Asha Poems

Silence

...Autumn leaves
fall slow
a child's questions 
left hanging
in digital silence.

My fingers trace
letters that will not
hold still

b becomes d
was becomes saw
help becomes
nothing.

The...

Rangoli

...ow)
5. "kismet" (fate) and "sukh" (happiness)
6. "mehendi" (henna designs)
7. "jali" (perforated stone or latticed screen)
8. "yantra" (mystical diagram)
9. "maya" (illusion)
10. "leela" (divine play)
11. "rasa" (aesthetic flavours in Indian arts)
12. "asha" (hope)
13. "nakshatra" (lunar mansion in Hindu astrology)
14. "sapna" (dream) and "aasha" (hope)
15. "bindi" (forehead decoration)
16. "raaga" (melodic framework in Indian classical music)
...

Tonight, the Sound of Rain

...Notes of B-Flat during the days of C sharp:

Amma permitted me to listen and sing with a music teacher, the year was 1985-1986. In 1985 we used to live in   Mymensingh. After moving to Dhaka, I cou...

Why Do the Sad Bits

...LAST SO MUCH LOnger
ThAT rANdom Flow oFWordz
ThaT cloud PARt man
gRasped withIN My Hand
The LIStS ARe deLETed
Time TO MAke A LL
---------------------L--A
---------------------L---L
AShamed Of...

Triumphant

...Born into poverty , unholy society , sobriety the key to my life savings.
Daddy can't put the cider down ,Mama smoking that nicotine like her life depends on it.
She left with a man twice the age o...

When Savages Sang Strongly 4

...Sometimes faith lives on the edge of a knife
as Sviastoslav the Rus sacker came to know 
the Khazar Khanate knew how to cut a slight
his gilded skull stole the show,
the Vatican went from a marsh...

No One Knows - For Asha

...No one knows
The day too short
The night too long
Leave your yesterday
Wait only for tomorrow

No one knows
Not even the sage
Under the blue grass
Buried long long ago
Behind the green moss...

Yang-Yin Rejoined

...If you are a Zen Buddhist
a Taoist,
where past wealthy resonance
interdependently governs global developing history
with resilient future health projections,

If you are a Zeroist,
or an in-be...

Rising Sun and Waning Moon

...'Twas the time of Summer solstice, they wed
Verdant leaves clung to trees; the month was June
Whispered troths of love, sacred vows were said
'fore fauna, rising sun and waning moon

Prince ...

Coming and Going- Asha Jawa

...
COMING AND GOING
(ASHAJAWA)
Rabindranath Tagore
(Translated by Snehendu Kar)

Love came in such quiet steps
she seemed like a dream.
I failed to welcome her.

As she left,
startle...

Shattered Dreams

...I walk past them
Whistling the national anthem
My body with me but my mind far away
Thinking of how I would get away
From this immoral society
Of strikes and solidarity
She has a baby in her ba...

Don'T Miss It Today

...Have you seen little beautiful butterflies?
All yellow, yellow   and red, and all red ones
Bet you can't say who among them the prettiest is.
Eyes are bright buttons like, bows on hair big and sma...

Women- the Road Familiar

...Refreshing feel of identifying with music in my life,

The mother’s voice still echoes sweet in all life’s strife’s.

She taught me to walk, run, dance and sing,

My mother still stands strong in lov...

Palindrome Surfing At Palolem Beach Goa

...28th &29th March 2012. 

Sandy saunter through virgin sands,
The trudging pathways lead me to beach lands.
Cam a red nude peeped under a Mac,
Slight drizzle from the clouds, into the coco nut gr...

Jokhoni

...Jokhoni mone pore tomar kotha
nijeke mone hoy boro eka
Fir e ki pawa jaina shey khonta
Mohurto gulu abege gatha
Pagol hoy monta
Jeno shara prithibir asha
Shudhui amar mone e aaka
Kaache jete hoy bhoy...

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