Nikesh Murali

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 Townsville , Queensland, AU

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biography

Nikesh Murali's poems and short stories have appeared in ebooks, ezines, anthologies, journals and magazines all over the world. His works have been translated into several languages and featured at international book festivals . His works have won and have been short listed for several major writing contests. He was nominated for the PUSHCART PRIZE in 2007 by Shalla Magazine.

He is currently the commissioning poetry editor for Andromache Books (United Kingdom) and reviews literature from the sub-continent for 4TTT Radio(Australia).
He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia for which he was awarded the Griffith University Award for Academic Excellence in 2005, and his Masters in Teaching from James Cook University in Townsville, Australia and a Bachelors degree in English Literature and World History from University of Kerala, India. He is working on his first novelette/poetry colletion, which will be available in print in 2009.





 poem

To college in a traditional sari
by Nikesh Murali

For all you women out there..my respects and love!

To college in a traditional sari As eyes as small as mice, Drip with imprudent jealousy. In a traditional sari You enter the realm of dreamy, jilted liars. You alone, shining like the graceful moon, Sans the shady ditches; Its fibrous, creamy arms hugging your dizzying form. I dream of it, Of creating a wall of cloth, So soft, it melts As sunrays titter And be the robe that sleeps on your balmy skin. I wish I were the folds in your sari, Carefully trimmed and fixed at places Like the mellowing crest of a wave; Ripples that hop with stony crave. I travel like an estranged lover In the shady realm between the folds; Phrasing unrequited love, The muzzy skylines that tilt and sway, A border with a golden hue; I wish I were a golden thread Over which you run your mellifluous digits. As pungent gazes of desire scan your glowing mane, My eyes spot your beautiful mind. Mirrored in your smiles O! Charming maiden, How traditional my loves is Like your attire that intoxicates me.

Poem from the bestselling work Lovemaking

You on me As I sleep on this dew bed And the winds skip over green shapes, Bending the blades to form waves. Around me, blooming trees, White flowers that fume with desire, And the fumes, a bouquet of supernal aromas; Suddenly wrenched out from their branches, Spread over my chest quelling exalted exhalation. Forming a flaming, white mattress, I touch them, assuring myself that they have flowery forms. I fall asleep, When I lift open my heavy eyelids, It is you With your snaking strands of hair, Your cheek gauging my hearts beat. How clearly it chants your name, Your chin, which restlessly rolls on a wedge; Spearing into my depths in an affable trance.

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Reviews

Murali’s poetry possesses the ability to move the heart and brain at the same time. Allegories, metaphors, choice of melodious words and constructions are used as literary edifices to seek refuge from the ugly characteristics of the age… leaves the reader with a very visual and poignant feel of the state of the world and is ample evidence of the author’s impeccable control over the language. 

Nikesh Murali´s “Book of Love” demonstrates to us that his natural gift for poetry has been nurtured and enhanced in the last few years. Previous works by the same author delighted us like soft clouds on a warm summer day. It also enriched our poetical spirit, as a Degas painting does while one stares at the perfect serenity it embodies - full of rhythm and colour.

His writings remind me of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer’s and Pablo Neruda´s compositions, where perfect metaphors are used to describe the purity of love, the sensuous cravings of lovers and the magnificence of nature. Like them, Nikesh has the rare ability that only masters have: to perceive the connection among human beauty, human love and natural environment.
Maria Cristina Azcona