From My
Memory Book
Pravat Kumar Padhy
The lone landmass is
surrounded by water body of great Chilka lake in Odisha along the east coast of
India
When we reach the island,
he starts narrating the mythological importance of the place. The temple bell
rings with the muse of wavy water all around. Our tutorial guide elaborates the
geology of the rock exposures. As an amateur earth science student, my mind
prompts me quickly to pick up a few pieces of rock, born millions years ago!
In the evening we return
back carrying the pleasant memories. In the college reopening day, my professor
delivers a lecture on the rise of the Himalaya out of a gigantic ancient ocean,
the Tethys Sea
migratory bird
flies in boundless sky
I wake up
with morning sun sketching
the colorful rainbow wings
Atlas
Poetica 13, November, 2012 (Ed. M Kei)
