A collection of poems by Mandar Kokatay

Birds song birds sing life's anthem soulful melody melts heart sly hunter takes aim © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

Twilight - Haiku ( 5-7-5 ) sun melts, crimson seas homeward bound birds lift blue curtain starlit night beckons © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

Lost She lost her way ended up over the mountain she wandered all day didn't know which way to turn as it grew dark,cold and scary she was tired,hungry and desolate totally exhausted and weary she resigned to her fate she climbed on a huge tree to save herself from wild animals she wept as she missed her home badly her feet were sore with bristles she slept to the sound of swishing breeze woke up with the birds sweet melody The morning sun was peeping through leaves sight of fresh fruit made her hungry days, weeks , months passed by and months grew into years she survived, under the blue sky and overcame her troubles, her fears she made friends with wild animals peacefully they learned to co-exist she no longer hated the crawling beetles nor was scared by the snakes hiss one day there came an explorer who chanced to reach the same place so amazed was he to meet her an unkempt creature with a human face he took her with him as his houseguest ha...

Thunderstorm - Nor'wester ( Kaal - Baisakhi ) - Haiku (5-7-5) Rain ignites thunder Heaven showers angry tunes Thirsty earth rejoices © Mandar Jayant Kokatay Note : Nor’wester is subject of universal interest for a number of reasons. It not only gives relief after mid-day heat but pours well its crops. Its nature is unique and the causes are really interesting. During the hot weather period i.e from March to May the eastern and North-eastern states of the Indian subcontinent like West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Orissa (parts) and Bangladesh experience dramatic appearance of a special type of violent thunderstorm know as Nor’wester. In Bengal it is known as ‘KalBaisakhi’ or calamity of the month of Baisakh (April,15-May,15). Apart from its destructive effects like sudden rise in wind speed, lightning, thunder  and hail the rainfall associated with the storm although small in amount, is extremely helpful for the pre-Kharif crops like jute, Aus paddy, summer till and a large ...

miracle light replaces darkness sun's rays gently infuse life miracle of dawn © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

Almighty in a flowers sweet fragrance in the magical lustre of a pearl You reveal your presence in the newborn baby's curls in the changing colours of the sky in the vastness of the ocean in the formations of birds that fly like sweet poetry in motion You are in every mothers love and in every childs laughter in the call of the turtle dove in the melody of flowing water we spend lifetimes in Your search but ignore Your every single evidence we go to a temple, mosque or church simply unaware of Your Omnipresence © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

Ray of Sunshine ( Haiku Series ) Heat light engulfs me i soar earth bound blissfully eight minute journey give day night cycle infuse, nurture, sustain life my warmth induces rain © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

Water (Haiku-5-7-5) Life giving liquid, Dissolves Earths impurities, Some forms convey death © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

Adolescence (Haiku-5-7-5) joy blooms in life's spring pure and deep love binds true souls O' ethereal youth! © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

COLOURS OF LIFE (From a childs perspective) The divine blue pair I always long to stare The sea and the sky I do not know why Every morning I meet A yellow flower sweet The suns yellow ray infuses life in my day The rich red blood flow keeps lifes lamp a glow Red rose marks young loves union vermelion enhances beauty of maiden Lonely mountains covered with snow White like milk that helps us grow clean and pure like childrens soul divine truths on ancient white scrolls The greenery of the trees gently cleanses the breeze Provide us with food and shade natures assets precious as jade gray clouds bless us with showers gray steel builds tall towers twilight washes the world with gray beginning or end of another day Black is like the dark of night All encompassing absence of light black shoes,tyres and road that link thoughts penned down with black ink Water is colourless like glass both bend light thats let pass One white is divided in seven like se...

The banyan tree The banyan tree stood tall on the hill behind my house I watched it with awe and respect as a child It was a symbol of infinite strength, firmly rooted to the earth If someone would try to pull it, the entire hill would come along As I was growing up, it was also growing stronger So I thought until one day a gust of wind came along and it fell It was just a gust, mind you, neither gale nor storm And yet it lay broken, totally hollow from inside I felt deceived , heartbroken People came, cut it and took away the pieces And as the banyan tree slowly disappeared so did my childhood © Mandar Jayant Kokatay

Silence - Dedicated to Earth day Branches scoured fruits devoured bark crumpled roots shriveled The tree is silent Trees chopped shrubs cropped vegetation vanished animals banished The forest is silent Soil eroded rocks abraded inners hollowed toxins swallowed The mountain is silent Water corrupted flow disrupted motor boating filth floating The river is silent submerged ships wrecked Oil spills unchecked species near extinction killed by pollution The sea is silent billion spouts smoked aerial routes choked stars intangible climate unpredictable The sky is silent flooding population nuclear radiation weapons of mass destruction Humans - God's own creation The Earth is silent The silence has a meaning The silence is threatening The silence is deafening Is anybody listening? © Mandar Jayant Kokatay