Mumbai Bay.... Poem by Sylvia Frances Chan
Mumbai Bay....
Mumbai Bay
The full moon shape hues of dusk
falls further away
in myriad of hindrances.
January is not yet monsoon, my loved,
the warm winds play in their
forgotten language nearest to the Queen's necklace
yet at bay in Mumbai
On the west side,
other winds are
heaving
Bollywood grieving,
along with the heaviest traffic jam
with speech accidents
once clad in shades of peace, green, pink and blue
I picked a taxi kept the shades inside
pressed them into my poetry
As I walked on a part of Bollywood boulevard
one Sunday afternoon
where congregated tongues roamed far and wide
they sang praises in St. Mary's church
Only St. Mary's church lay bare testimony to my footsteps -
I sat on an black wood-bench with hot steam on my fingers,
(to melt unwanted words, I reckon) .
Two pairs of blackbirds offered company
in the comfort of their lovely feathers
then flew away
Evening fell lightly in dance
In this Indian huge country
I measured the different tongues, conversations and stories,
theirs were too occupied, too complexed,
I said goodbye
to Mumbai with respect....
©Sylvia Frances Chan
In this Indian huge country
I measured the different tongues, conversations and stories,
theirs were too occupied, too complexed,
I said goodbye
to Mumbai with respect....
©Sylvia Frances Chan
As a responsible citizen of India I specially thank you very much for creating such a valuable poem. I adore your high quality of observation and responsibility. You are a very kind and reputed world traveler and you have gained much knowledge travelling across the world. You have felt Mumbai city in your deepest core. People love St. Mary's church and pray here.
Mumbai is the city of dreams of many and one of the most four busy cities of the world. Beach of Mumbai attracts many and motivates them to sustain in their real dream. Starting from dawn we notice beauty. The full moon shape hues of dusk amazes mind. Bay of Mumbai bows before God to grasp Divine beauty when Dusk comes. You have penned an excellent poem from your memory. Thank you very much for sharing this.10
Thank you so much for your responses, your fantastic comment and valuable feedback, Kingsley.
Mumbai is a dream land for those who go their to meet their aspirations and ambition. One of my fav cities. Thanks for visiting and positive response. Thanks for sharing your feelings.
Re-visiting this poem I have got immense pleasure and I have completely got once again a picture of Mumbai Bay.
With much eagerness I have truly visited Mumabi City by reading your poem and I have felt bay's breeze of motivation and marked each wave of joy. Thousands of time if I will admire, this will be very less for this poem. This is such a precious poem, I have no word to speak more. Many, many thanks to you. May God bring unlimited happiness for you and may your poetic pen run to write such beautiful poems forever!
I am a common man and a common poet for people but still I draw attention of editors of PH towards this poem and to judge upon the value of penning to chose this as Member Poem of the Day as soon as possible. By doing so, I hope that editors of PH will honour Mumbai City, the most important city of India and the world and people of India. This memory poem will definitely win hearts of many.
If I were an editor, I would chose this poem as the poem of the day right now and today only and I would place this among top 500 poems in showcase on the 1st day of February 2020. I expect that, one day this poem will be chosen as the poem of the day. You have given your maximum effort to make this poem very heart touting and beautiful like Sea of Arabia and Indian Ocean sings its glory.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Mumbai never sleeps and ever dreams. Beauty of Mumbai is benevolent and this city has become lifeline for many. Your respectable goodbye will definitely be printed in the heart of Mumbai and people of India. You have truly expressed your nice view about bay of Mumbai. As a responsible citizen of