Time for another poem is what I heard and here she is!
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ReplyDeleteHeartiest Congratulation for this Fantastic poem. What talent ! I don't know how you coin words to get every other end of the line to rhyme. I think that is inborn talent ! Chira
Chira, coming from you, a person of such talents and accomplishments, I am really happy to receive your appreciation. Thanks!
DeleteWelldone,Zita,nothing but,short of a laurette.May I add a few words to complete the poem.Covid may come and Covid may go,but the unrivalled NHS will go on for ever.
ReplyDeleteOh,Sumathi! That's fabulous! There is no end your talents, is there? I must say, that sentence you have added tops it all up and thank you for pointing that out! Glad to have colleagues like you! Zita
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the beautiful poem so very topical. It is a fine tribute to the carers and the cared. The suffering hasn't gone away. The numbers have become just statistics although the pain and the anguish remains unabated. We have a long way to go. No one's safe until the whole world is safe.
How right you are Nihal! We are still right in the middle of it all, and no one can relax, we must all be on our guard against this virus, and supporting our Key Workers to whom we owe such a lot! Thanks! You always point out something of value and significance! Zita
DeleteZita’s poems are always wonderful to read and sh has mastered the ab,ab structure of rhyming. She sent this poem to me with following note which I am sure she wouldn’t mind if I share with all of you.
ReplyDelete“I was asked to send poems to honour the care workers in the NHS. I did along with my other Southend friend, Irie.
And both our poems were read on Radio Essex last Monday.”
Well done Zita..
Mahendra, thanks for your support to us and I know you feel that great admiration for our Health Service and those who man it. Well, the health services all over the world have been 'bending over backwards' to cope with what has been the most trying period of our lives in the last century. One has to meet someone who has lost a loved one to know the horror of it all. My son has a friend who lost his father, who got the virus from his doctor son who survived, but it overwhelmed the old man and he died. The son is inconsolable. One has to meet a case like that to know the horror of it all. Thanks Mahendra and Lucky for posting my poem! Zita
DeleteTo go on the air is really great, especially in a country like England. It takes precedence only over your talent for poetry and for a worthy cause too.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations dear Zita.
Oh Lucky, thanks, for those words of encouragement! I think these services like radio and TV are all out to support our Key Workers in any way they can. Their words reach the maximum number of people and if it helps one person to help one other, it is worth it. I know that in Sri Lanka too this is most important. I have relatives who have told me about the fear which makes people segregate themselves from their loved ones. We have to find a way of getting back to our normal relationships as the virus is on its way out.The psychological trauma of isolation and segregation can be even more detrimental to our well being. Thanks, Lucky! I always appreciate any word from you. Zita
DeleteZita, you have captured the desperation, the sadness and the exhaustion of the health care workers, some of whom paid with their lives. This is a beautiful tribute and I am glad that Radio Essex recognized your talent and read it on the air. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteJust curious, did you read it on the air?
I hope all that the health care workers, along with everyone else, are breathing a little easier now. (I certainly am!)
Oh Thanks, Srianee! I feek really humble receiving kind words from the 'jiants of our batch', I mean it! They read out my poem, mentioning it is from a doctor who should know what is going on. My friend Irie also from Sri Lanka, who sent in a fantastic poem was honoured by an interview and being asked to read it on air! I was so pleased for Iranganie, as she is a dedicated soul who is right now doing a project to help the Sri Lankans who were disfigured by various attacks.
DeleteZita, Well done and congratulations. May you go from strength to strength. Cheers
ReplyDeleteOh, Rohini! I have missed you on these pages! Is it me not visiting the blog as I should? Any word from you, humbles me and makes me happy. We are all trying to do our little bit even by a word in this unusual couple of years which will go down history, aren't we? I hope you are fine and I always look forward to 'meeting' you on these pages. Thank goodness, we can at least keep in touch this way! Zita
DeleteCongratulations Zita. Timely and beautifully crafted.
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Thank you! Pardon me if I am a bit blinkered with initials. But you took the trouble to make a comment and I appreciate it.
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ReplyDelete"Magge Nurse Nonna, Raja kumariya Ispirithale"
(My Lady Nurse, you are the Queen of the Hospital)
A lovely poem which should give a lot of satisfaction, joy and pride to the health care staff.It merits wider exposure and should inspire the younger generation to take up the profession.The NHS is desperately short of nurses and they deserve more than the meagre one percent pay rise.well done Zita
Absolutely agree with you Bora. They are dedicated souls who work so hard and deserve our respect and thanks.
DeleteI do feel so honoured and pampered by all this. I don't deserve it! Here you are all the honoured, talented, dedicated and world-recognised people like you, who I admire! I look forward to your writings, which are in a class of its own.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Zita being elevated to the position of a Disc Jockey(DJ),
ReplyDeleteon Radio Essex! Your verse is as good as your prose, unlike me. where the verse is worse than prose!
Looking forward to more contributions!
You are excellent with words, Sanath, and we don't need any more evidence to bear that out. One can be worse at verse but if one is good at words, well, then, You've got everything. The worth of words, words worth or Wordsworth, oh dear, just see what can happen! Main thing I suppose, is what the words are worth and the 'wording'! We can go on playing with words! Zita
DeleteYour words are flowing
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Wordplay so uplifting
Bardesswith ideas brimming!
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DeleteI met quite a few batch mates who say that they want to comment, but don't know how. I explained the procedure in detail.
ReplyDeleteI understand how difficult it can sometimes be, with technology, even simple manipulations. I often have to ask my daughter or son's help. So all we can do as batchmates is visit the Blog regularly and read what's on offer. Our batch is unique because of this Blog as we can 'connect' with one another. Zita
DeleteLucky,old dogs can not learn new tricks.It is a shame,we are in a Robotic age.Our friends must get into the habit of learning something in their daily activities.There was an excellent talk by Bernadfette Dias on the 11th and,I am sure a lot of our friends lost the chance of learning something new.There is nothing called no time in my daily activities.
ReplyDeleteToday I can't seem to enter 'comments'! And it was something I did with ease. I do agree that technology can be a pain for those of us who have not embraced the Robotic age in our stride. I just failed to make a reply to Lucky's comment above. Zita (not sure whether this will appear either!)
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