hey badarni, thanks for bringing this thread back! dherai bhayo ni.... here is a new kind of poem from me. yas maa jiskaune kura chhaina ni. part of my inspiration was surendras's poem in the photo kabita thread- "palpa mero aakha maa". but i think mine still fits under the category of "bad poetry"....anyway, enjoy everyone! in less than a week, i will be back in nepal!!!!! :) "Meri Pyari Palpa" Sapana maa meri pyari Palpa laai dekhne Tyahaa ko yaad aaunda yasto kabita lekhne Samjhi samjhi mero mutu maa rakheko Palpa jilla le chahi malai pheri daakeko Aglo aglo pahaar haru ra Srinigar danda Magar kura bolne, Palpa ko gaun tira jaanda Tansen bazaar, Kali Gandaki, ra Ranighat Kati hariyo hunechha, hamro ramro Madi phat Bhai bahini haru ka kati dherai maya lagyo Uni haru laai samjhanda chahi aasu ta bagyo Kaksha kota maa basda, uniharu le kati hasaunthiyo Ani saajha maa dal bhat ko kati mitho baas aaunthiyo! Chutti pachhi "bholibal" (volleyball....(;-D) khelthiye, sathi haru sanga Chirtungdhara gaabisa taychha ngo pyaro langa* Palpa ta kati sundar, kati shanta, meri pyari maya, la. Tyahaa sadhai hune ho, Annapurna ko chhaya maa.... *Maile ta Nepali maa rhyming garna nasakera alikati Magur kura pani halnu pareko chhu. "Taychha" bhanneko "bhanneko" ani "ngo" (read as "no" not as n.g.o.!) bhanneko "mero" ani "langa" bhanneko "gaun". Tyasaile maile ke lekhna/bhanna khojeko bhane, "Chirtungdhara gaabisa bhanneko mero pyaro gaun...." Sorry I ran out of Nepali words that rhyme....