A Sparrow Poem by C. P. Sharma

A Sparrow

Rating: 3.6


one fine spring morning
sitting in my chair
newspaper in hand
basking the sun
in front of my eyes
a scene thus run:

a sparrow perched
on nearby neem tree
sailed to my verandah
and sat on the sill,
in front a looking glass
a while she sat still
a little thoughtful
a little perplexed
finally she was
bitterly vexed.

her own image in the glass
she couldn’t tolerate
to beat it with her bill
at the glass she knocked,
so madly she did drill
as if ‘the other’
she would kill.
in doing this
she broke her beak
all over the beak
the blood did spill,
ignorantly her own
she couldn’t bear
mercilessly her own
with her own beak tear.

frequently she visits,
she now understands,
she comes with her company
but I never saw the repeat,
she and her company
seem to have known
the harmony in Nature
to places they have flown.

WE ‘the roof and crown of things’
spill blood of our brothers
some times on 9/11
in US and fly
again in Jaipur and
Bombay high.

How long will go on this bloody trail?
When will the harmony in man prevail?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rachel Butler 18 July 2015

The hopelessness of violence and the apathy that blood and violence brings. All wrapped in the fragility of curiousity.

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Anita Sehgal 13 November 2012

so beautiful to have transported an everyday scene into such meaningful terrain... read mine Sleeping Beauty

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Alla Simone 05 November 2012

When will the harmony in man prevail? I enjoyed the thought provoking question at the end. her own image in the glass she couldn’t tolerate to beat it with her bill at the glass she knocked, so madly she did drill as if ‘the other’ she would kill. in doing this she broke her beak all over the beak the blood did spill, ignorantly her own she couldn’t bear Your voice escalates well in this piece with a vivid detailing of the events. Sometimes we stand stubbornly in our own way and become our own worst enemy. Also highlighted nicely was the fact that volatile intolerance is a painful course.

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Raj Nandy 30 March 2010

You have conveyed a lesson for all through the image of the sparrow! Thanks for sharing! 10! -Raj

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Rachel Butler 21 March 2010

'A Sparrow' Rachel Ann Butler

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Mahtab Bangalee 24 June 2019

she and her company seem to have known the harmony in Nature to places they have flown......// the beautiful expression from the heart core; love it

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Aniruddha Pathak 22 October 2018

WE ‘the roof and crown of things’ spill blood of our brothers, One can't imagine A Sparrow leads one to such lines, but it has and beautifully so.

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Rajnish Manga 14 September 2017

Impressive imagery with an interesting (and arresting) narrative with a profound message. Thanks, Mr Sharma.

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Jaya Das 22 August 2016

Brilliant expression of theme n great writing! ! !

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Abdulrazak Aralimatti 19 July 2015

Truly, by hating others, we are actually hating ourselves.Loved reading the poem.

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