Voices Within: Hema Ravi

Hema Ravi has verses published in Metverse Muse, Efflorescence, Amaravati Poetic Prism, Symphony of Peace, Women, Wit and Wisdom among others. Her Haiku, tanka and verses have been featured in online and print journals; her write ups have won prizes in the Femina, Khaleej Times(Dubai) and International Indian (Dubai). She has published in the Hindu’s Voice your Views and Open Page. She is the author of Everyday English, Write Right Handwriting Series 1, 2, 3, co-author of Sing Along Indian Rhymes and Everyday Hindi. 

As an IELTS and Communicative English trainer, she empowers youngsters to their fullest potential.

SIMPLE JOYS

As a child's smile endears,

and incessant laughter brings tears

as life enables to pause and reflect

to course correct and move on,

constant reflection on the lives of holy men

rubs into the psyche securely.

As I metamorphose into a 'human' being

with mind open and eyes seeing,

let my writing 

be that whiff of fragrance,

to empathize, empower and energize

enable me to reach out to

the distressed, deprived and the deserving..

By giving back, feel light hearted. 

Not to man alone, kindness 

to animals and plants

elevates into a higher being.

In this gadget addicted world, 

Spending quality time with near and dear

brings domestic harmony that spreads across,

generates peace and pervades 

just as the first rays of the Sun

brings in joys untold.

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IN SEARCH OF PEACE

The river of grace is ever flowing

You’ve toiled hard without rest for many days

Nature’s ways is forever mind boggling

With all humility await that grace.

You’ve toiled hard without rest for many days

Do not lose hope or give up in despair

With all humility, await that grace

You’ve walked past swamps and forests to hills bare.

Do not lose hope or give up in despair

O’er the black and white and the varied hues

You’ve walked past swamps and forests to hills bare

Past lush green fields and early morning dews.

O’er the black and white and the varied hues

Nature’s ways is forever mind boggling

You’ve walked past crowds and forests to hills bare

The river of grace is ever flowing.

SLIPPERY SHORE

For survival, endlessly they fight

though blessed with acumen and sight

wading through the challenges in the seas

Tsunami, floods, oil spills

halts earning of a few pennies. 

Life’s no bed of roses

day after day new challenges pose.

Contaminated Fish! for them doom

even as inflation’s at a zoom.

Their bare bodies bathed in oil

wading through the sludge to toil

Overwhelming deluge ensures starvation.

For survival, endlessly, they fight…

Voices Within - Complete List of Poets :: Setu, January 2019