koyya_kaalu by SikhaamaNi

Nyayapathi Srinivasa Rao (vasu@india.hp.com)
Wed, 16 Oct 96 20:36:57 IST


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hi all,

        Enjoy!!!

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        koyyakaalu      by      SikhaamaNi
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        roejoo avae ankela meeda
        tirigina ankela meedae tirugutunna
        gaDiyaaram loeni mullu laa
        ee roeDla meeda naa koyya kaalu
        Tak.......Tak.......Tak

        nagaram raddee loe naenu
        kaalu poegoTTukoeka munupae
        ae aDavoe ee ceTTuni poegoTTukundi.

        aDivi aDavantaa
        vasantoetsavanmtoe nrutyam caestunTae
        kushThu roegapu bhartanu
        nettina moestunna pativrata laa
        naa koyya kaalu nannu kaavilincukunae vundi.

        ceviTidee moogadee aviTidee ani teliyaka
        roeDlu aevaevoe ceptunTaayi.

        patrikalloe andamaina kavitvam madhya
        tella maccala gurincee nalla venTrukala GUARANTEE gurincee
        naraala balaheenata gurincee
        asahyamaina prakaTanallaa
        andamaina roeDla meeda naa koyyakaalu
        vikrutangaa konatamandini bhayapeDutoo
        kondari jaalinee saanubhootinee pondutoo.......

        ardharaatri koerkela toe baruvekkina
        naa daehaanni aa kaasaepoo bharinci
        nannu taelika paricae naa bhaarya kanTae
        pagalantaa visugoo viraamam laekunDaa
        moesae koyyakaalae 
        goppadanipistundi okkoeppuDu.

        naenu caccaeloegaa naa koyya kaalu ciguristae
        nannu naenu talakindulugaa paatukunTaanu.

        aDavulloeni kalapantaa
        jaiLLa koesam tupaakeela koesam kharcavutunna
        naa daeSamloe
        kaneesam nuvvainaa
        naalaanTi kaaLLu laeni vaaLLa koesam
        koyyanu utpatti ceyyamani
        naa koyya kaalunu praardhistaanu.

        laekapoetae----

        smaSaanam loe citi manTala meeda
        naa daehaani kaTTelu poortigaa kaalcalaeka poeyinappuDu
        koyyakaalae migilina naa daehaanni
        guppeDu booDida caesi
        ruNam teercukunTundi

        ---------1985 Jan------------------------------


        A child, Karri Sanjeeva Rao, born in yaanam in 1956,
        as a token-expression of love and gratitude to the man 
        that brought him up during the years his father was
        earning a living in Bombay, assumes his guardian's name and
        becomes SikhaaMani.

        SikhaamaNi is among the first of the young poets
        that appeared on the literary scene during the mid 80s.

        He studied MA telugu in Andhraa Univ. and went on to
        do a doctoral theses on paThhabi's literature.
        (paThaabi of 'pun'caangam and fiDaelu raagala dozen).
        
        Maybe we must now say Dr SikhaamaNi.

        As far as i know he is in the telugu university.

        His first published collection of poems, 
        muvvala caetikaara (1987), is remembered, 
        among other things, for the beautiful
        introductions by Attaloori Narasimha Rao,
        Ismail and vaegunTa mohana prasad, say 'moe'.

        He later published another mineekavitaa sampuTi
        titled 'hoerugaali' which was a disappointment.

        --------End of Intro---------------------------

 I was accused to be 
 the most prolific producer of virtual pulp, 
 of baffling you with my bullshit and of pontificating.

 Good.

 Let me pontificate :

 I read the poem in the weekly jyoti and it moved me so much that
 i could not say a thing that night or eat a grain. Also i know
 many people wept when the poet recited this poem!

 So all you guys who know only how to sneer at asocial poets
 and snarl with colored-cliches like "green writing",
 should learn a thing.

 Everyday you 
 Look at a good picture.
 Read a good poem.
 And if possible, speak a few reasonable words!!

 Today I help you do the second. 
 I trust you help yourself do the third!!

 ------------------More Later----------------------------------------

Regards & Thanks

Vasu.

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