Petal Fall

The rose plant was in full growth

A bud appeared on it in dream

All eagerly waited to glimpse its grace

It dreamt for its bloom for beauty

One fine morn it bloomed to the full,

A million-petaled flower

All eyes fell on its charming treasure

It gladdened hearts, sweetened weather

By its fragrance par excellence.

The rose plant’s bliss knew no bounds

The viewers assessed its beauty

It looked a queen in her crown

In pride, in dignity, its majesty.

I started to sketch it in my words

Its beauty, the viewers’ plenty.

I wished it to remain full and ever

To all eyes delightful.

Suddenly there arose a heavy storm

It ruffled all and disrupted all

From earth to sky

The rose plant tossed its head

Up and down to all sides

I was startled to see it ruffled

A petal fell onto the ground

It was sorry in pitiable looks

The storm raised its force

One more petal flew away

One by one for my stun

All petals blew away with the wind

I find my words wind swept.

Published:

AFFLATUS CREATIONS

An International Literary Journal

April – June 2026 | Volume 3 | Issue 11

https://afflatuscreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Dr.-Rajamouly-Katta-9-Poems-Pg-49-58.pdf

You Defy Definition!

You are fantastic

For you are mighty and majestic

For you excel mountain heights

For you surpass ocean depths!

You are sublime and far-reaching

You are full in the vacuum in eminence

You echo in pin-drop silence

You are fresh air for breath

You are early rain for thirst

You are the oasis in the arid desert

You are heard from the throats of cuckoos

To fill the hearts of listeners with sonorities

You are seen in the dance of peacocks

To host festivities to viewers

You are the exuberant tree in verdant wealth

For birds, vagabonds and all to shelter

As flowers of treasures

To sweeten and gladden all

You are the sunrays for light and warmth

The moonbeams in the night

To show ways to sojourners

And the stars for twinkles.

You are the compass in the journey,

Leading man from darkness to light,

You are all lessons on selfless service

To offer peace and bliss.

You are variety in beauty,

You are indeed beauty for gaiety.

You are all with all wonders,

You are none but poetry with spenders.

Published:

AFFLATUS CREATIONS

An International Literary Journal

April – June 2026 | Volume 3 | Issue 11

https://afflatuscreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Dr.-Rajamouly-Katta-9-Poems-Pg-49-58.pdf

Poetic Heights and Depths

Poetry is mighty and majestic

Unequalled in magnitude

Unrivalled in multitude

For its imagination is fantastic

Poetry is vibrant in vision

Unlike science and mathematics

With limitations and boundaries

With nothing more, nothing less,

Like the apple flown high falls to the ground

Like (a+b) 2 is a 2 +b 2 +2ab

To be noted in the spectrum of a line.

Poetry is a sojourn in the present

Touching the past and the future

To be eternal into the flow eternal

In the fountain of minds

As seen through the telescope of imagination

Poetry is the art born in mind

To be appealing to the heart

Like sunrays, beams and twinkles

It is the lens to visualise

Mountain heights and ocean depths

A huge mansion to handle in the vacuum

It lights two hemispheres with its rays

At a time, in a fraction of time

It is a free bird to fly spree

All over the world sans VISA

Breaking all walls built by man.

Published:

AFFLATUS CREATIONS

An International Literary Journal

April – June 2026 | Volume 3 | Issue 11

https://afflatuscreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Dr.-Rajamouly-Katta-9-Poems-Pg-49-58.pdf