Silly Season Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
Silly Season
1. Spring
Fragrance!
The darkest spell
Of the cold witch is over.
Nature plays Holi; gulal spreads.
Spring springs.
2. Summer
Parched sun
Heaves a sigh hot.
Last of the spring flowers
Have dried and withered long back
Sun strokes.
3. Autumn
Drizzling
All through the day.
Warns the lingering breeze,
"Gear up, the worst is yet coming"
The fall.
4. Winter
Cold winds,
Gloomy gray skies
Blandest of all seasons
Harbinger of all maladies
Blank verse.
A collection of four Cinquains. My first attempt at this form of poetry. Hope you like it.
Vocabulary
1. Silly season: a period marked by frivolous, outlandish, or illogical activity or behavior
2. Holi: The festival of colours celebrated in the North India, usually by mid-March, which marks the end of winter or onset of spring
3. Gulal: The coloured water, powder etc. used to colour bodies of people, as part of Holi celebrations (Hindi)
Incredible imagery, beautifully written! .. Thank you ever so much for sharing! .. Ever so many 10S! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ...............................+++++
Hi Becca, Thank you for throwing deep insight into the poem and the appreciation of my efforts
A beautiful poem written in a unique style. Interesting to read the various characteristics of seasons. Loved about autumn. 'Drizzling All through the day. Warns the lingering breeze, " Gear up, the worst is yet coming" The fall.'... is so nice. Thanks for sharing.10++++
Thank you Anilji. Your detailed observations show that you have gone through the poem thoroughly. I am deeply obliged for the appreciation.
Hi Liza, I am dumbfounded. I understand that you are a Russian. Then, I am at a loss to understand how you could write in Hindi, And thank you for readymy poem and honouring me with your comments. Obliged.
I do not have any idea about this form of poetry.But your poem is extremely beautiful. Let me quote a stanza- 1. Spring Fragrance! The darkest spell Of the cold witch is over. Nature plays Holi; gulal spreads. Spring springs.
Normally, almost all forms of poetry in the English literature insists on a rhyme scheme, apart from the meter. In order to conform to the rhyme scheme, one should have extraordinary command on vocabulary. Should be a real wordsmith. Which, I am not. Cinquain is one form, which does not have the rhyme scheme. Just like the Japanese forms like haiku etc, it has just a scheme of number of syllables. It is 2-4-6-8-2. So, I found it very simple. Contd
Part 2 Thank you for the time and the valuable observations on the poems.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Beautiful poem about different seasons..well penned