Ariadne’s notes: World Poetry hosts welcomed the talented young poetess Anviksha Srivastava to the radio show. Despite technical difficulties on the radio show, she was able to share some of her poems and showed great presence of mind during the problems. We are looking forward to having her again when the technical issues are cleared up. A portion of the show worked and here is the link:
http://www.coopradio.org/content/world-poetry-caf%C3%A9-el-mundo-de-la-poesia-186
Anviksha Srivastava
12 years old. India/USA
Award: Bal pratibha samman (India) , prize in Rakshak foundation patriotic poetry competition (USA) Poems published: Creative Writing, American Poetry magazines, Ardmore library magazine(Oklahoma )world poetry reading Series,and some magazines in India.
Hobbies : Reading , Dancing , Designing dresses and Singing.
Oh Fraser River
Oh Fraser River
you grow
from a
simple source
carrying the
flow of life,
your banks
are the
nourishment
of joy,
near your
boundaries
happiness takes
shape,
in your
long hair
of blue
you give
shelter to
everyone,
you are
the mirror
to every
towns success
and after
you give
so much
oh Fraser River
you disappear
into the arms
of the
Pacific Ocean
Anviksha Srivastava (C)
* This poem has been chosen to be included in an upcoming display and book on the Fraser River in the fall. Aniviksha was not able to read on the radio last night due to technical issues. She will be back for another interview soon and then we can hear it!
Poor Provincial Town
In this poor provincial town
Where the sun’s never down
In this poor provincial town
where the sky is always blue
and very lovely too
In this poor provincial town
the grass is so very green
along with being serene
in this poor provincial town
where you’ll always get you’re way
and the weather never sways
in this poor provincial town
under all the beauty
lay the beast
lay the beast
his heart was broken in two
carrying all the pain hiding from the rain
in this poor provincial town
where dreams come true
why was the beast’s dream
broken in two? broken in two?
Anviksha Srivastava (C)
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Anviksha holds an unfathomable talent for poetry. She has this way of portraying her thoughts that just let her spirit flow. Her suave voice shines through in her writing, and she has the best of vocabularies. It allows her to leave a tender feeling in the reader’s heart and keeps them coming back over and over again. She is a smooth as silk and as sweet as honey, yet has as strong a presence as iron. Kudos to Anviksha for these pieces. It’s nice to know that there are talented your writers setting forth in the world.
She is a wonder! She will be back on the show in July