Collaboration Art: Robert Maddox-Harle & Sunil Sharma

Visuals: Rob Maddox-Harle

Texts: Sunil Sharma

River

On the blue-bosomed river

tiny crests 

created by the 

wandering fingers

of the restive 

Aeolus

break and re-form into a

ceaseless motion of

the mighty wind and 

water,

while the poet-photographer 

soaks in

the tranquil atmosphere.

He

traverses the deep

connections with the “pagans”

and 

modern believers

the neo-Hellenic worshipers of nature;

the moment providing pathways to profound

illuminations

***

II

the women row the boat

the pink 

head-dresses

announce the cause of the

odyssey---

short and different

the women cross the wide river

for those struck by a killer

called cancer

their concerns 

maternal

hands joined together, in this

rowing fundraiser.

A sisterhood of shared loss, pain,  

And ways of

Overcoming the

trauma.

***

Yellows

The tiny flowers

cascade down

in a tender shower

of a gold

different coloured,

 

the strange solitude 

of the sacred ground

home to the

fairies and spirits;

the patch of road

converses 

with the 

fallen flowers, in this

hallowed corner;

the yellow- tree

in full bloom 

contrasts sharply

with the

green 

neighbours.

---

Setu, May 2022