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Anu-naad (Resonance) - Kala Ramesh, Pune e-mail: nonesuch@vsnl.net March 5, 2005  An unusual form of 13 short poems One-liners, two-liners and three-liners! Poems, which in their brevity seem to create imagery. Abhinaya in words and rasa in form, quintessentially Indian in nature. These poems are inspired by the Japanese form of short poems called Haiku Anu-naad (Resonance) cascade of taans, single parijat like sargams lie on the pathway sucked in its own swamp - ego loses the art of being a rasika in music, to reach swara's abode is like walking on a razor's edge the raga weaves through the tala and then looks back at her handiwork - raga vistaar a bee hovers around the flower oozing serenades - and lovers? bicker eye glasses make a show of what it does - eyes just see trees love to rain-dance - while the singer sits behind glass doors raga music like nature is best when cell phones are switched off Silences of the tree; the hill and the sky join the deep silences in music ustad bade ghulam singing a thumri - will love never become stale? flighty taans like eagles know how to take off facial expressions lilting movements melting - Abhinaya. Viraha geet is playing touching me, I weep for my lost heart Deep in raga - the sudden applause startles the singer. A musical note lives for that moment and fades into the void…that sacred silence. And Hindustani music being completely extempore is as fresh as a just bloomed lily. Being very similar in form, music attracted Kala to Haiku and Tanka… In all these three instances, she believes there is a resonance that lingers in the spirit long after the sound has faded. |
