Poems by Sangeeta Sharma
The Song of Toronto lake
Raging waters in the lake
Sapphire, black, jade
On the ferry with a backpack
Waves rolling forth and back
Sparkling sunshine reflects
Staring through the waves you feel
It’s not the water but the skies
And millions of twinkling stars
In the waters
Where the earth and the sky meet
Expanse covered with a golden garment
Rolling waves, unbridled
Like a resplendent bright sheet
Spread over the translucent waters
The spray of the icy water
And unpolluted air
Break your trance!
Shevantis (Chrysanthemums)
It was a kind of cloudburst
A rainstorm
Creating flood-like situation
Orange-alert sounded
Rail tracks and highways
Water-logged
People preferring indoors
Nevertheless
The impoverished girl: frail and pale-faced
Shivering and completely-drenched
Bare-feet waded
Towards the traffic jammed
Shook the bunch of wet beautiful blooming shevantis
Before the halting motorists at the red signal
Of a Mumbai-highway
My heart cringed at the pathetic sight
And I heard a voice within me:
“Can beggars be choosers?”
Monsoon and the Lockdown
Incessantly, the heavens poured
The young bride who had entered the new threshold
With dreams rainbow,
Felt stifled,
By the humdrum of the lockdown, deadened
For four months and more.
She drew the curtains of the French-windows
To let the thunderous rain droplets,
Sprinkle on her façe: yearning and dry
For every drop cool
Drenched her body and soul
To the core
And infused in her life manifold!
Dr. Sangeeta Sharma, a senior academician, is a widely published critic, poet and writer. In 2012, she authored a book on Arthur Miller and another a collection of 76 poems in 2017. She has jointly edited five anthologies on poetry, fiction and criticism and two workbooks on Communication. A free-lance journalist, she is also a Ph.D Guide appointed by the University of Mumbai. One of her books is also listed as a reference in the department of English, Clayton State University, USA.
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