This is anthology of poems of Nithin RS. This poetry blog has more than 400 poems ranging over two decades. I started writing poems in 1998. I wish to tell tiny tales through my poems. I welcome you to my poetry world :)
8 May 2022
The Island Of Creativity
7 May 2022
A Farmhouse Wish
I wish to lease
A farmhouse somewhere in the hills of Idukki
Where the fog and mist welcome the mornings
An old building left behind by the British owner
With wooden floors and ceilings and a cellar
Cellar used to store produce from the farms
A fireplace to enjoy some drinks at night
Maybe some ghosts hanging around
To give a company and tell tales from another era
A nice place to enjoy the emptiness of life
Surrounded by mango, nutmeg, and teak trees
Pepper creepers crawling on the smaller trees
Farms of tea and cardamom keep the air fragrant
The Orange trees amidst the tea plants look odd
The bushes of cinnamon trees evoke strong feelings
Along with the cloves and vanilla beans
Maybe some apples and peaches too
Small streams run down through the farms
The freshly brewed coffee and tea from the area
May make the mornings exciting for walks
Along the hills towards the local junction
To get local news and a bit of banter with people
A place to enjoy the monsoon rains and the winter
A life away from the cities and concrete jungles
Farming and enjoying the harvest of produce
Maybe setting up a microbrewery for wine
With fresh air aplenty and less humidity
And a lot of big hills on the horizon
The rides through the hairpins will be exciting
Trekking in the jungles and boating in dams
There are plenty of things to do
Maybe I am still in love with the hills
As I grew up on a barren hill with tapioca fields
This poem is inspired by this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-omMJ9zRoO8 A couple from London restoring their Portuguese Quinta. The images are taken from Shutterstock and Cardamom Farm Shutterstock
6 May 2022
Sunrise At Kanyakumari Beach
Kanyakumari,
The southernmost tip of the Indian mainland
It boasts of a small beach with some rocks
The curves in the map are real down there
A rare beach to have both sunrise and sunset
We stayed overnight to see the first rays
In the pitch darkness, we went to the beach
Stood among the patient crowd to get the best view
On a distant horizon, the sun rose from the sea
Splitting the darkness with bright light
With a tinge of orange shade clouds
It revealed the beauty of the beach unlike under lights
The sun slowly moved towards the Vivekananda rocks
And then placed itself aside the Thiruvalluvar statue
A rock-based pathway towards the sea emerged
Parallel to the Vivekananda rocks
We slowly walked through it to the end
We sat on the rocks and saw the sun moving away
Then looked at the beach from meters inside the sea
It was magical with the sea on both sides
It was scary, but it was memorable
As the images of the Tsunami
That lashed there in 2004
Was still fresh in the mind
As the dawn bloomed
Boats started taking visitors
To the Vivekananda rocks
We rather enjoyed the Vivekananda rocks
From the rock pathway, as we walked back to the beach
The comments on Twitter, about the best beaches, as part of a question related to my poem The Last Sunset gave me the inspiration to write about the sunrise I saw at Kanyakumari Beach. This is the southernmost tip of India, if you check the map. Both the sunrise and sunset here are beautiful. The images are taken from Shutterstock and Wikimedia Commons.
5 May 2022
The Last Sunset
A bed set on a lonely beach
Shallow shore lets in slower tides
To fill water beneath the bed
It is awaiting its next guest
To pass over the message
Left behind by the last tenant
Wish you a happy journey!
He is set to come in the evening
For enjoying one last sunset
To drench his feet with waves
He would rather walk on the sands
But he is too weak even with support
He is not old, he is just ill
He could lay down and enjoy conversations
A big thank you smile for the moon
For bestowing company in his empty nights
Before leaving this world, while sleeping
This poem is inspired by the picture given by #OnePicPoetry. This poem is dedicated to those who wish to leave this world without pain legally. I certainly wish that for myself.
4 May 2022
Silence Of A Library
I see the library as a garden of books
That emanates fragrances of old and new books
Like the fragrance of flowers of vivid colours
The board 'Silence Please' welcome you
To the world of words full of peace
But the hush talks do make unwanted noise
Some people forget that they're supposed to be silent
Racks of books are arranged like skyscrapers
Computer catalogs made it easy to locate books
Yet checking out similar books in those racks
Give the pleasure of finding something precious
The searching for books on ladders is dangerous
But it is an adventure inside a library
The eyes of the book searchers glee when they find
The dear book they have been looking for long
Then you see countless people totally immersed
In the books as if they're seeing visuals live
I find the library the best place to read a book
Without worrying about time or social media
The silent reading room is like a heaven for readers
Pin drop silence, and you can hear your own heartbeats
Many a day I sat there and read books for my research
With nothing to disturb, the words just walk into the mind
Building the narrative I want to write for my paper
I and my friend once sneaked into a library floor
Restricted for students, to see what was there
In that semi-dark room, with only light from the windows
We came across precious old books and journals
That gave insights into machines from the industrial revolution era
Also books on philosophy, and history, science, among others
Neatly bookified newspapers from a different era
I've come across the silent romances along the bookshelves corridors
Lovers keeping books in their hands and eyes lost in eyes
They shared their hearts, as if in a park, without worries
I found the designs for my 3-D cad projects in a British Library
Toiling hours through the automobile books, journals, and magazines
The memories of paying fines for late return of books remain in mind
The online libraries and online book platforms
Made books accessible in the personal gadgets
But the sensation of holding a book and flipping pages
To read is still magical, book lovers would agree
I would love to taste the silence of a library again to read books
The seed of this poem came to my mind while going through the tweets related to books. I find it hard to read books now due to my depression. But I am very nostalgic about spending a lot of hours in libraries as a student. I mostly read books that are not related to studies :D Image taken by Emil Widlund. Thank you :)