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516 · Nov 2019
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514 · Apr 2018
Situational
It Comes uninvited
The stress
Holds one in its embrace
No
It has no grace

Listening skills it has poor
To let go
It hears not ,no more

The victim breathes faint
To fend it off at the slightest
One may ask

Mercy

Its a Herculean task
It comes uninvited
The monstrous stress
All good ,some thoughts on the monstrous stress :)
513 · Feb 15
Red Hibiscus
If only I could express
If only there were words enough
To say
How I feel about you
When you sway, in your red flowy dress
Dear hibiscus
I miss you everyday
I wander off on the streets
In search
Someday
I will find
Where you once lived,
Was loved, spread the same

When she nurtured you
As a sapling, with all the tenderness
You grew in the garden
Where love was supreme
Free flowing, the best
Today, she misses you
In a rocky place
She fetched some dry twigs
Wandered off the streets
Desperate in her search
Of her precious, ever flowering
Red Hibiscus
511 · Apr 12
Too fast…..lost
Too lost
To find
Words, far behind

Bridges everywhere
No destination
Destined

Spaces built
Indoors empty
Felt

Don’t look deep
The end‘s nowhere
To find
Written on 24th January 2025
510 · Nov 2022
Bespoke Nature
A pattern of change
Myriad colour leaves fall
Bespoke nature song
509 · Jul 2017
Reflect
Speculation and Introspection
     Predatory Skills Possess
               You Are The Prey
508 · Feb 2022
Poetic Silence

The distilled quiet
Quite a sign of disquietude

The sun shines bright
Overcast skies eclipses the light

In the shell the baby bird thrives
Invisible shells hard to break

Glass, transparent as can be seen
Breaks into shards, toughened or not

Distance, not in metrics
It’s the words, absence or otherwise

Parallel lines, forever run along
A journey, towards the end, begins
Some thoughts about silence that goes unnoticed!
Silence is not always golden
506 · Aug 2020
The boundary wall

It took them months
To design and construct
The Boundary walls

A message of encouragement
And hope
Painted in bright colours

Scaled within minutes
The children wanted to play football
On the playground
506 · Oct 2021
The Station

Colours in the sky
Blend into the blue

Golden yellow
The mellow sun

Bids adieu
Slides to the west

Slender and tall
The shadows fall

Sudden rains
A little downpour

Shiny wet
The platform gets

Daily
Life goes on

Moments to moments
Faces change

It’s a journey
Destinations await
Inspired by a painting
The artist - Prafull Hudekar
506 · Mar 2021
Evening by the sea
A whiff of salty air
Wayward breeze flipping your hair
Mirthful birds
dart into the waves for a quick bite of fish
The sun smiles with a orange glow
As it takes a bow, at the horizon
505 · Jan 2024
Happenstance
Light to far dark
Seed to flower
And the endless hours
And the wait
To know the fate
Destined

Sunset colours
Touch the ground
Red to gold
Buds and roses
Pleasant yellows
Unfurl

Parallel
Present and aware
In the moment
Unknown
To know the world of
Happenstance
505 · Jul 2019
Shaken Trust
Giving in to their pretences
Follow every word they say
Blame the heart
Knows the only way

The heart
Believes and trusts, so rust it must
Lies they give and shelf the truth
That’s their truth, and rust it must
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9SQqcXqT9bQ
505 · Nov 2019
Antique Essence
Crimson red roses
Arresting the sweet Fragrance
Antique silver bowl
Inspired by
a flower arrangement in an antique silver bowl, embossed and carved in Burmese  mythological art


This was supposed to be a haiku, I usually never tag them, the second line was short of one syllable, added the word ‘sweet’
Thank you so much, Carmen Jane, for bringing it to my notice and helping me correct my mistake :))
504 · Sep 2020
Lake Nainital


Golden sun, smudged in the grey clouds
White mists, and the distant green hills
Shivering cold,
the leaves on the trees, stand still
Reflection of the sun,
smiles in orange hues,
forming ripples on the beauteous lake
Red roofed cottage, a glorious sight
Duck shaped boats, allure the travellers
For a tranquil ride
Inspired by a photo, fb post
502 · Jul 2017
Shine
A Live Cauldron
The Soul
Enshrined
No Wonder it Shines
501 · May 2019
Butterfly Blooms
Redolent flowers

Millions of butterflies hung

Golden yellow blooms
Amaltas (Hindi) - *******/ Indian laburnum/ Cassia Fistula tree

These flowers( *******) are in full bloom in the month of May. The blooms, mildly fragrant, droop down and to me they look like yellow butterflies.
501 · Mar 2021
Paper-weight
Light as a feather
Drawn by winds, the paper flies
Paperweight it needs

Bills in paper nails
Value packed, together stacked
Business they made

Light as a feather
Changes course, as does the wind
Fair weather friend

Be not the paper
On the nail, stuck forever
Nor a paperweight
There is so much to paper, light, yet holds weight
Be like the paper, yet not get weighed down
500 · Apr 2021
On the wings

Iridescent wings, the butterfly sings
Purple sunbird, makes round trips to the marigolds, and flutters by the hibiscus
In moments of flight and being still
The wings sing a symphony mid air
A pattern of life and flight
As the eagle appears in the sky



🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🦋
498 · Oct 2023
Gifts
Tears you shed
For the lack of gifts
Wishing for one and some-more
Stuck in the greed of forever more

Life it is
You have been tricked
It bestows upon you
The choicest of all
And watches from afar

The gifts you owned
And the greed for more
Bringing in a abundance
Of evermore

Sky high
The inventory you see
What do you do
How do you stack
The cloud is full

Stuck in the forevermore
Be free and learn to shape shift
There is wisdom in those gifts
May you gain and secure

No wings
Attached to strings
In the sky
Blue or colourless
The colourful kite
Learns to fly
497 · Mar 20
End to beginning
Why do we feel sad
When good things come to an end
Difficult to accept
Everything is transient
The sense of loss
Sinks in fast
Forgetting the happiness it brought

Why is it said
Everything that happens is for good
When
None of the experiences lasts
New avenues, do await
But
How do you move on
494 · Jun 2017
Uncertainty
Perfection
As an Art
Rehearsed
To Perform
Everyday Tasks
with Ease

But ,
Behold,
Uncertainty
Is The Task
No Release

Precisely,
How does one perfect that !!
Met a friend this morning,
between my school runs ,
Both her sons live abroad,
Doing exceptionally well for themselves, she lives by herself,
A retired teacher,
lost her spouse few years back .
She is happy and content in her life , keeps herself busy with her interests, missed in a busy life earlier, that inspired me .

The word that we parted with was 'Uncertainty'
493 · Jan 2022
Snow-bird
Snow sprinkled branch
Brown bird perched on

Pecks on frozen fruits
Red and ripe, preserved

Feathers fluffed
Keeps warm in winters

On the leaf litter it sleeps
Where the snow is not as deep
A little imagination and a photograph
493 · Apr 2017
Being Perfect
My flaws are perfect
My mistakes are perfect
Makes me more human .

The dictionary defined perfect
It can't and never be me
Wants me to be flawless .
492 · Mar 2019
Camera Shy Croc
It’s just a thought, limerick on the rock

Waves bring ashore the big croc

Quite like the king of River Nile

It sports cool spikes and a rapacious smile

Chased by paparazzi, camera shy the croc, froze out of shock
Forgot to count the syllables for the limerick and it became a rhyme :))
492 · May 19
Reels
I watch my problems away
Only to add more
I watch my problems away
When I am happy
And I want to watch more
I think I watch my problems away
Only to add more
Until the reel has taken over the real
The real problem is the reel
And I can never ever watch my problems away, once more…
I want to scrub them away
They keep piling on the floor
They know what I like
And want me to subscribe
No I am not a fool
No not twice
I know I can’t watch my problems away
489 · Aug 2021
I know it’s time
I know it’s time
When the wells have risen
To the brim

I know it’s time
When the empty walls
Need happy frames

I know it’s time
When every blade of grass
Has turned to hay

I know it’s time
When alarms are asleep
You are alert awake

I know it’s time
To walk away to a distant place
The vibes are enough, no one speaks

I know it’s time
When your heart is heavy
Leaving you empty within

I know it’s time
To do everything, right
When you wish to begin

I know it’s time
When today sings fine
And tomorrow will too

I know it’s time
When happy is late, awaits the sun
Sad is all damp, gaining weight

I know
I know
I know
I understand and time will too....
Written- 5th August 2021
489 · Jun 2020
No words, yet
Today as I try
I don’t have the words
Yet, can’t express
I call him and say
Happy Father’s Day
And wish him the best
As he has been to us
Thank you
Can’t express yet!!
488 · Apr 2018
Data Structured
When not Writing
The Heart all Dazed
The Mind Unfazed

A bit of This A bit of That
Byte to Byte ,Data Updated
The Thoughts well  Encrypted
In  The Arrays of The Mind
In Words , In Time to be Decrypted

Organised and Stacked
Link Listed
Processed
And
Retrieved
Not always though :))
487 · May 2017
Assorted
A Ripple
Muffled
Stuck in The Whirlpool
Eddy Currents Nauseating

Concurrent Nightmares
Presumably leave tonight
Allowing some peace of mind

Sounds in the mind
Set Free
A Relief
Peace prevails
485 · Mar 2019
Maybe Destiny
I believe
Knowingly or unknowingly
Eventually
We find
What we had been searching for

Maybe destiny
484 · Aug 2018
Oneness
In Solidarity
Limited , Not by Limitations
Confined , Not by Conformity
483 · Mar 2019
The Balancing Act
Many times I have emptied my mind of the negative thoughts
They keep seeping in through cracks
Heavy the heart, slumps and bears the weight

A soul full of love, I try and keep with a dash of positivity
Seeking a balance between the trio
Mind-Heart-Soul
To keep me whole
482 · Apr 2017
The Internet
A boon or a bane
Not all same .

          Boon              
Knowledge one can gain

Connecting people across the globe  
VoIP calls ....

Hello Poetry

Information travelling across in packets ,bits and bytes ..
Sending receiving retrieving...

Shopping at the click of a fingertip
Don't really have to
push the cart
across the mart.

Bane
Can be addictive
Making one Insane .

Games played  online
Children  and adults
Occupied big time ...

Causing
Internet Addiction Disorder
Leading
Straight to a rehab.


The Only Respite
**Moderation.
Moderation is the key ....
479 · Oct 2023
Merry colours
Warmth of orange rust
Striking beauty of evergreen
Merry as the sun
Yellow sunburst

Feverish shimmering
Leaves on trees
Frozen in frames
Fall

Fervent
Rainbow in the sky
Beckons
478 · Jul 2018
Sunken
A sea of thoughts
Drowned  in the ocean
A cruise ship with lifeguard words
Sailed past with the crew
475 · Mar 21
Eternal Quest
We strive to manage, what we can control
And control
what we manage
Last monsoons the Champak tree
Was all abloom
The breeze lightly swayed the branches
The heady fragrance wafted through the air

The monsoon showers
this year
Wilted away the flowers
too soon

Less is more, I do believe
As the blooms wilted away too soon
Now the tree laden with fruits, ripe and red
Inviting birds of many species
Mornings are especially beautiful
Waking up to chirps and tweets
Of many a mynahs, bulbuls and
purple-yellow sunbirds

This morning as I watched them feast
To my surprise
There was, Indian grey hornbill
Beautiful and majestic as it can be
474 · Jul 2020
Ribbons of rains
Ribbons of rains
A translucent sheet
Papery streamers
Down the streets

Children dream
Of castles and moats
To sail their
white paper boats

Yesterday’s flowers
Colour the pathway
For every passerby
As they take a final bow
It’s raining here :)
7th July
474 · Sep 2020
Ocean view

Thatched roof gazebo, ocean air
The plastic of the chair
Tanned, beige to a tad bit brown
The sunning shows wear, but no tear

The view of the sea
From the highway
Foaming, white lather cream
A dreamer’s dream, within

The canoe, rightly placed
The blue of it juxtaposed
To the green of sea and the trees
A journey to begin
470 · Feb 2021
Real
True
It had to be
To be able to show
What it saw
Reflected - Reality
468 · Feb 2019
Saved
Thoughts in flames, soar high
PASS the Extinguisher words
Art under control
Thoughts from times,  when life is busy and writing takes a backseat :))

PASS- Pull Aim Squeeze Sweep, words
468 · Jan 2022
Timeless sun and the young
Timeless grey cobblestones
Shadows in the dark
Glow in soft monochrome

Hallways and archways
Lead outdoors
Wrought iron frames uphold

Sun shines over the young
Away from the gnawing
Twists and turns

They ride into the fields of gold
Whistling into the woods
Treasures of youth unfold

The path unseen
Moulding the soft clay in fragile dreams
Marking a trail clean
Inspired by a photograph in monochrome
Street photography- Twitter
468 · Oct 2021
Enchanted

Hollow silhouette
Mysterious, shines the orb
Enchanted strands lit
467 · Apr 2017
Happy Earth Day
Yes we need reminders for special days to be celebrated .

Birthday
For  Life .

Mother's Day
To celebrate
Who has given us birth and our very own
Life.

Earth Day
So as to not forget
That we have
To Live

And to remember our existence
Is was and will depend on

Our Mother Earth.

How we use our resources and restore and respect what nature has offered
    and

Will

continue to do so .
Happy Earth Day !!
464 · Oct 2019
Apple and The Lake
The apple looks down from the treetop
Marvels at the beauty of the lake which flows beside its home, the apple tree.

‘Oh how wonderful it must be to take a dip in the pristine lake and come out sparkling clean’

The lake charmed by the red delicious  apple, wondered

‘How blessed the humans must be to eat and cherish every bite of the juicy apple, sweet!’

Thoughts of the pristine lake and the apple sweet
Unheard by the deer, prancing under the tree
Star BG : Apr 2
Looked at your picture and out this came. :)

Two apples sat on window cil. Both taking in the beautiful scenery. Both using their scent to attract nostril canals to wet an appetite. Both reminding of the concept to share and take in the scenery.
464 · Jan 2024
Defrost
Warmth of the candle
Softly grows
Flickering its flame
Softly glows
Tender hearts
To defrost
Slow
464 · Aug 2020
In the sun

It cast a shadow
Long and short
Sometimes stout
No it didn’t fall prey to none
It was the sun
As it shone its rays
On the cup
That stayed too long
Soaking, drying
The paints and coats
Applied
Layers over layers
The colours
In the cup
Now green
The money plant
Sun and shade and the shadows
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