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Mallika Chari, INDIA

Exclusive: Best of Women Poetry: Edited by Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy
SENRYU - WOMAN

back and forth
she swings hooked
to the morals
*

futuristic
she lulls to cradle
her heart
*
vacation
she relaxes in meeting
family's demands
*
marathon
her race to cross
the line of poverty
*
education
reading between the lines
she competes high
*
coffee table
she swirls the froth
to turn the table
*
arena
keeping to the rules
she plays her ace
*
space
the orbiting Mangalyaan carried
women power

Mallika Chari, a poet and an artist, loves to give colors and shape to her poetry. Her poetry collection’ Lively Words’ bears testimony to this wherein each of her poem is represented by her paintings. Her poems have found place in online and print haiku and haiga journals and several poetry anthologies. She writes poetry, the haiku genre being her specialty, both in English and Tamil languages.

Best of Women Poetry -2020 :: Setu, March 2020

Poetry: Mallika Chari

Mallika Chari, Maharashtra State, India: Engaged in giving life to poetry with paint and brushes and seeking poetry from the coloured canvas, Poet & Artist Mallika Chari loves to experiment with words and colours.

FOOTWEAR

Accessories accentuate our looks.
They access grace to our physique.
We adore us from head to toe.
Completing our grooming,
Footwear prides itself as the crown of the feet.
Comforting our strides,
It cuddles us.
Covering our feet,
It protects us.
It shows us our walks of life.
It helps us to put ourselves in others' shoes.
It heels us to increase our pace.
The treads we leave show our path.
The footprints we leave show our way.
Thus, footwear is the crown of feet!

POWERFUL EYES

Enabling us to see the world and
Enabling others to look into us,
Quite magical they are in portraying us
With just a blink of their lids.
When the heart trembles,
Filled with anguish
Still seeking for words;
A whole stretch of speechless talk
Is shaded through eyes.
Tears pour down providing a moisture
To the dryness felt inside.
When heart overflows
Filled with pleasure
Still seeking for words;
A full length of voiceless speech
Is highlighted through eyes.
Tears flow down providing a chill
To spread the freshness felt inside.
Mixing colours of emotions and
Leaving a picture of thoughts,
Quite magnificent are these simple drops;
Quite magical they are in portraying us.