Poems from Leonard Dabydeen
Out of Mother’s Earth a nurtured sapling
As of Mother’s womb fetus comes alive
Light of life glowing out of darkness, spring
Spiraling new...
(villanelle poem)
Zindagi aur kuch bhi nahin, teri meri kahaani hai
(Life is nothing more but the story of you and me.)
This life is a...
From panic to pandemonium
Where Richter Scale measured impact
People screamed in delirium.
Californians cried in a hum
Packing, running...
Leaves do not whisper
as they mutate cool of day
Autumn ‘s chill greets Earth.
There
was
so much
poetry
in her soft moaning
buds beckon petals luring bees
buzzing in pollinated joy with sweet excitement.