Re: [ZESTPoets] Another father poem

jane bhandari Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:26:08 -0800

really, this has turned into a wonderful collection of parents. i am going to be greedy and post my mother poem too. This one was published in the little magazine.

thanks ronnie for reminding me that i still have one parent.

i haven't seen the poem by george barker, would you be a dear and post it for us to read. and thanks for the compliment.

i liked your poem too, it is just like mothers all over. in one breath the state of your body, in the next, the sad condition of the home.

apologies, the shift key is still stuck.

i am pretending to be ee cummings till the mechanic comes.

jane

LIKE MOTHER

She said, Do you ever

Look in the mirror

And see your mum?

And I thought, No. Not me.

Later, looking at myself

In the bright candour

Of the bathroom light,

I wasnt so sure.

As my face and body

Sag and spread

Through middle age

I begin to look like her.

Some things I say

Echo her.

After all, shes my mum,

And I am her daughter,

A substantial chip

Off the old block.

ronnie banerjee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

thanks vidyanjali, temp. Vidyanjali, i shall certainly give u a feedback on your poems.

The mother of all Father poems was "Do not go gentle into that good night" and the mother of all mother poems was i forget the title but it was by George Barker (Jane's portrait of her father is similar to that of George Barker's mother and that is a huge comparison).

Here's a mother poem for all of you-

Cold Water

"The doctors have diagnosed it as 'angina' "

mother informed me,

I stared at her, and nodded:

I had just returned from the office

and there had been a half-an-hour long

traffic jam on the way.

In order to exhibit my sympathy though

I did pause for some compassionate moments

before I switched the television on.

"It is some serious heart ailment"

she continued -

like the BBC correspondent

breaking news of some devastating

air crash off the forlorn end of Hebrides

"...and the geyser's not working"

she said and I started;

we were facing a severe winter in Delhi.

"Don't worry" she comforted me

"It shall be repaired soon"

I wonder now

whether mother's death

shall be

worse than the cold water

in a freezing winter morning

due to an unrepaired geyser.

Ron (23-02-1998)

temporal t <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

thanks for sharing this

On 11/15/05, J. K. Mohana Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is something I wrote nearly ten years ago
for Father's Day.  The "father" poems brought back
to my mind this one and I am sharing the same
with you all.  As usual, comments are welcome!

Regards!  -  J K  Mohana  Rao

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When I was a child
everything seemed to me big
the trees appeared gigantic
the house looked huge
I had to run on my small feet
behind those adults' bigfootsteps

Then--
in my child's world of monsters and angels
my father
you were the biggest and the strongest man
my father
you were also my saviour from fears and tears

In time
I grew up and you became older
of course
that day is still etched in my memory
I was in my lab
and a wire arrived
Father
you left me
without even saying
good-bye!

What remains today is a sea of memories
what remains today is a sea of sadness
our little verbal duels
our hair-splitting arguments
our differences--
they are the waves on the surface
but as I dive deep below
the water is serene
there are no waves
and there are no winds
I still see the worry on your face
when I was in difficulties
I still hear your resonant prayers
as I awake from my delirium

And
those sweet and sad stories
of your childhood
I love them

You used to be not only firm,
but also kind -- like God!

Today
my children mock at me and ignore me
when I entreat them not to waste water or money
just as I used to laugh at you and ignore you
when you asked me not to waste water or money

My dear father
I miss you still
My dear father
I think of you still
My dear father
I love you still
more so, now,
than when we were together!

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