Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Three shorts about artistes


1.
In the shadows of the Nil Vilaka
The thespian tries to die
To the rhythm of the Mizhavu and cymbals

The audience eggs him on


2.
No Durga idols, this year
Kumartuli's clay modellers are on strike
They wonder why the banks cannot waive
Their loans

If the gods have waived their sins


3.
Wagner and Strauss
In a quandary
Ever since they forgot
The password to music

Beethoven could have helped
But he was very busy
Tuning his piano

2 comments:

Unknown said...

very lovely...very visual ... thanks
dipalle

Unknown said...

lovely poem...very visual and the references make it humane. Dipalle Parmar