Measure
He holds my hand,
squeezes it gently;
Ram pyari do
Mangala ek,
(and something else
I couldn't quite catch)
he yells at
a wrinkled old man sitting
in a tiny room behind him.
Magically almost,
orange green pink
sparkling twinkling
music-laden
bangles slide
effortlessly
up my arms and
into my heart.
How did you know my size,
I ask him curiously,
you didn’t even
measure.
When you’ve held hands
with many women,
he replies mockingly,
you know
everything.
Travellete 2 - Bangle Walla, Sarojini Nagar Market, Delhi, November 2005.
squeezes it gently;
Ram pyari do
Mangala ek,
(and something else
I couldn't quite catch)
he yells at
a wrinkled old man sitting
in a tiny room behind him.
Magically almost,
orange green pink
sparkling twinkling
music-laden
bangles slide
effortlessly
up my arms and
into my heart.
How did you know my size,
I ask him curiously,
you didn’t even
measure.
When you’ve held hands
with many women,
he replies mockingly,
you know
everything.
Travellete 2 - Bangle Walla, Sarojini Nagar Market, Delhi, November 2005.
posted by kaaju katli | 5:29 PM
18 Comments:
this piece of ur text tempts me to visit Sarojini Nagar and wear lots and lots of colorful bangles...lovely poem.
lots of love
kamini
Beautiful!
where hv u been and what hv u been upto that u come back with such lovely ones?
i_f
p.s-would hv asked what hv u been smoking but thats not a complimentary phrase right?
i_f - send me a mail and I'll tell you what I've been smoking! :-D
shoefied - I've a post on shoes coming up ;-)
Kamini - *hugs*
mmm superb
"in the darbar a flow of poetry has opened!" exclaimed Ghalib, suitably.
"Lord! keep this door still open!" -- like us -- he added.
;-)
d.i.
I like something about the last stanza. Very hard-hitting, though can't quite point my finger to it. Btw, completely unrelated, but dont' want to keep the blog public for the time being, so please don't link to the new URL?
Magical! The rhythm, the flow, the picture it paints. You've come off the age poetess!!! :-)
Cheers
oh very very very nice, KK...
beautiful. just so beautiful. the little boy in 1 is better still, if that were ever possible.
your writing reminds me of someone. just cant put my finger on it... hmmmmm
ramya
i can't wait :D
Delightful stuff.
Hiya... I love your poems :-)
Thanks for the compliment, KK... and thanks for taking time off to stop by my blog :-) Hope to hear more from you..
Cheerio,
Ness
*Applause* this is awesome - why dont I read this stuff on board?!
tres cool!
Jugal, Arjun - Thanks!
I love it ... its just so much from your heart. Its so beautifully captured :)
Vaish
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