My Lotus Red Poem by Gopalakrishna Adiga

My Lotus Red

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A bright red lotus has bloomed today
To passers-by, what a fragrant Entree!
The wind, the bees, or the gentle spray:
Who needs an invitation to a party, eh?

The water trembled gleefully,
Tickled by the golden rays.
In how many ways do I love thee?

The bee's busy counting the ways ...
The lotus blushed;
And turned scarlet in face:
Look! His chariot of seven horses
Race through the eastern skyways ...

In every one of his million hands
He carries a tangled web of love.
The lotus was charmed. The buzzing of the bees
Waned; it seemed pale somehow.

She ignores the bees around
And waits for the sun, my lotus red.
Will morrow's dream take the form of sun?

[Translated by C.P. Ravikumar]

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ratnaprabha Raykar 20 December 2014

liked the poem very muchThe water trembled gleefully, Tickled by the golden rays.its my fav line

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Meera Chakravorty 24 February 2016

Please give the original Kannada title and the year of publication. This helps researchers.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 31 October 2018

Such a wonderful poem by Gopalakrishna Adiga.....................

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Muzahidul Reza 31 October 2018

The wind, the bees, or the gentle spray: Who needs an invitation to a party, eh? ..... sounds great

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Mahtab Bangalee 31 October 2018

May be from the Sun The Sweet dream come not to run away but to live with love everyday .... //// beautiful poem

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Savita Tyagi 31 October 2018

Lovely poem.watching a flower bloom is like watching a child grow. Immense love and satisfaction offered in Nature’s ways.

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Edward Kofi Louis 31 October 2018

The buzzing of the bee! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Adrian Flett 31 October 2018

I don't understand some of the symbolism of 'Look his chariot of seven horses' but I do relate to the line, 'A bright red lotus has bloomed today' and ' Will morrow's dream take the form of sun? ' This tells me of the wonderful flowering of nature and its short-lived span of life just as we humans come and go and are here for such a short while but need to enjoy and make the most of our given span.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 31 October 2018

Mesmerizing flight of imagery of the poet and magnanimity in presentation has made this awesome poem simply great.

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Ruta Mohapatra 31 October 2018

'In every one of his million hands He carries a tangled web of love'.....Indeed! The lotus worships the sun, the giver of life on earth! No sun, no life!

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Gopalakrishna Adiga

Gopalakrishna Adiga

Mogeri, Kundapura taluk, Udupi, Karnataka / India
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