Re: a poem by vaaDrEvu china veeraBhadruDu
Veluri, Rao (rveluri@SMTPGATE.ANL.GOV)
Thu, 28 Mar 96 14:19:16 CST
velli pOtunna varadalni venakki laagaalani....
by
vaaDrEvu china veera bhadruDu
veLLi pOtunna varadalni venakki laagaalani
eMdukO iMkaa ee verri kOrke naaku
varadalu pravahiMci pOyina
jEguru raMgu paMTa polaallO
saayaM saMdhya vusurumani koolabaDe vELa
malina pakshaala koMgalu midatalni vETaaDE cOTa
porlipOyina BheeBhatsapu baadhaa parishvaMga sukhaanni
padE padE smariMcukoMToo
daatipOtunna varadalni venakki laagaalani
eMdukO iMkaa ee paaDu kOrke naaku
nirmala SaradaakaaSaM kiMda
rellu bayaLLani mettagaa taakutO
selayELLu pravahiMcaalani kalalu ganna naa pai
varadalu varadalu varadalu
appaTikee,
nilava neeyakundaa kudipE ee muriki varadalni
venakki laagaalani kaaviMcu kOvaalani
eMdukO iMkaa arthaM lEkuMDa naaku!
From 'maccutunakalu,' a collection of poems
edited by Pemmaraju Venugopala Rao and
published by Telugu Association of North America(TANA), 1993
Bonus Information:
[IMHO, this publication by TANA was very poorly publicized by
TANA folks during the 1993 World Telugu Convention in New York.
Chekuri Rama Rao of Osmania University, wrote about the
collection, in his cEraatalu series(Andhra Jyothi daily, Sunday
saahitya vibhaagaM) for two consecutive sundays. Again, in my
opinion, his write up was anything, but a 'review.' At best, it
was a condescending piece!]
Best Regards.
--v r veluri