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Evoke and pray to Gods Varun* and Indra*
And to Apollo not to go on long vacation
Play hide and seek with the earth as kids do
And bring a rainbow with its rich colors to see.
Do not bring mausim** in excess
Even Nectar consumed in excess
Or any overdose creates havoc.
Bringing epidemics and floods
Destroying infrastructures.
Let the earth look as fresh as
A young girl after her shower.
Let creativity bloom for poets
To write poems on rain, as I do.
As it did to Shakespeare and Kalidas*
To write The Tempest and Meghdootam*
Two masterpieces of the two bards.
I hear thunder, I hear thunder
Don’t bring misery and hunger.
Kids be ready with your raincoats
Find the papers to make paper boats
Wearing the gumboots.
The Eastern winds beat me
As does the storm of my soul
I know, the storm fades away soon
Monsoon is still inside and outside.
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September 9, 2014
Form: Verse
Dr. Ram Mehta
First Place Win
Contest: Rainy Days by Leonara Ghalinta
*Varuna and Indra are the Aryan rain and storm gods respectively in Hinduism.
*The term 'monsoon' is derived from the Arabic word mausim which means a time or a season
*The great Indian dramatist Kalidasa wrote Meghdoot symbolically using clouds as
messenger. *Shakespeare too wrote The Tempest keeping thunderbolt and its implications in mind..
Copyright © Dr.Ram Mehta | Year Posted 2010
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