Lock Down Hamlet Poem by Konalli Rajeev Naik

LockDownHamlet

My ancestral hamlet

Konalli is sulky

In the lock down

April sultry.



Wanton sunshine ride

On enormous bare plain

Dampens the eyes of paddy growers.



Disdained slumbering rocks

Awkward thorn hedge heads

Hamper all serpent shape paths

The sunshine blaze dazzles

Sights of tender coconut plumes

Saffron crowned areca palm

Bowing timid banana grove

Rice swallowed rough husks

Whining cluckinghens, lowing cattle

And the temperature sniffing thermal scanners.



Stayhome slogan

Shrinks the huddling peasants

Like the covid masks shrivel their nostrils.





Konalli Rajeev Naik