Dr. Tulsi Hanumanthu Poems

Marvellous Man (A Rondeau in Pentametre)

O Marv'llous man, what else can equal you
In brawn of brain? The wondrous things you do
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O Scientist (A Rondeau in Tetrametre)

O Scientist, no more arms invent;
To heal, not harm, your skill is meant.
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Lo! comes Dawn, the Sky's morning maid,
To rouse the Sun - still in slumber laid
On a couch with satiny sheets of red-amathyst,
And draped with mosquito-nets of gossamer mist!
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When Greed Outstrips Needs (A Rondel of 13 lines)

When outstripped are our needs by Greed
Or love of Fame our still outweighs,
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I Need Thy Light (A Villanelle inTetrametre)

To distinguish between black and white
Things of the world that go in disguise,
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Life, they say, if full of wonder;
Mine is full of storm and thunder.

Life, they say, is a tuneful song;
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Who are Mr. Sleep and Mr. Dream? (An Experimental Sonnet)

Pray, who are Mr. Dream and Mr. Sleep
Who different look between a peep and peep?
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Fierce You Are But Also Fair (About Death)

Never
For ever
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To the New Millennium (Shakespearan Sonnet)

O Time's titanic offspring come to earth,
A marvel is your own stupendous womb
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Fate and Fortune (A Triolet)

Two men called out, knocking our gate:
'We sell sundry clothes and costumes:
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