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Friday, 6 May 2011

Poems on Greek myths Narcissus and Echo in my Poem Book

Greek Mythology are myths from very old or ancient times including stories about Greek Gods and Greek Goddesses, Greek Myths and Greek Heroes like Achilles and Hercules .I have written a poem about the PANDORA'S BOX which in turn is a poem from a Greek myth .If I take to write poem of the Greeks myth ,I will have nearly as many poems to publish another book. If you are the one who is interested in Greek Mythology ,you can find many stories here .The final poem for NaPoWriMo's prompt is to write a poem based on a Greek myth.

The Story Of Narcissus and Echo

The son of God Narcissus was a very handsome man
but proud enough to turn away womans proposing him
he even turned away a woman nymph called Echo
who loved the Narcissus as much as she can

Echo though beautiful had a speech problem then
a curse for her big mouth , now she lay helpless
one day as Narcissus got lost in the woods
all she could is to repeat the words said to her when
ever he called out "Is anyone there?"
Echo used to reply "Here, Here".

upset of not being loved in return
Echo hid herself in a cave
with nothing left except her voice in
A Goddess maiden heard about this somehow
got angry and cursed him to fall in love
with himself - Narcissus

Even as Narcissus was admiring himself in a clear pond
Echo noticed that he fell in love with his reflection
As he vainly said to his face in water "I love you"
Echo replied from the cave and within "I love you"
with whispering thoughts of Narcissus

He stayed admiring himself
in the pond forever
till one day he died and grew as a flower
called Narcissus

Even now in the caves you can hear
Echo senselessly repeating the words of others
you can also feel her vibrations as you near
with echoing your voices further and further

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Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Spoetry or spoems from the spams in my gmail inbox

What are spams ?For newbies ,Spam are nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients at the same time like a unsolicited bulk messages using electronic messaging system.Our sensitive inbox of google or yahoo identifies them ,since many recipients of the same mail system gets the same messages and so they are directly sent to our spam boxes.


Spoetry or spoems are poetic verses made primarily from the subject lines of spam e-mail messages.Making poetry of this kind is interesting and funny.I had to get few words from here and there making it a poem and yet deliver the same message that I got as spam .

Let me choose few spams from my inbox and then write a poetry with it.

The original mail in my spam box regarding the same :
  1. Newsletter by Secret Search Engine Labs
  2. London 2012 Olympic Games tickets
Spoetry in Haiku style.
.com extension
right domain name for business
branded short version

London Olympic Games
Win tickets for your purchases
Visa Prepaid cards 






Monday, 2 May 2011

Recap of the A to Z Challenge !

A to Z Challenge was a wonderful experience  for me as I wrote a poem for each letter of the alphabets in English.I had many words to use for each letter but choose one among them that fits the NaPoWriMo's prompt too.I was also taking up another challenge for April.Two challenges in a month and I completed one.With two more posts, I would complete the other one too in this week. 

This post is a small recap of the A to Z Challenge .I have a separate page for the April challenge "A to Z Challenge"as you can see above.Click them and see!


A to Z Challenge 
I have learned many things while writing for the prompts and I am happy about it .Finally I have done my best and did justice to my heart .

So if you want to toss out more of A to Z bloggers ,visit Arlee's here and have fun.

Sunday, 1 May 2011

The Whispering Dewdrops - ZEST(Z) Poetry for a Change


THE CHANGE (Finding Zest in life)

Each thoughts that never happens, recalls God's presence
Who knows the ends of the each chapter in human's life
Humans who never knows his destined end, hence
Expect more even after each ends which holds his life in strife

Heart, a place unfenced lets thoughts from all around
Letting people e to leaves their footprints unnoticed
One person to share a heart, the life is safe and sound
If another joins claming her rights, one is left to contend 

The starting and ending of a life is a mystery hidden
The correct path or the correct way, no one ever knows 
Each single path cross and they change, the journey ends
If we know the reality of change, we understand how life flows



Original content of the Tamil song by poet Kaviarasu Kanadasan :


Ninaipathellam nadanthuvittal theivam ethum illai
Nadanthathaye ninaithirunthal amaithi endrum illai
Mudintha kathai thodarvathillai iraivan etinile
Thodarntha kathai mudivathillai manithan etinile

Ayiram vasal ithayam athil ayiram ennangal uthayam
Yaaro varuvar yaaro irupar varuvathum povathum theriyathu
Oruvar mattum kudi irunthal thunbam ethumillai
Ondriukka ondru vanthal endrum amaithi illai

Ninaipathellam..(repeat)

Enge vazhkai thodangum athu enge evitham mudiyum
Ithu than pathai ithu than payanam enbathu yaaukkum theriyathu
Pathaiyellam mari varum… payanam mudinthuvidum
Maruvathu purinthu kondal mayakkam thelinduvidum

Ninaipathellam(repeat)


Submitted for A to Z Challenge for the last alphabet (Z)  and NaPoWriMo's prompt of translating a poem from another language into English.




Saturday, 30 April 2011

The Whispering Dewdrops - X and Y Chromosome in Poetic Science and The Riddle of Science

X and Y Chromosome 
Why they are important ? Without them there are no lives , no birth.They determine the sex of you and me .The female has two X chromosomes and the male has one X and one Y chromosome.A chromosome consists of a single, very long DNA helix on which thousands of genes are encoded.

So what are genes?
In simple words, Genes hold the information to build and maintain an organism's cells (The cell is the functional basic unit of life) and pass genetic traits to offspring meaning they are the unit of heredity in a living organism.Each person normally has one pair of sex chromosomes in each cell .The X chromosome represents about 5% of the total DNA in women's cells, 2.5% in men's.The other 2.5 in men is taken by the Y chromosome.

DNA in the X-chromosome is passed from mother to her son or daughter whereas the DNA in the Y-chromosome is passed from father to son .In case of a daughter , the DNA in the X -chromosome is passed from father to daughter. Since the father retains his X chromosome from his mother, a human female has one X chromosome from her paternal grandmother (father's side), and one X chromosome from her mother.

My A to Z challenge for X and Y both , is written with the above Chromosomes .I'm trying to modify the above explanation into a simple Haiku .Here I am with the Title :

X and Y Chromosome in Poetic Science:

X Chromosome :
A Daughter is born
Mother's X combines Father's
His X Chromosome

Y Chromosome :
Son's birth is confirmed
Mother's X combines Father's
One Y Chromosome


Know how to write a Haiku 


The NaPoWriMo's Riddle poem :


Science Is Solving Riddles Of .....
Science is solving riddles of the Origin of life
The big bang theory denoting the formation of universe
Or the DNA cells ,a life in the invisible nucleus
The Adam and Eve ,the world's first human life
Or the Gorillas and the apes ,the hairy two legged


Science is solving riddles of Communications
Languages between the humans and his body
Languages between the plants and ecology
The Zoology of the animals ,life and their living
The fast space disc and the UFO aliens


Science is solving riddles of the Earth
The ocean's depth and the sky's expansion
The ozone depletion and the green house effect
The new diseases and the sudden natural disasters
The birth and the death ,the God and the Ghost


What the Science doesn't know is that
Science will be solving riddles of the life
Unending in nature unless the human's diverts
The search that is outside .....Within


Friday, 29 April 2011

The Whispering Dewdrops - Wedding (W) April 29 Royal Life

The Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011 at 11:00 United Kingdom Time ,TODAY in the Westminster Church. A poetry again for the Royal Celebration in UK with (W) taking the word WEDDING  and for NaPoWriMo's prompt "most favorite word"-Wedding .Cant help writing one more :)
A longing fairy tale comes true as festival
This day in April,a special stay in every heart
The Kingdom fills with Kate's love and arrival
Making a royal appearance on the aisle with pride

People are waiting for their new Princess
To wed the charming Williams ,the Prince
Offerings through poems,Poets we bless
Those enthralling every eyes around this province

Church bells and horses, Trumpets and verses
Noises of Cheers that uplifts The Britain
An Angel in White dress ,humble through noises
Marking in History, UK's best Royal Procession

This day in April,a special stay in every heart
Making a fairy tale to come alive in real
Sketching and molding of blessings in every arts
Spreading the magic word carefully with seal

WATCH LIVE STREAMING OF THE ROYAL WEDDING


Finally the Royal Wedding was over in most happy and royal way.They came in expensive cars to the Church to get married with the blessing of the Lord and the people and then rode on the Royal Chariot as husband and wife ,as the Duke(already) and the Duchess of England way back Home to their Buckingham Place 





   

Thursday, 28 April 2011

The Whispering Dewdrops - Veerapandiya Kattabomman (V) NaPoWriMo poetry

Veerapandiya Kattabomman 
Veerapandiya Kattabomman was born to Jagaveera Kattabomman and Arumugattammal on January 3, 1760.Kattabomman is the pivot of the emerging feeling of Tamil nationhood who fought for India and was finally executed by hanging him unceremoniously on a Tamarind tree in Kayathar (near Thirunelveli)


Kattabomman is recognized by the government as one of the earliest independence fighters opposing the British and has been hailed as the inspiration behind the first battle of independence of 1857, which the British called the Sepoy Mutiny.His story is celebrated in many legends and epic poetry in Tamil.In honor of his bravery , a Memorial fort was constructed ,postal stamps(1799), few transport buses and a Cultural association were named after him.Even a famous Tamil film portraying the life of Veerapandiya Kattabomman was taken by storm by a great actor of our times Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan.


A folk dance "Devarattam" in Tamil Nadu is persevered by the descendants of Veerapandiya Kattabomman to denote victory in the battle.


VeeraPandiyaKattabomman

Full nameVeemaraja Jagaveera Pandiya Kattabomman

I am now going to use these rhyming ends given by NaPoWriMo's prompt to write a short epic poem about this great warrior-" rage,doom, age, tomb , sighs, breast, thighs, west, mad, blues, plaid, shoes, fail, mail"and write a Bout-rimes MEANING I write  a sort of poetic parlor game ,like  you write a poem using the rhyming end words from another poem. I was hesitating to post my poems for the last few days because of copyright infringement that I faced with a particular site .But if that one stops me from writing and also stopping my growth ,I am losing my precious visitors who come to my blog.There are many poems ,more than 100 for him to chose from ,so I took a brave decision to write again till the end of A to Z challenge and NaPoWriMo.Hope he understands my plight and leave me alone to write freely without problems


That special steady walk he owns in rage 
Reddish yellow fire burning even at this age
Furious of being one among the doomed 
In defense for his people ,he stood like a tomb
He never let his heart down which made his enemy sigh
Preserving a walk of bravery with his strong thigh
He always has his straight shoulder and upright breast
And eyes boiling in anger seeing the torments of the west
"I'm Veerapandiya Kattabomman", his roar drives one mad
That makes the battle steam up ,a tartan plaid
Even with the tortures he faced,he never fell at their shoes
Finally being executed by hanging made all his followers blue
Tragic ending , yet he was one among the freedom fighters to mail
Spreading the message of bravery for their own rights without fail
-  @Copyright -Umamaheswari Anandane
VeerapandiyaKattabomman Statue





Tuesday, 26 April 2011

The Whispering Dewdrops - Umamaheswari Anandane(U) poetry

The alphabet "U" stands for my name, yes, my Name "Umamaheswari Anandane" for a change .She is ME and I am SHE :)

1
Critics and Editors
Trying to find out 
the brain behind this creation
look for a star ,budding slowly
among the thousands in sky
rifled through the clear night sky
shining brighter and brighter
as the eyes stare for long time
mes-mering them in its light
and mocking the moon beside 
telling that there are times in
new moon day,where you disappear
but not for 
a star like me
See who we are !
Funny yet true 
every man has his day
even stars have its day 

2
U.M.A.M.A.H.E.S.W.A.R.I
Meditating her name making a math matrix
A story of light recollecting few
Moments of silent nature
Away long back ,extinct insects
Hers mind wanders with her
Eyes swirling back memories
Slowly into the past and again to present
Weaving strings between them,eyes opens to see
Amazing flowers in her garden , it's night time with
Raining of fireflies surrounding flowers and shining brighter, a sunshine and a whisper  
I am the Light and Life , The Time froze for a moment
       She realized the light she needed ...Within


More on :


Link Submission for :
  1. NaPoWriMo's prompt of writing  a short, satirical poem about a star and the moon. 
  2. A to Z Challenge for alphabet "U" .I wanted to use U for my name.I came with a small poetic sentence .I started writing with each alphabets of my name and I came up with this one below.Free write with my name along with NaPoWriMo's autobiographical poem on 23rd day .
  3. Poets United Prompt "SHE"
PS:
This week's Tuesday review in Jingle Poetry Community written by SIS along with Leo aka Vinay is about my Blog"Inside My Poetry Book".Thanks Jingle poetry for this lovely surprise !


Friday, 22 April 2011

The Whispering Dewdrops - Tamil Language (T) and Shakespearean

NaPoWriMo's  Cento challenge :It is a poetic form made up of lines from poems by other poets.

For the above prompt I am going to choose randomly 7 different sonnets from Shakespeare sonnets and then assemble them into a new sonnet .The beauty of this poem is that this poem will have the real Shakespearean touch to it and will be written by me.

Shakespeare Sonnets Chosen: 15,19,50,60, 65,75,100



Cento of Shakespearean 
When I consider every thing that grows
Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse,
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows
And every fair with his fair doth rehearse,
Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me,
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
His rider lov'd not speed being made from thee.
Each changing place with that which goes before,
So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Join with the spite of fortune, make me bow,
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
Ah! do not, when my heart hath 'scaped this sorrow,
    Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life,
    So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife  


A to Z Challenge :"T" -TAMIL LANGUAGE


Tamil Language is proud  to be taken place under "Classical Language " known as "Semmozhi".Only 6 languages is classified as Classical Languages in world. ' TAMIL , CHINESE, LATIN, GREEK, HEBREW & SANSKRIT. 


Facts of Tamil Language:
Thirukkural
  1. One of the most notable literary and ethical treatises in the Indian languages, Thirukkural, is written by Thiruvalluvar. There is a general consensus among the historians and literary authorities that Thirukkural was written around 2000 years ago.
  2. Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Laureate, notes that, “There hardly exists in the literature of the world a collection of maxims in which we find such lofty wisdom as in Thirukkural”
  3. Dr. G. U. Pope, a Christian Missionary and Translator of Thirukkural in English writes, “The Kural is an integral painting of a civilization which is harmonious in itself and which possesses a clearly recognizable unity."
  4. India’s father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, notes, “I wanted to learn Tamil, only to enable me to study Valluvar’s Thirukkural through his mother tongue itself…. It is a treasure of wisdom…”
Maths andTamil Language
Even the minutest of fractions have a place in ‘Tamil’ language. Some interesting examples include the term immi referred to the fraction of 1/320 x 1/7, one-seventh of this fraction termed as anu, one-eleventh of an anu as mummi and one ninth of amummi as kuNam.

On Why Tamil is a Classical Language:
University of California, Berkeley, holds a ‘Tamil’ Conference annually. Its Chair in Tamil Studies, Prof. George L. Hart, writes, “To qualify as a classical tradition, a language must fit several criteria: it should be ancient, it should be an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own and not as an offshoot of another tradition, and it must have a large and extremely rich body of ancient literature. Unlike the other modern languages of India, Tamil meets each of these requirements. It is extremely old (as old as Latin and older than Arabic); it arose as an entirely independent tradition, with almost no influence from Sanskrit or other languages; and its ancient literature is indescribably vast and rich.”


Tamil Mozhi became SemMozhi 
The classical language of the world
With eighteen consonants and twelve vowels
And one character,the aeidham being neutral 
She has total alphabets of
Two hundered and fourthy seven
With the combination of uyirmeyyezhuttu
Regared asthe oldest language in India
Dating back to 2000 years ago
with the  greatest saints writing
Thokapiyam  and Thirukkural 
The rich ancient literatures
Tamil Mozhi is indeed Semmozhi

Music to my ears
Sounds ancient rich literature 
Tamil Language


The bold letters are the haiku followed by a free write.


The Whispering Dewdrops :NaPoWriMo and A to Z challenge