In Search of Solace
The
evening shadows stretch long,
My
heart aspires to sing a song;
Childhood
days reel before eyes,
Lyrical
memories implant a surprise,
Childhood
is something; I can’t forget,
It’s
everything, be it morning or sunset.
Though
sunk in the worldly despair,
Life
struggles with unending desires,
Though
the age keeps on advancing,
Childhood
memories keep on racing,
The
narrow paths with enticing grace,
Vanish
into the past without a trace.
School
mates, friendly and unfriendly,
Hunted
by fleeting age are traced hardly,
Streams
of various thoughts sneak out,
Stalked
by unknown fear they roll out,
Drowned
midst childhood memories,
I
seek solace, but heartinwardly cries.
Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Tholana is a writer, poet and reviewer, hailing from Hyderabad City, Telangana State, INDIA. Over 5000 of his poems have been published in various literary magazines, newspapers, journals, e-zines, anthologies etc. across a hundred countries. The poet has been conferred with several prestigious national and international awards that include eleven doctorates, apart, lots of laurels, testimonies & commendations for his quest to promote Universal Peace, World Brotherhood, Environment Consciousness, Protection of Nature, Safeguarding Children’s Rights etc. The poet has also received applause from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, former-President, India, Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee, former-Prime Minister, India, Bill Clinton, USA, Queen Elizabeth of Britain, Princess of Wales, President and Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister of Switzerland, Senator Viktor Busa, The Lord President, Italy, United Nationals Organization, UNESCO, UNICEF etc.
Few notable titles conferred upon Dr.
Ashok include, RABINDRANATH TAGORE LITERARY HONOR, GANDHIAN WORLD HARMONY
CREATOR, NAJI NAAMAN LITERARY PRIZE, YASSER ARAFAT PEACE AWARD, SWAMY
VIVEKANANDA INTERNATIONAL PEACE AWARD and so on. As of now, his poems have been translated
into 41 (forty-one) languages.
ELEVEN Poetry Books
have been Published so far, viz. (1) CHARISMATA OF POESIE (2) THE CHARIOT OF
MUSINGS (3) SERENE THOUGHTS (4) TWINKLES (5) REFLECTIONS (6) ALTITUDES (7)
OUTLET (8) HORIZON (9) KALEIDOSCOPE (10) VIBRANT MUSINGS (11) YOUR
POETICALLY. That apart, he translated 12
spiritual books from local Telugu to English language.
QUEST
FOR PROMOTING UNIVERSAL PEACE :For
the past two decades, Dr. Ashok has been making all out efforts through poetry
for promoting Global Peace, non-violence and was also a part of the prestigious
Anti-Nuclear Manifesto of Global Gandhian Harmony Association, Russia.
Ø As a Co-author, his contribution is acknowledged @:Global Peace Science of Spherons: https://peacefromharmony.org/docs/global-peace-science-2016.pdf
Ø Gandhica: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=848
Ø Anti-Nuclear Manifesto: https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=908
Ø
International Day of Nonviolence- October 2 -https://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=1158
Prepared
by Angela Kosta Executive Director of the Magazines: MIRIADE, NUANCES ON THE
PANORAMIC CANVAS, BRIDGES OF LITERATURE, journalist, poet, essayist, publisher,
literary critic, editor, translator, promoter
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