Poetry

Others please write poems too

2011-01-18T23:31:00.000-08:00

You both have an appreciation of art |
You both are great connoisseurs |
Lets continue what we did start |
Read mine and reply with yours ||

Lets make this an endless thread |
A forever kawwali session |
Write with all inhibitions shed |
Write with poetic passion ||

The sad state of Bollywood

2011-01-18T22:39:00.000-08:00

Bollywood doesnt care for lyrics |
Rarely does a song have meaning |
Gone are the days of the classics |
When there was proper screening ||

Still if asked to contribute |
I may consider writing some songs |
After all I cant remain mute |
With music suffering from so many wrongs ||

Clutching old memories

2011-01-18T02:33:00.000-08:00

Oh how can I forget you
We used to talk so much
It was sad when I bid adieu
All the memories I still clutch

Making Pathak rhyme his poems

2011-01-17T01:50:00.000-08:00

Hey how come you didnt like my poetry
Which caused Pathak to write his own
Else he would still be on the unrhyming tree
Would have never ever come down

The need for rhyme

2011-01-16T13:21:00.000-08:00

You are finally getting into the mode
Where rhyme is not an afterthought
Rhyme creates resonance in an ode
And that is why its so dearly sought

Try better

2011-01-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

Well this time you did try,
But brought in a contradiction
With the first 2, last 2 dont apply
Take a stand with conviction

Birthday 2011

2011-01-15T19:13:00.001-08:00

Miracles

2011-01-14T10:54:00.000-08:00

Oh miracles, you surprise me |
And well by definition you should |
For showing nothing to be an impossibility |
You deserve nothing less than sainthood |

Sometimes a great star is born

2011-01-12T07:12:00.000-08:00

The universe is a highly active place |
With heavenly bodies constantly forming |
Sometimes however a great star is born |
One makes me merry every morning |

2011-01-08T01:21:00.000-08:00

Sahu's comment on the Spellbound Poem:
And we have to go underground
else your jokes will hound ...

Repartee:
Your lack of aesthetics does astound,
Seeing even you thus confused and frowned
Has caused my despair to only compound
The mermaid of hope has stumbled and drowned

A poem leaves me spellbound

2011-01-07T19:51:00.000-08:00

The mind rattles the sky and digs the ground |
Searching for those expressions till they are found |
Thus meeting the constraints of meaning and sound |
The poem emerges, leaving me spellbound |

Bearing the pain

2010-11-05T18:45:00.000-07:00

Tum jo aaye to baat ban gayi

2010-09-28T12:00:00.000-07:00

Tum jo aaye tum jo aaye to baat ban gayi |
Julfein chehre pe chaai, to raat ban gayi |
Chane mein masala milaya to chaat ban gayi |
Boat pe kapda tangaya to yacht ban gayi |
Youtube pe upload kiya to kartoot karamaat ban gayi |
Logic thinking se hataya, to woh jazbaat ban gayi |
Water vapour condense hua to barsaat ban gayi |
Big bang event hua to kaynaat ban gayi |
Tum jo aaye tum jo aaye to baat ban gayi |

The man with the scar

2010-08-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

First poem in Dhryaathryaa

2010-07-11T18:00:00.000-07:00

Dhryaa Sryatrya Dhryaa Tryasrya |
Dhryaa Andhryaa Dhryaa Adryoo |
Dhryaa Antryaatryaa Dhryaa Antryootryoo |
Dhryaa Kryaantryaam Dhryaa Kryantryoom |

The Wonder of Nature

2010-06-27T12:15:00.000-07:00

Sometimes there is smoke without a fire |
Sometimes the sun doesn’t rise for days |
You can keep studying nature till you tire |
Nature will still amaze you with its ways ||

Earthquakes, volcanoes, situations dire |
Make tough for life to cope and stay |
Random mutations cause cells to rewire |
Evolution bails out life, come what may ||

2010-04-09T12:00:00.000-07:00

It's morning again

2008-02-03T03:54:00.000-08:00

The sun's upon the mountains
The light the trees are letting
Dances of shadow and light
Form a picturesque setting

The night spent its time
Plotting, brooding, betting
But upon the sun's might it fell
Into corners fretting

The dew lay on the grass
Perched on it and wetting
Morning took the dew away
Into heavens waiting

Beast and bird were stirred
Roused with eyes batting
They took in the morning air
And went off for a snacking

A beautiful world

2008-02-03T03:44:00.000-08:00

Birds fly high and down they peep
Beasts dance in joy and up they leap
Clouds they float through heaven's keep
Through rocks and gravel waters seep
Boughs of trees to sunlight creep
Hills they look like a giant's heap
Vales they run down mighty steep
Dew lays on grass and on leaf
Sheperds stroll and graze their sheep

The woods are lovely dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep

(The last stanza is from one of Robert Frost's poems)

The Insane Mob

2008-02-03T03:40:00.000-08:00

Everything has gone wild
And is in a frenzy
The mob attacks a man
He cries out for mercy

The mobmen though are fanatic
With angry burning eyes
Their arms are full of weapons
They have been fed with lies

The man cries out in terror
Away he tries to run
Upon a stone he stumbles
His head spins and churns

The mob quickly reaches him
And gives him a sound beating
In anguish he moans and groans
And starts profusely bleeding

The elephant and the lion

2008-02-03T02:52:00.000-08:00

Once there was an elephant
Timid, craven and meek
He feared even a squirrel
He even feared a beak

Once while having lunch
A lion there came by
Fearing the eleph he scuttled
In the the shadows to lie

But then he saw the eleph
Wary of even the gravel
Gathered some courage the lion
And went forth for a quarrel

Said he 'Lousy Pachyderm
What are you doing here?
This is my territory
Run before skin I tear'

The eleph got frightened
But stood there very still
He went blank, couldn't think
The lion decided to grill

Said he 'Silly eleph
Get out of this place
Before I lose my temper
And claw across your face'

The eleph regained his senses
And turned around to flee
The lion enjoying this a lot
Laughed out in glee

Running the eleph then
Bumped into a fox
The fox howled, loudly cried
'You should be kept in locks'

The eleph now in tears
Said 'I am very sorry
Didn't mean to bump in you
Just listen to the story'

He narrated the encounter
And why he had to flee
The fox mighty amazed at this
Said 'I see. I see'

Foxy took a look at him
Said to him in scoff
'Pachyderm, you are no worm
What were you afraid of?'

Said the eleph in horror
How he feared the claws
To which the fox replied
'But you are here the boss'

Said the eleph 'What?
But fighting really hurts'
Exclaimed the fox in dismay
'What! Are you nuts!'

Said the eleph now
'He has a lot of might'
The fox said through gritted teeth
'I can't believe your fright'

Said the eleph in a defeated tone
'I couldnt have won'
Said the fox 'Who cares?
You should have atleast begun'

The eleph again in tears asked
'What am I supposed to do?'
Sympathetic the fox now said
'Just build some courage in you'

The eleph took the fox's advice
And began to face his fears
And as he grew bold and mighty
The beasts stopped their jeers

He went to the lion's cave
The lion came out cowed
He wrapped the lion in his trunk
And flung him over the cloud