World acclaimed poet Dr A.V. Koshy is presently working as Assistant Professor in
Department of English, Faculty of Arts for Women, Jazan University, Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. He has authored six books, published poems, research articles and
journalistic pieces. He is also a distinguished teacher of the English language
and literature and a critic, with a Ph.D in modern poetry, specifically on
Samuel Beckett's poems in English.
N a d e z h d a
by Dr. A.V. Koshy
Nadezhda, where are you
tonight?
In which of hell’s rooms are you waiting for the lights
to be switched on for the next ugly performance
the next no guerilla video, the next curve of art’s sad-edged flight
Nadezhda, I reach out for you from the other end of delight
In which of hell’s rooms are you waiting for the lights
to be switched on for the next ugly performance
the next no guerilla video, the next curve of art’s sad-edged flight
Nadezhda, I reach out for you from the other end of delight
Nadezhda,
Pussy Riot has now become a fight
over one more wintry Russian street that speaks of a new night
The lamp posts sullen in the red or orange sodium vapour glow of sight
Nadezhda, all over the world the icicles catch fright
This must
be how suddenly one is rocketed to fame
Malala and you seem to be two sides of a coin’s blight
tossed in the air by a careless hand
indifferent to right
only the echoes of mankind’s or man’s old cry of the power of might
Nadezhda,
alone I look at your picture and wish
for freedom first, and only then this question of conscience
Ever we walk, even into death, in this fear of common sense
all over the world, while you go to the grave
vanished, one fine night!
Nadezhda, I look at
your face
helpless in my plight
I pray to you to give me this day
sleep, and peace and rest
What they took away from you
Nadezhda, don’t deny
to your votaries, as you
now stand for the one light
They did not want Pussy Riot
but pussies will riot
and all over the world still spread
their Black Forest fungus
bright.
This poem is in the highly
commended category on Destiny Poets UK for November 2013.
Read more of Dr.
Koshy’s poetry….
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1 comment:
beautifully written more so because written for a cause...
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