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SHAKUNTALA THE FORSAKEN CHILD
By
Dr.Bezawada Gopala Reeddy

1. BIRTH

Shakuntala was she name;
Because by birds, she was reared
Why the birds her nourished?
The tale is sordid.
Viswamitra had desire serious,
To attain ‘Brahmarshi’ status,
He did austere sacrifice
And Lord Indra got furious,
Fearing the sage might, him replace,
By obtaining boons [...]

“The neighbor’s wife is always beautiful”.
An oft quoted adage sounds wonderful
Others views about his wife unmindful;
People are conscious about their glamour
Even though they may be beautiful or fair
But the women are very keen to exhibit their
Appearance before audience all around
Be at home or outside in public ground.
***

To add to the beauty with latest [...]

Whichever beautiful thing I view
I recollect you alone
However I try to reach you
You are going afar leaving me alone.
How can I catch you?
How to tell about myself?
You are somewhere away far
You are of the category of divinity
You are the token of immense beauty
Unavailable to any of the humanity!
How can you know my pain?
I cannot [...]

Our Summer Wood accommodation
And the west Wood Elementary Institution,
Are to each other in juxtaposition,
Saratoga Avenue passing in between.
***
On working days from morning seven,
One by one all the school children,
Dressed in costumes of colorful pattern,
Come here to learn through education.
***
They alight with their guardians from cars,
And straight move into a room for prayers,
Thereafter they [...]

Beloved Shivani,
You and I have no language common
Since thirty five days ago you were born;
And that you have a different jargon,
Which in my childhood I did learn;
So here what I do pen
Will be to you unknown;
But in later years of growth you
Will know very much how
Your grandma and myself
Were concerned about yourself
And how immensely did [...]

Thou art a woman of compassion
To all the children to you born,
But the love and affection
For me was spectacularly uncommon.
***
You took care of my health,
And gave me available wealth
Since my birth to manly growth,
And saw my prosperity and mirth.
***
O! Mother, if I fail to remember,
Even on your death day every year,
I shall be sinning in [...]

Love is not a tale written on paper,
That can be effaced by eraser;
It is an act of expressing affection
Between lovers for eternal unification.
***
Love spills from core of heart,
And persists until it is quiet;
Obstacles if any do beset
One should resist but not upset.
***
Love’s disapproval by near and dear,
Leads to uncongenial atmosphere
That emboldens lovers to thwart fear
And [...]

“Every dog must have his day”
But our dog had an auspicious day
Neither Saturday nor Sunday
But it was the 1995 Independence Day.
***
‘Puppy’ we called him by name,
He had acquired name and fame
Distinguishing in behavior and game
Before all those, who to us came.
***
He played with us and saved us
By his association, he shared love [...]

I saw her a decade after,
After parting from alma mater.
***
At first it was difficult
For me to recollect her first.
***
She was talking while walking
With her off-shoot following.
***
I saw her glittering eyes
And recapitulated her voice.
***
How she had a child?
The tale is old.
***
I did halt, look and accost
Hi ! Chapala, how thou art?
***
With glued eyes trickled
She cried, and [...]

On a fine summer evening,
I was at the shore watching,
From over a high mound sitting,
The beauty of sun-setting.
***

I viewed birds in flocks flying,
Over the ocean happily returning
And the noisy sounds twittering
That drummed my ears endearing.
***

I found a couple roving
And in a yacht anxiously returning,
After some moments of thrilling
Expedition over the waters venturing.
***
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