MasterPoet At His Best!!
Nyayapathi Srinivasa Rao (vasu@india.hp.com)
Sat, 14 Dec 96 12:08:43 IST
Hi Freinds,
ippuDu raastunna kavita
----------------------- by vaaDraevu cinaveerabhadruDu
naenu ippuDu raastunna kavita
okanaaDu nee kiTikee pakkagaa pravahistoo occi aagutundi.
nuvvu daani pakkagaa kurcee jarupukuni koocunTaavu.
neekaemee kaani naa vyaktitva chaaya
naacu laaga parucukunTundi
aedoe milamila_mani anculloe merustundi.
nuvvu daya toenoe ardham kaani aasakti toenoe
dustulni vippakunDaanae aa neeLLaloeki digutaavu
mettani nee paadaalni oka verri caepa_pilla cuTTukunTundi.
'abba, enta durgandham' anToonae
munduki vangutaavu.
nee kaaLLani oNikistunna aa sajeeva_sparSani
nee caetultoe andukoevaalani
taDisina nee vaeLLa_cuTToo, mocaetula_cuTToo
milamilalu allukunTaayi.
neeku teleekunDaanae nuvvu loetulloeki zaaripoetaavu.
caepa_pilla tappuku poetundi
nuvvu kooDa_deesukuni laecaeTappaTiki
nee oLLantaa naa aksharaala vaasanaa, naacoonoo.
----- From His "onTari caela madhya okkatae mana amma "-------
PS :
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This is poetry friends! This is poetry.
Let us be proud of our vADrEvu!!
Reading vaaDraevu is living life.
Like walking across panTacaelu and working with the people
who work. Smelling the good earth. stepping into the
rich soil. your skin scrathed by thorns. your feet, marked by mud.
Like running down the mountain slopes, like a deer,
in search of the lost fragrance!
Like being drenched in tolakari vaana.
Like gaayatree!
Like wandering on the city-streets,
wondnder-struck, and reshaping a heap of broken images.
Like living on hilltops, with tribals.
Like eating with fellow men. eating with gods!
Other extracts from this sankalanam
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Cutting and pasting a line or two from some of his
poems is, at best, doing injutice to the poet.
Or misrepresenting it.
If you haven't read it, you missed a LOT.
How does a poet reach people ?
vaDrEvu answers in a poem:
"okka roejuloe evaroo prajalaki caeruva kaalaeru"
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teevraati teevramaina khanDanalatoenoe, dooshaNaltoenoe
Sara sandhaanam toenoe
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kaDa daakaa sangraaminca galavu.
kaanee caeruva kaalaevu.
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anni diSalugaa aneka maargaalloencee
saadhya mayae okae okka mahaalinganam toe tappa
okka roejuloe evaroo prajalaki caeruva kaalaeru".
-------More Later------------------------------------
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Regards & Thanks
Vasu.