Night, a Poem by Emmanuel Mettles

Lights are off to slumber.

Weary are the lives.

I stop here, 

I stop here,

Stop! 

Here, under this last lamp post.

Seeking the beginning of night.

No one passes by,

No one passes by.

Except an old wood cutter from an ancient tale.

 He cut no woods,

He hushed a cry,

" I cut the heads,

I cut,

I cut!

The heads of a thousand silver firs!

Late fisherman's call is trudging towards the hill,

For fisherman is late,

Late and lost his skiff.

And his shack kept awake!

The path wriggled beneath the night,

Tales of the footsteps evansce.

No tales to be told,

No tunes to be sung..

No tunes to be sung..

I wish for a star,

A tiniest, speck of distant light..

A crumb of laughter,

A dropful of morrow, 

A mo,

A mo to dine on death!

© Emmanuel Mettles

Kerala, India 

Poetess Emmanuel Mettles was born and brought up in  Kerala State, India. She is Post Graduate in English, Sanskrit and Human Psychology. Presently she is working in Telangana State, India, as a Psychological Counsellor. She is a multilingual poet  who writes in English, Telugu and Malayalam languages.Her poems are published in many prominent periodicals. She is a co-author in as many as 48 anthologies published in India and abroad. Her latest book,  in her mother tongue,  Malayalam( Veyil Varavukal - Beaming Sunlight) is on the way.

She was awarded the title  BLOSSOMING POET - 2019 at HYDERABAD POET CONFLUENCE in 2019. And the

following are few more other awards and laurels she received in recent times.

1. KABI RABINDRSNATH TAGORE AWARD 2020.

(ARPITA FOUNDATION- BRINDAVAN)

2. MADUSOODAN DUTTA EXCELLENCE AWARD ( INDO UNIVERSAL VOICES OF POETRY)

3. Suryodaya Excellence Award ( S.L.F ODISHA)

4.EVERYCHILD CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE (Indo Universe Voices of Poetry, W.B)

5. Certificate of Excellence (Oxygen Pen)

6. International Ambassador of Peace Award(World Literary Forum for Peace and Human Rights)

7.Purnakumbha Award(Biswa Sahithya Samithy, Telengana,)

8. Telengana Sahitya Akademi Award ( Govt.of Telengana).

She is the Founder of  a global literary platform namely The HaVen International which run seperate platforms for uplift of literature in languages English, Malayalam and തെലുഗു. (HaVen Malayalam, HaVen Telugu, HaVen Furnace (poetry review) and The HaVen International) Furthermore, Ms Emmanuel Mettles is functioning as Advisor, Admin and Vo-ordinator in many literary platforms.

She is the advisory general of a global lietrary platform, Suryodaya Literary Foundation. (Odisha, India)

She is a vibrant and live wire activist of violations against children and women.

She is also a renowned translator, columnist, critic and orator too.

Books published are

1.The Solo Traveller( English)

2.Ummu Chinnu(English)

3.Veyil Varavukal( Malayalam)

4.Sthreetha( Malayalam- a regional language of India)