SHALL WE WRITE A LETTER
HE SAYS THERE’S A LETTER FOR HER
HER EYES LIT UP WITH LIFE
‘WOULD YOU PLEASE READ IT TO ME SON’ SHE PLEADS
THERE ARE ONLY TWO WORDS IN THE LETTER
HER EYES TURN POOLS OF TEARS
IN THE LETTER HER OFF SPRING
DID NOT EVEN WRITE ‘HOW ARE YOU MOTHER’
HE WANTED HER TO SEND MONEY
THE LETTER TOUCHED THE CORE OF HER HEART
HE SAID THERE IS A MONEY ORDER FOR HER
HAS THE PENSION COME?
SHE RAN OUT IN EXPECTATION
SHE HELD HIS HANDS TO HER EYES IN REVERENCE
THE MILLENNIUM HAD COME AND GONE
TELEPHONE, FAX, E-MAILS
THE TIME HAS CHANGED ITS GEAR
BUT THE LETTER REMAINS A SWEET MEMORY
A BRIDGE CONNECTING HUMAN RELATIONS
A TAIL LESS BIRD
THE LETTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD
DOES IT ONLY MEAN A FEW WORDS SCRIBBLED ON A WHITE PAPER?
IT’S A LABOR PAIN BY CHOICE
LIFE REMAINS A LETTER FOR EVER
ONE WHO DOES NOT PEN DOWN A LETTER IS A LAME
THE LETTER SHALL NEVER DIE!
TELUGU ORIGINAL: UTHHARAM RADDAMA
BY SRI YENNAM UPENDER
english TRANSLATION: JAGADDHATRI
there seems to be two images... one a letter from the offspring asking for money and the second information about a letter addressed to her which she thinks might be a communication about pension.
ReplyDeleteThen follows the generalization about the merits of hand-written letters.
If I am right, then, these should be separated. The entire poem appears as a stream. perhaps, it has something to do with settings.
Letters are too bold and all capitals which rob the appeal of the poem.
regards,
NS Murty