From Sordid To Sublime Poem by Minnoor srinivasan

I shall put all in a string
Of verbal melody and sing!
All the stray pearls and gems
Of experience created from sordid whims.
I sublimate them into luminous plane.
Every grain would not go in vain,
As the alchemy transforms the base
Metal into costly luster to gaze
Bubble like things grow into pebble
And then as diamond dazzling marvel!
The poet’s pen scribbles into to splendid
A thing that is otherwise banal, candid!