Three Poems by Vivekanand Jha

1. Stigmatic widowhood

 

Customs curse for widow

and blessings for widower

widow, a horse with bridle;

widower, a tiger without fetters.

 

Stand two victims into sea of sympathy

All waves way towards the widower

and stranded at seashore, she sees

Wordlessly at all worldly ebbs and flows.

 

It matters meager whether he is

an alcoholic, gambler, or pimp

All need to be a man of means and

he flavors a  fresh offers of brides:

sweet sixteen to authentic virgin.

 

But a widow, even though

authentic, ascetic, and  aesthetic

Not passed even single conjugal night,

Even though married but untouched

If struck by stigmatic widowhood,

she struggles to seek or  solemnize

even stale or left over mate for herself.

 

 2.      Non-conformist

 

This guy: reformist,

revolutionist and non-conformist,

has no inhibition and restrain

on brazen and palpitating passion.

 

He is hell-bent to turn this heaven to hell

He would spit and urinate where he dwells

He wants this mundane crumbled and crashed

Like computer with one click

of mouse on virus carrier:

 

Without bothering its pros and cons

without any semblance of shame

without calculating any plus or minus

He will have no peace and bliss

till he delivers baby through his anus.

 

 

 3.      Colour

 

I know not of which color,

Color is made of.

 

It changes color like lizard

Like ungrateful man to his needs

Like politicians do according to

the climatic condition of election

 

Color is as fictitious and gullible as

the tears of woman and crocodile

 

Color is as fragile and fallible as

the character of the whore

 

colour is as vivacious as

the eyes of the tiger.

 

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Vivekanand Jha is a translator, editor and award winning poet from India. He is Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Certificate in Computer Hardware and Networking, MA  and  Ph. D in English from Lalit Narayan Mithila University Darbhanga. He is a contributing poet to Wavelengths – 2011 Savant Anthology of Poetry (USA) which has won first place in the 2011 London Book Festival. He has been Poetry Contest Winner. He can be found  at http://poetvjha.wordpress.com