Moving Poetry at Kips Bay NYPL (2)

Moving Poetry at Kips Bay NYPL (2)

For the second session of "Moving Poetry: Indian Dance and Poetry" at the Kips Bay New York Public Library, we explored the theme of spring and rejuvenation through the poem "Ecstacy" by Sarojini Naidu.  

Ecstasy 
Sarojini Naidu
 
Heart, O my heart! lo, the springtime is waking
In meadow and grove.
Lo, the mellifluous koels are making
Their paeans of love.
Behold the bright rivers and rills in their glancing,
Melodious flight,
Behold how the sumptuous peacocks are dancing
In rhythmic delight.
 
Shall we in the midst of life's exquisite chorus
Remember our grief,
O heart, when the rapturous season is o'er us
Of blossom and leaf?
Their joy from the birds and the streams let us borrow,
O heart! let us sing,
The years are before us for weeping and sorrow ...
Today it is spring! 

Today is spring/ Group Poem
Blossoming rain 
Brings flowers 
Doves cooing, birds cooing,
Colors and smells, 
Beckoning us towards rebirth,
Joy and happiness. 

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