Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Blistering Barnacles

Okay ! So, I've been off for a few days. This hot summer is making me a bit crazy and with the water crisis in our campus, the situation is nothing short of a low-scale artificial famine !!

Well, I got some time at night and I wrote down this short poem (under the fan obviously...) - check it out !



Blistering Barnacles
The Summer is heated; And beneath me,
The dry Earth crackles.

Hot winds in the day
Dry my derma; and remind me
That this is MAY!

Evenings usually bring about a humid
And irritating weather; while sometimes gifting
Sweet breezes, lovely, calm and timid.

And when you meet that strong gale,
Accompanied by a fierce thunderstorm; You are in pure ecstasy
With a cheery & charming face, fresh out of a fairy tale!

-© Anwesh Bhattacharya, 06 May 2012


P.S. – This poem was written due to 3 reasons which simultaneously combined to give me the urge of penning it down.


1. I wanted to come out of my poetic inactivity after a lot of days. And the summer’s weather was a good way to begin.

2. I had wanted to use the rhyme scheme I found on Kirti's Blog.
Start of Line 1 (Rhyme A)
End of Line 1; Start of Line 2 (Rhyme B)
End of Line 2 (Rhyme A)

3. During the Stage Rehearsals of Rabindra Jayanti 2012, I spent a lot of time discussing the funny abuses of Captain Haddock in 'The Adventures of Tintin' with Aranyak Chakraborty. They aren’t really abusive and ‘Blistering Barnacles’ – Haddock’s Trademark abuse caught on as the title for this poem.

Your friend,
Green Mota

5 comments:

  1. GM, The blog looks all hifi. And the poem is simple and sweet. Quite a treat it is to step into your space. :)

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    1. Thanks Prohori !! I tried to make it childish.....:)

      And nice that you liked the poem !

      You are always a special guest into Doiwala's world...:D

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  2. love the name!!!Tintin was totally blown into my past..good to hear the famous words of captain haddock again..:D
    and the poem totally pens down the frustration we all are feeling!!very cute..:)

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    1. Yeah his funny abuses are engraved in every Tintin fan's memory !!

      Haha ! Well, ironically my favourite season is summer !.... & thanks :)

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  3. Loved the 'blistering barnacles', used to say them myself!!!!!, I had another favourite abuse but that I had invented "fish, rubbish and gibberish", and also "pessimistic old buffoon" , well I dont use them nowadays,
    well about the poem, it was a nice one, short but sweet!!! keep the budding poet alive!!!

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