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Line of Control
Ramakrishna Perugu

When the world of lawn tennis was debating about patient Baseline game and Let us conquer controls on that line
powerful Serve & Volley, one Indian player by name Ramnathan Krishnan And join heart beats to create a new breath
surprised the world with his "pure oriental charm" of silky touch tennis and Let us bridge a passage of peace
reached the semifinals of Wimbledon. No other foreign player could ever Through blood rills and rancour lavas
emulate his style. Perugu Ramakrishna too an unique player with words. His
poetry is neither hyperbolic with synthetic emotions nor too moderate with All through that path; let us adorn
suppressed expression. His fame as one of the best Telugu poets of modern With touching humane warmth; and fondness lost
times is not by accident, but by his fair thinking, unbiased attitude towards the And garnish with fragments
concepts, simple balance of thought and richness of expression. He doesn't fit Of rainbow smiles and friendly hellows
into any partisan moulds of literary classification, like classic, modern,
postmodern, dalit, experimental, feminist, etc. etc. For over 40 years his
poetry has been enchanting the Telugu readers with its variety in selection of Let us cull out inner dialect of speaking eyes
Razing down lines between man made phonations
concepts, equanimity in asseveration and clarity in diction. There is always
purity in his approach and pleasantness in elucidation. Though he Remember! Words only broke life singular
experimented with new words and expressions and tried to show variety in his And placed on two sides of one bitter line
poems, the commonality of his trademark geniality of exposition never failed As two contentions souls in continuous grouse
to pop up from his lines. He has 26 published works so far in multiple genres One race into two sparring enemies
and bagged scores of national and International awards, honours including a
honourary D.Litt from World Congress of Poets in Prague 2016. Two plus two ; see we have four hands
With twenty fingers; just enough to sow
Seeds of roses; erasing between two nations
Lines of hatred; whines of slayed innocents

Trance @Dr Perugu Ramakrishna

The land where the sky illumes with tranquility
there, the five senses sing sweet serenades.
The tumbled moonbeans into the dale
assonate with gentle zephyrs
to hum silent hymns.
The quietly melting fog-canopies
unveil a spread out heart oeuvre...
when the sky becomes a mirror
and spells a mystic mantra Ever love to be
on waiting heart. honest
The soul slowly slips into a trance than being
and the beauty around turns naked honoured
and dances like a stripped ripple
of river Ganges.
...Author
Dr Perugu Ramakrishna

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