Sarita Aditya Verma: Poems

Simply try

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2019

Winning and Losing
Are moments
Sometimes
Just moments apart

Trying are the times
And try we must
To put in our best efforts

Failures
Lures one, for more trials
And a desire to reach goals
Success

#simply #try

Situational

Sarita Aditya Verma 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 :)

#situational #stress #monstrous

Sloth & Cheetah - Unwind

Sarita Aditya Verma Jan 2019

Sloth & Cheetah - Unwind

Love the sloth in my mind
Busy sloth-ing away it’s time
The cheetah, somewhere around
Slogging away all the while
The two at loggerheads
Tearing up my heart
The Mind, a multitasker
The Heart put to tasks
Time to summon the tortoise
I surmise

https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2005116/states-of-mind/

One of my earlier works here :)

#sloth #cheetah #tortoise #in #my #mind #unwind

Slow-down

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Slow-down

Restless times
The mind
Wearing out thin
Being truthful to self
Happy and sad
Two states
Trying to embrace
Every day
Not the same
Uncertainty
And impermanence of the winds
Withstanding the storm
The silence within
Claims the calm

#acceptance

Smooth sounds

Sarita Aditya Verma May 2020

Smooth sounds

In the distance
On the highways
I hear the trucks
Silently unmask
Everyday challenges

Socially distant
Carrier of loads
For smooth
Functionality
Silent
Driving force

Early morning observations

#highway #trucks #smooth #sounds

Snow-bird

Sarita Aditya Verma 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

Solace

Sarita Aditya Verma May 4

Solace

Leafy boughs
Cradle the sol
Into calm repose

Inspired by a photograph

Some Chapters In Life

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2017

Some Chapters In Life

Some chapters in life
Are better left
Untouched
Undisclosed
Unfinished...

Some chapters in life ,
If
Revealed
Or
Accomplished
Will leave many a chapters ,scarred , blotted and totally messed.

Some chapters in life are better left unread ..
And that is how , life's most important chapters are addressed .

Something for today's prompt halfsies

#npmhalfway

Someday... Hp

Sarita Aditya Verma Feb 2021

Someday... Hp

Someday
One day
This bad gateway will lead
To the end
Of the words
No one writes
No one reads
No posts
In any order
It could be

Bad feeling... sorry

Will read more here :)
Certainly invest more time

#502

Some moments

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2020

Some moments

Special moments
Not always in words framed
In memories vivid
As long as lived
Cherished

#cherished #some #moments

Sometimes...

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2017

Sometimes...

Lost in my thoughts
Found in my mind
Sometimes in words
If The Mind opines

Some old thoughts

#thoughts #words #write

Some Words..

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2017

Some Words..

Mind Aligns Magnetic Poles
        Seeks Directions
                  From
           Heart And Soul

A little try for today's prompt micropoetry

#npmmicro

Sorry Fb

Sarita Aditya Verma Sep 2020

Sorry Fb

Do not suggest me
On what to follow
You have eaten the cookie
Better clean up the mess
No crumbs on my floor
Suggest me not
Leave no trace
I’ll hide and remove unnecessary suggestions
I know what I want
And can take my own decisions

#overdrive #writing

Sorry to share

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2020

Sorry to share

Chop and dice
Sauté add some spice
In the wok
Let it simmer and cook
Perfect taste

News at nine
The neighbour brings
Dinner we eat
Bland face
Sorry to share

Sorry to share, but writing is a coping mechanism!

#sorry #to #share #sad #news

Soul Purpose

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2019

Soul Purpose

✨
The good and the bad, we have it all

Riddled by insecurities, the good escapes

The mask of duplicity, beguiles the stray

Lacking in empathy, losing every way

Sheer, is the veil of the soul, free flowing

Embellished with the goodness of love

Let it shine & let it glow

Be at peace

Never let it go
✨

#soul #purpose

Sprout up

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2020

Sprout up

Mossy green, old concrete roof

The rains had drilled and trilled in holes

A lone green made its way up

Canopying the place, its home

Thank you all at HP 🙏

Squirrel and the Bird

Sarita Aditya Verma May 2019

Squirrel and the Bird

The little squirrel enjoyed its nutty meal
Happy it squealed
The preying bird perched high in the tree
Happy, enjoyed its meal
As the squirrel squealed its last
While the little squirrel lived its nutty fruity dream

#predator #prey #squirrel #eagle

Stance

Sarita Aditya Verma Sep 2020

Stance

Shoulders slouch

The limbs attached to the strings
In hands of the puppeteer

Do the dance, or do not bend

There is a chance
You dance

Or learn to ignore

The hands of the puppeteer

✨✨

#stance #chance #dance #ignore #puppeteer

Stars

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2021

Stars

Brilliance of the light
Reflected by the miniature chips
In chiseled geometric stars
Mysterious and magnetic
The energy source
A burst of radiance

🌟

States Of Mind

Sarita Aditya Verma Jun 2017

States Of Mind

A sloth and a cheetah
both in my mind
Assuming roles as per the need of the time
Happy in their spaces defined .

Enter the monkey
always up to its antics
Wanting to colonize the mind
Seeking all the spaces defined

The sloth and the cheetah
Unperturbed
Happy in their spaces defined :))

Sloth -- like the way it can eat and sleep on the tree
Cheetah -- fast and furious , spot on when in action
Monkey - intelligent, yet mischievous ,wanting to steal business .
Love all these animals ...
Sharing this here again , deleted it once .

#sloth #cheetah #monkey #mindlifebusyhappyselfbelive

Statue Of Unity

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2019

Statue Of Unity

Sun rolls down
Weaves a multicoloured carpet
Fades away in the fringes
It’s dark

Towering
Amused
Being placed
At such a height
Overlooking the majestic Sarovar Dam
Musing at the distant past
Hands by the sides
Never forgotten
The Iron Man
For the world to see
Statue of unity

#the #iron #man #of #india

Strange

Sarita Aditya Verma May 2017

Strange

Always
Playing The Game
No Exceptions
Is The Quest ---- Fame !!

#game

Strangely

Sarita Aditya Verma Sep 2020

Strangely

Strangely

It is

People

Versus / For

People

Mostly missing

“All”

Trying to be a part of all

#acceptance #irrational #predictably #peace #matters

Strange( World of words)

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2020

Strange( World of words)

The thoughts invisible
Invincible the cape of words
Now they haunt

Between keeping mum
And wanting to express
Lies the lies of quiet

Sometimes I write a lot
The Words, written
Sound better
Than the spoken

Strange is the world of words
Spoken and written
Both heard

All four set of words
Written at different times
Straight from the drafts

#strange #world #of #words

Strength

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2017

Strength

Insecurity Instills
'Fear Of Loss'
Security Walks
'Free Of Possessions'

A friend visited yesterday, her husband has gone for an offshore project for a few weeks and she stays back with her 5 year old school going twins , was a bit distressed, a little Pep talk helped.
And I got my thoughts here !!

#selfbelive #strength

Stress - Modus Operandi

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2018

Stress - Modus Operandi

Stress
A thief
Visits brief
Steals energy
Signature
Imprints deep

#stress #thief #health

Striking moments

Sarita Aditya Verma Aug 2020

Striking moments

As always
In the mornings
He pushed the wooden cart
Full of bananas
In torrential rains
Incomplete rain gear,
Missing footwear
Were his feet made of steel
Not to be hurt
By the pebbles and pointed stones
Laid in the holes, that the rains had dug
The man made his way
A usual day
Life
In the city of dreams

🌿🌿

Today is world photography day( 19th August)
Inspired by a Facebook post, the photo was clicked in the year 1960

“ Brian Brake. Crawford Market, Mumbai, India. From the series: Monsoon, 1960. Collection Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Gift of Wai-man Lau, 2001.”

Sugar & Spice

Sarita Aditya Verma Nov 2017

Sugar & Spice

Sugar and Spice

The moments of Happiness

Stolen from Mundane

Sifted from the Rigour

Tempering Done

Sweetning Some

Happy the Moments

Savoured every Flavour

Sugar and Spice

#some #moments

Summer lemonade

Sarita Aditya Verma Mar 2021

Summer lemonade

Brimming with cubes
Happiness poured minty chilled
Summer lemonade

Summer Rain Song

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Summer Rain Song

In confinement
My heart sings a song
The summer sings hot
Cool and quiet, the rains
Will come drumming
The pitter patter song

#summer #rain #song

Summery

Sarita Aditya Verma Mar 23

Summery

Wayward fedora
Shimmies in the breeze
Treetops

#summer #breeze #treetops

Sun and the sea

Sarita Aditya Verma Sep 2021

Sun and the sea

Dazzled by the sun
The sea sparkles and smiles
And gently lifts a wave to its friend
The sun moves on westward
Leaving a little shade behind
The sea gives out a sigh
Stays still eastward bound
The passing breeze
Tickles mischievously
And the sea smiles again
Ripples and waves
The birds make a faint shadow above
And dive deep to pick a fish
Before they retreat for the evening
Unmoved the sea waves
And prepares to welcome the moon

Sunday art

Sarita Aditya Verma Sep 2024

Sunday art

Mural on the wall
Tiny footprints on the lawn
Joyous, kitten sprints

Inspired by a photo

Sunflower dreams

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2024

Sunflower dreams

Dreams bloom from the sunny sunflowers
Fragrant in their wake, a burst of colours
Rain sprinkled
A canvas, ready to be framed
Nurtured in the streams, by rivers and lakes
Questions none
who harboured them
Or how many

Sun in the sky

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2021

Sun in the sky

The sky looks great
When the sun is up
And the clouds are late
Spilling bright threads
Doing crochet patterns along the vast blue
Slowly, curling back into a ball of white
Swathing the sun
In rose gold silks

Sunken

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2018

Sunken

A sea of thoughts
Drowned in the ocean
A cruise ship with lifeguard words
Sailed past with the crew

Sunlit patio

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

Sunlit patio

Blue periwinkle

Rim of gold, oval brass ***

Sunlit patio

✨🌿🌿✨

#blue #sunlit #patio

Sunny

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

Sunny

Eventful the day, gave it all away
To whoever, claimed as theirs
The minutes it had

Bright and beautiful, the sun
Rose as high as it could
To brighten up every corner

The trees grew green
Uncountable leaves could be seen
Sun had to give into the shade

The evening sighed
A sigh, it knew was all it could keep
As it met the night

The night had promises to keep
To the stars in the midnight sky
And to the day of evermore

#home

Sunny Side Up

Sarita Aditya Verma Jul 2018

Sunny Side Up

✨
Midas touch of Sun
Sunny side up , yellow white blooms
Balmy morning in March

Bees and birds flap wings
Feasting on the sunny side up
Flowers of summer

The backyard is merry
Green grass and grasshoppers blend
A colour divine
✨

A memory , from an old photograph

#haiku #sunny #side #up #flowers #nature

Sunset

Sarita Aditya Verma Dec 2020

Sunset

Behind the palm trees
In the vast, rust coloured sky
Sets the orange sun

#sunset #sky #colour #rust

Sunset

Sarita Aditya Verma Oct 2021

Sunset

Behind the palm trees
In the vast, rust coloured sky
Sets the orange sun

Sunset beach

Sarita Aditya Verma Jan 2021

Sunset beach

Golden sandy beach
Pink sunsets, grey silhouettes
Rare gems washed ashore

Sunsets

Sarita Aditya Verma Jan 2021

Sunsets

Sunsets are dreamy
Sunsets are rosy
Mellow, a touch of gold

Sunsets remind me of the beaches
A place and time, I long to revisit
Where memories, ebb and flow

Sunsets remind me of childhood days
Long and short, the shadows played
As the sun rolled along

Sunshine

Sarita Aditya Verma Apr 2020

Sunshine

A warm sunny smile
Sun sweeps up the naughty clouds
Rays of swift sunshine

Sunshine ☀️

#sunshine

Sunshower

Sarita Aditya Verma Aug 25

Sunshower

It’s been raining for days
And the sun seems to be unfazed
Behind the clouds, it retreats
Savouring a sun-time, free

The evening brought a surprise
It rained with some sunshine
A magical moment revealed
The breeze playfully chimes

Droplets of rain glistened
Long and short, like beads
As the breeze played along
Trees danced to a new song

A momentary dance
rain and sun chose
Magical moments froze
Green leaves quivered
On every branch on trees