"I was scorching like a summer,
The birds burnt within,
Every pore, a dried tunnel
Ending day, bled,
And, at the last mo,
At the very latest mo,
The moon died,
Died....
The the last death.
And who paints it,
Who else paints it!
© Emmanuel Mettles
Kerala, India
Poetess Emmanuel Mettles was born and brought up in Kerala State, India. She is Post Graduate in English, Sanskrit and Human Psychology. Presently she is working in Telangana State, India, as a Psychological Counsellor. She is a multilingual poet who writes in English, Telugu and Malayalam languages.Her poems are published in many prominent periodicals. She is a co-author in as many as 48 anthologies published in India and abroad. Her latest book, in her mother tongue, Malayalam( Veyil Varavukal - Beaming Sunlight) is on the way.
She was awarded the title BLOSSOMING POET - 2019 at HYDERABAD POET CONFLUENCE in 2019. And the following are few more other awards and laurels she received in recent times.
1. KABI RABINDRSNATH TAGORE AWARD 2020.
(ARPITA FOUNDATION- BRINDAVAN)
2. MADUSOODAN DUTTA EXCELLENCE AWARD ( INDO UNIVERSAL VOICES OF POETRY)
3. Suryodaya Excellence Award ( S.L.F ODISHA)
4.EVERYCHILD CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE (Indo Universe Voices of Poetry, W.B)
5. Certificate of Excellence (Oxygen Pen)
6. International Ambassador of Peace Award(World Literary Forum for Peace and Human Rights)
7.Purnakumbha Award(Biswa Sahithya Samithy, Telengana,)
8. Telengana Sahitya Akademi Award ( Govt.of Telengana).
She is the Founder of a global literary platform namely The HaVen International which run seperate platforms for uplift of literature in languages English, Malayalam and തെലുഗു. (HaVen Malayalam, HaVen Telugu, HaVen Furnace (poetry review) and The HaVen International) Furthermore, Ms Emmanuel Mettles is functioning as Advisor, Admin and Vo-ordinator in many literary platforms.
She is the advisory general of a global lietrary platform, Suryodaya Literary Foundation. (Odisha, India)
She is a vibrant and live wire activist of violations against children and women.
She is also a renowned translator, columnist, critic and orator too.
Books published are
1.The Solo Traveller( English)
2.Ummu Chinnu(English)
3.Veyil Varavukal( Malayalam)
4.Sthreetha( Malayalam- a regional language of India)