Will it terrorize
in its winter guise;
summer's warm and gentle breath,
fairest weather friend,
leave me to contend
with cold loneliness and death?
Where is my shelter
from stormy pelter
of sudden sodden rainfall,
or icy blizzard
from the wind wizard
hiding sunny summer's call?
I want to go out in pouring rain
Take my umbrella for drops to run n drain
Hear a peacocock raise a hue and cry
Think the rain is nearby
Oh to to be drenched in rain
Me none can restrain
Pitter patter falll the drops
Outside the houses on the fields and the shops
I want to see people walking around run for shelter
Fearing it may be accompanied by haze pelter
See also fields soaked by the rain
Excess water running down the drain
Also find children out from school simply jump
Squeal and run around till into a teacher they bump
Find them soaked with rain enter their vehicals
Its tough time for those in spectacles
Will find them out ,soon as they reach home
Change clothes only again in rain to roam
When the sky gets clear and does stop
Out of their shelters the birds hop.
At the end of it all I'll look for a Rainbow
I'll be dejected for a while if it doesn't show.
Didactic desire drives down deluge of thoughts
My memories mingle with this pelter …
Now, Populism drives the thought process
Commune takes communal way
Poverty in conscious
Another deluge is due
Noah is making the ship
Getting ready for the trip
God picks the chosen few
All vague barriers
being washed away by flood -
a new beginning
brings joy through the bleeding tears;
A new born asks, “Who am I?”
03.09.16
1. First stanza : Epigram, unrhymed -
2. Second stanza : Kimo, 3 lines, 10/7/6 syllables
3. Third stanza : Enclosed Rhyme, 4 lines, a/b/b/a
4. Fourth stanza : Tanka, 5 lines, 5/7/5/7/7
Pelter fell on a welter of papers
A hell of a mess with all the wrappers
Police chased the pelter
Who ran helter skelter
And struck up a tune to all the rappers
Pelter/Limerick Copyright (C) Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty 23 November 2014
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now, pelter climaxed
coruscating glint annexed
iridal hues burst!
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