UGADI AWARD
2019. She was conferred upon the International Poesis Award of Honor at the 2nd
Bharat Award for Literature as Jury in 2015, The Enchanting Muse Award in India
World Poetree Festival 2017, World Icon of Peace Award in 2017, and the Pentasi
B World Fellow Poet in 2017.. She is the
recipient of Gold Cross Of Wisdom Award ,the medal for The Best Teachers of the World from World
Union of Poets in 2018,and The LIfe time Achievement Award ,The Best Planner
Award ,The Sahitya Shiromani Award,ATAL BIHARI
BAJPAYEEAWARD2018,AmbassadorDeLiterature Award2018 ,Global Literature Guardian
Award .She is the Ambassador of Humanity by Hafrikan Prince Art World Africa
2018 and an official member of World Nation’s Writers Union ,Kazakhstan2018. At
present she is the President (Governor of International Relations)of the
Superior Council of World Union of Poets, Italy ,the National President for
India by Hispanomundial Union of Writers (UHE),Peru ,the administrator of
several poetic groups , and the Cultural Ambassador for India and south Asia of Inner Child Press
U.S.