POETRY IN LIFE

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Aliph the ant...or big names small guys...

2009-12-20T18:49:00.002+05:30

There once lived in a jungle
A young ant….she was Aliph the ant !

Aliph was more than a little arrogant
So….his friends teased him with this name : Aliphant !!

At the same time…in that jungle there lived Kant
Kant was an elephant
…who always wore a blue pant ….

Once Aliph the ant
Met fun loving Kant….
And all waited with bated breath….
How Aliph would ‘deal’ with the elephant !

But everyone was surprised…
Our dear proud Aliphant

Simply wet her pant….
When roared a real Elephant !!!
There once lived in a jungle
A young ant….she was Aliph the ant !

Aliph was more than a little arrogant
So….his friends teased him with this name : Aliphant !!

At the same time…in that jungle there lived Kant
Kant was an elephant
…who always wore a blue pant ….

Once Aliph the ant
Met fun loving Kant….
And all waited with bated breath….
How Aliph would ‘deal’ with the elephant !

But everyone was surprised…
Our dear proud Aliphant

Simply wet her pant….
When roared a real Elephant !!!

What is love

2009-12-20T18:47:00.002+05:30

The word that is love is least understood
Though it may be true….to be in love makes one feel good !

We all want love….we all want to be loved
Some think they are ‘in’….and call someone a beloved !

Some rise…many fall…some break…some glow…
And the thing that is love…..touches us…how… we don’t know !

For some love is divine…..they say God is love
But they neither know this love….nor God up above !

Is love selfish…or self-less as proclaimed
Can we love just a concept….a phenomenon unnamed ?

Is love a desire…does love make us want ?
“I love you if I get you…and don’t if I can’t !”

Is love different from liking…can we love what we like ?
And can there be love without liking…or is it an impossible psyche !!!

Love thy work…love thy neighbor….these words are very famous
But what actually is implied… “ If you don’t…then don’t blame us !”

No other word… no other phrase has been so wrongly understood….
We call it ‘making love’ to something different….or do you think we could ???

Creative expressions in poetry

2009-09-27T12:36:00.004+05:30

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NICE CREAM.... a humor poetry !

2009-06-16T17:57:00.003+05:30

Nice Cream of Society

One rich and famous family
That hides from the wealth tax act
A few premier schooled parents
And others seasoned fully in tact …

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PEGO In VERSE

2009-05-11T13:04:00.002+05:30

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PEGOMAG a unique web magazine

2009-05-02T13:29:00.003+05:30

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Point Of View Poetry....Why ? Sigh !

2008-08-28T17:28:00.003+05:30

why...sigh...
we men and women
dont and wont
live and give
human , inhuman
survive and thrive
kneel and conceal
crib and fib
take and rake
snatch and scratch
riches and itches
hide , deride
is this
earth worth
hurt and dirt
wheeling and dealing
stealth and wealth..
why ? Sigh !!!...........(more to follow)

Point of view poetry....Philosophy is for the weak willed !

2008-08-06T17:23:00.003+05:30

PHILOSOPHY IS FOR THE ‘WEAK-WILLED’

The lust for experimenting is a luxury
That only a weak-willed person can enjoy
as one who has a strong determination and a head
that is free from conflicts ,would only be indulging
In the necessities of compromise !

(If you are confused then you are possibly a thinker
as only a thinker is liable to get mixed up...)

Philosophy, much different from what is normally believed,
Is a product of emotions ; not of intellect !

To take an orange, peel it, and squeeze the juice
.....is no philosophy, it is a skill
Any strong-willed person can learn…

But to look at orange seeds as well, not just to throw them
....and being tempted to grow more oranges….
Is a childishness only a visionary can perform !!!

(also posted sometimes back in http://bhaskarbenjamin.wordpress.com)

Point of View Poetry.....who am I ?

2008-07-25T19:09:00.004+05:30

WHO AM I ?
(from bhaskarbenjamin's poetry series)

O my god !
Am I Omar ?

An idea drove home
I may Be Homer !

I shake with fear ,
at the thought.... that I am William Shakespeare!

But are my words of any worth ?
Sometimes I think I am William Wordsworth !

In the game of life I cant win a cent
Often I think I am Van gogh Vincent !

I have often won Oscars... in my dreams that are wild
Who knows, I might have been Oscar wilde !

I paint with a passion, but they never pick me , an ass’ole

Many friends privately agree, I could be Pablo Picasso !

I am earnest, don’t hem or hedge my way
Is it possible that I am Ernest Hemingway !

I am an angel, my calculation is always macro
Admirers believe I am Michael Angelo !

I am a lord and master of estate that is barren
And a thought often occurs, that I may be Lord Byron !

In the ARTY circles, I carry a tag of a bore
But few friends think : I may have been Tagore !

How can this be ? How can this be true ?
That I am all these great men, yet simply bhaskar ...bhaskar who ?

But in me is the seed that will one day bud, Ha!
I shall flower, yes I shall flower, into A Gautam Budha !!!

Humor Poetry.....Absolutely Absurd !

2008-07-23T19:30:00.004+05:30

If....and why !!!

( from bhaskarbenjamin-in-verse..... http://bhaskarbenjamin.wordpress.com)

If the crow crows….
If the dog dogs…..
If the kid kids……
If the police polices…..
If the guard guards….
If the jest jests…..
Why cant simple human…. be simple human !?!

Poetry in Life Is Poetry Of Life !

2008-07-21T16:41:00.001+05:30

Humor Poetry....I am your President !

2008-07-18T12:07:00.004+05:30

I am Your President

I am your president...said one baritone voice
I shall take you out of trouble... come on...make your choice !

Elect me...I am a nationalist...a rationalist and a true servant !
Motherland is my first love... and this love is ...well...constant!

If you wish to be safe... you want to be rich..... and you want to progress
...then I am your man......vote for me...dont just make any second guess !

Listening to this baritone...one jobless beggar said:
...."You and me are so alike....... but you beg for votes...instead"

"....I beg to eat....then go to my pipe ....and enter the land of dreams
but ...dear sir...... .... you beg..... just to achieve....
these impossible pipe dreams !"

Nature Poetry.....Rains and Riches

2008-07-15T18:50:00.005+05:30

Rains and Riches

You sure have missed something
if
you wait for the rain to stop...
and
you just want to see the rainbow

You sure have missed the romance
of
the falling rain !

This fantasy
and
the fable
that there is a pot of gold
at
the end of the rainbow....

if it excites you ...
then you sure have
missed something !

In it truest sense
rainbow should appear
before
the rain...
then
at its end
there would be:
not only a pot of gold
but
a shower of rubies
and
gems
and diamonds !

there are no better riches
than
singing the song
of rain !!!

Nature Poetry......Garden Games

2008-07-15T17:19:00.002+05:30

GARDEN GAMES

This time I saw a bougainvillea bush
Swaying and swinging in the breeze
I saw more than the twigs and thorn
Pink-red flowers and dancing leaves

What I saw in the garden when
This time a bougainvillea swung and swayed
A fancy duel was being enacted
A naughty little game, being played !

Wind armed with invisible tricks
And an all-pervading open-armed embrace
Pinned down the healthy bush
Which, not worried, went down with grace

And mighty wind, greatly pleased with this
Released its hold of the armless hug
The bush, equal to the challenge, bowed
Back as if with a gentle shrug

And then to tease the erstwhile conqueror
Leaves of the bush made a flirting dance
Then wind came back with a stronger force
Now it seemed, the bush didn’t stand a chance

This alternating win and loss
This leafy flirt and faceless toss
Went on for an hour and quarter
And unknowingly made me smarter

This time someone made me see
A rare , new kind of beauty !!

Great Indian Recipes....!!! The Academic Fudge

2008-07-11T12:36:00.005+05:30

"THE ACADEMIC FUDGE"

Take a lad who is bright
with an average or over IQ
peel off his creative urges
put him in a scholarly stew

then boil this green ingredient
for full term of secondary years
...now dip him in the UNIV.
to cool off his remaining fears !

now...take out this fully
schooled lump of a man
and marinate in the PHD
to unlearn whatever he can !

you now have a ready teacher
who tastes like an academic sure
and if your processing was thorough
you can bet he is 99% pure !!!

then take this rich scholar
make him teach a few classes
these would be a wooden cask for sure....
he'll mature...as do molasses !

when fermentation is over
when he has taught for fifteen years
... you now have a greying species
who by books and papers swears !

now this middle aged preparation
is ripe to become a professor
and if the 'yeast' has succeeded
he'll be the VC's successor !

One note of caution .....!
is a must for this recipe :
never leave it in the open air
....keep it covered by some 'degree' !

POET'S SPECIAL...Can Writers Bring Change ?

2008-07-10T18:29:00.004+05:30

Can Writers bring Change ?

All the great poets
writers and literary men
have laughed at this circus
...charged with their mighty pen

...the 'wild beasts' ...shameless
have never bowed their head
...when the 'arrows' were unbearable...
....have 'bound' them...instead !

All the grat thinkers
enemies of the 'beasts'
have been kept in some library
and jokingly called 'high priests'

The swords...the arrows...and
other armoury of these men
have been used as some toys
in the 'literary' play pen !

...and when the new hunters
come and write against the rules
...at first are ridiculed...
but if accepted...join the 'fools'

they too are bound in volumes
...kept on fashionable bookshelves
what they have said ...is of no value
but we quote them... amuse ourselves !

The unwritten fate of a writer
the unwritten law supreme
...is to be taught in the curriculum
...not to fulfil his dream !!!!!

Great poets...writers...thinkers ...and the like
will come...and go...forever
...they cant change a thing...
but shall fill library shelves...however !

SAD POETRY....ALL SEASONS BRING SORROW !!!

2008-07-08T19:09:00.005+05:30

ALL SEASONS BRING SORROW

I waited all summer, to eat the sweet fruit
And when rains came, they washed the very root

The fruit of summer, the nectar of sweat
Was bitter sweet, dry, and hard to get

Now the autumn has arrived, and we have new leaves
But the mood is like winters, is this what one achieves

I wonder what would happen when winter actually arrives
Trees would be lush green, but no blossom in our lives

When the spring breaks again and love is in the air
Trees would shed leaves, no spring this ; but despair !

Is this how I shall live the seasons of life
The summer of longing and rains full of strife

The autumn of hope
hanging by the winter’s rope

and spring that will hide behind the balding trees
a time of new happenings, but I shall find fallen leaves !

NOTE : ......poet normally refuses to take responsibility for these sentiments........although he cannot deny that these are his own !!!

POINT OF VIEW POETRY...A VISIT TO PLANET EARTH

2008-07-08T18:52:00.004+05:30

"A VISIT TO PLANET EARTH"

During my trans-galactic flight
I made a brief halt on earth
These two hours in transit...
were precious...of massive worth !

The earth ...they have divided
in million ethnic zones
my space craft had to be parked
on two adjacent ones !

All men are equal
which includes women...they say
and to show they have no apartheid
each thing was colored in grey !!!

It is hard to decide
who are more in number
soldiers...arms dealers ...or
global peace plumbers...

I had a long cherished dream
to see the planet's art
...but what I found out ...was this:
art is flirted in the dealers mart !

One of the strangest things on earth
is a place they call as school
while the place is meant fo learning
you learn out of...as a rule !

But what I will remenber
most of my visit there:
'the art of double speak'
which....in the whole galaxy..I saw no where !

POINT OF VIEW POETRY.........NO PUSHING !

2008-07-05T19:27:00.005+05:30

NO PUSHING !

Only thing I dont like about a boat ride
is that we push the water backwards....
....again and again....to get ahead !

Come...let us go for such a ride...in the river
where there is no pushing !

Come....let us ride on the waves of water !!!

POETRY IN EDUCATION...IN.VERSE.ECONOMICS

2008-07-04T11:39:00.004+05:30

IN.VERSE.ECONOMICS

Whatever you study in different economic courses
is about the management …or messing up of resources

Resources are scarce….this is a fact…that is sad
and if we don’t optimise….it is bad….it is bad !!!

So whatever you read in any blessed book of Economics
is to teach you these fundas…these very useful tricks

Demand curve is a straight line….you might laugh
but all you’ve got to learn…is to plot it on a graph

as when the demand goes up …prices shall rise
you buy more if things get cheaper….only if you are wise

marginal utility….a term that is so great…..
first chocolate tastes good…not so…if you have eight

Micro economics is about finding equilibriums
and Macro economics is about totals…about sums…

Micro-economists have assumed you are rational
and Macro economics is about incomes…that are national

So don’t fret…down frown…economics is fun
with a given limited resource, you can make butter or a gun

but sometimes life is strange …we do things that are eerie
and these are the times…real tests for these theories

each year someone gets a Nobel for economics
and a year might come when we have found all the tricks

Humans are needy…and greedy…they want more
and this is the reason… Eco theory … can never bore !!!

POINT OF VIEW POETRY....FREEDOM

2008-06-29T18:58:00.003+05:30

"FREEDOM"

It’s a myth that anyone can be totally free
Even the birds are not !

I can say this without any doubt or hesitation
As I have spent days and days
In a deserted city park, totally free to the onlookers...

Lazing around , doing nothing...
But little did those onlookers realize that
I was sentenced to this freedom
I was sentenced as I could not conform !

And during this ‘total freedom’ I was carrying
A non-stop computer on my poor shoulders

I seldom saw the birds playing and scooting
On the rippled lake of that municipal park
But when I saw them, once in a while...

I noticed that these birds too had been sentenced
To their freedom; they too had a pattern
They too had their fears, they too had their norms !

Occasionally I saw a lone non-conforming maverick bird
But he too did not seem totally free !!!

DIFFERENT POETRY.... REBEL QUATRAIN ?

2008-06-26T14:45:00.002+05:30

REBEL QUATRAIN :

The age of reason
And the sage of season
The fury of fools
And ruffians of rules

Intense intellect
Normally selects
Red herring for a clue ;
But feelings are true

One eats to survive
And cheats to just thrive
This cheating and eating
Then the heart stops beating !

We call him a master
Who runs a bit faster
On the circumference of logic
Our judgement is tragic !

Oh! Ode to the codes
Traffic lights on life’s roads
Where a free spirit is blocked
As schools hate to be shocked !

The karmic code
For some is the lode
Not to find --- but to lose
With a heaven-sent excuse !

The silent majority
Or the vocal authority
Isn’t proof enough of right
Solid mass is seldom bright !

If majority can’t be wrong
With this thought you go along
Then you too add to the mass
For more to follow you, alas !

NATURE POETRY....PAINTING OF AN AUGUST SKY

2008-06-26T14:14:00.002+05:30

The sky was clear, pale blue, after some showers,
A stray white cloud floated in a corner, a rainbow appeared
And I decided to paint( this glorious sight) !

While I was getting started with my brushes and paint,
The sky , suddenly changed !

The entire blue canvas was now covered with yellow-white clouds,

thickly coated with paint, it seemed.

I had painted these clouds for only a few moments when

these clouds again changed into a thin layer of grey-brown paint !

I mixed fresh colours and was thinning the paint when
Someone quickly put orange yellow streaks on to the now almost invisible clouds !

I took a short breather, thought I will paint the trees first
And let the sky dry out it’s paint !

But while I was mixing green and dark green,
The sky turned red and the trees too, had been repainted !

For hour and a half, I made gallant efforts to paint the open sky
But an invisible painter was painting and repainting…
Putting fresh colour and new strokes…..

…And all I had in the end were
some yellow,
some brown, some red-green
and some wet blue patches
on my painting sheet !

TRAVEL POETRY....Be a Traveller

2008-06-23T14:41:00.003+05:30

BE A TRAVELLER

Be a traveller and explore
each day…each way…
there is a lot in store !

Don’t be just a tourist
don’t try to hit and run
Nature’s splendor is abundant
do not package all the fun !

How is a traveller different
from a tourist…I will explain :

A tourist goes on a vacation
but a traveller walks in rain !

One cant carry everything back..
not even in a camera roll
leave behind something…instead
even a smile…then you’ve done your role !

This world is far too beautiful
Don’t try to see…in a hurry !
Become a seeker of experiences..
become a traveller…who has no worry !!!