daLit poetry -(2) salandra

Veluri, Rao (rveluri@SMTPGATE.ANL.GOV)
Wed, 10 Apr 96 13:13:15 CST



[salandra lakshmeenaaraayaNa: born in Nizamabad 1956
died in 1986. Unfortunately, I do not have any more information
on salandra. The following poem first appeared in aruNa taara
monthly, July-August 1981, and reappeared in the collection
'kavitaa O kavitaa'(1994) edited by paapinEni SivaSaMkar and
penugonDa lakshmeenaarayaNa; both are poets in their own right.]


daLit maanifestO

-salandra


nannu
nee dEvuDi guLLOki raavaddannavu
sarE, elaagaitEnEM
nEnu naastikuNNavaTamE baagayiMdi

nannu
caduvukO vaddannav
cadivitE naaluka kOsEyamannav
viMTE cevullO
vEDi vEDi seesapu lOhaM pOyamannavu
sarE, elaagaitEnEM
nuvveMtaTi moorkhunivO
neeveMtaTi visaala hrudayunivO
naaku telisi-pOvaTamE baagayiMdi

nannu
caccina savaala
dahana saMskaaraalE coosukO-mannavu
sarE, elaagaitEnEM
mee praaNaalani kooDaa elaa paatEyaalO
naku telavaDamE baagayiMdi
naa aaDadaanni - naalO sagaanni
vaLLammukonE bataka-mannaavu
sarE, elaagaitEnEM
'Cultured Bastards' madhya-nuMDi dooraM ai
naavargaM vaLLanni kalavaDaaniki
naakavakaaSaM labhiMcaDamE baagayiMdi

nannu
eppudoo voori civarE vuMDa-mannaav
sarE, elaagaitEnEM
nEnu aDavilO vuMDaDamE baagayiMdi

okaDEmO nannu aMTaraani vaaDaMTE
marokaDEmO harijanudu
iMkO gaaDida kodukEmO
'neecudu' ani pilavaDaM alavaaTE
evaDu eLaa pilistE naakEM
veeLLa viluvala meeda
tuppuna umustunna-ppudu
oka kaamrED kaMTiki
poosina aSru-biMduvu nainappuDu
naaku tagilina gaayaallO mrutaveerula
aasayaalni oohiMcu-kuMtunnappuDu
avunu
evaDu maatraM elaa pilistE naakEM?
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Regards.

--- Venkateswara Rao Veluri

ps: even on a clear day, some people can't see!

--- vrv