museindia-apr-09

Onions without tears



Tell me the truth

say it frankly

oh! my beloved!

Have you worked

on the search of vegetables

especially onions

that cause tears

instantaneously on chopping boards



While all our housewives

work all though the week

sweating tears 24X7

toiling hard in kitchen

why these onions alone

cause caustic tears

bringing despair to their hearts?



Do the male chefs shed tears, too?

who work and sweat to earn their bread

in restaurants, with or without stars.

Onion has no preference, unbiased it is,

Will man learn a lesson or two from onion, please!
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Blooming in multiples



Everywhere where our eyes can reach

love blossoms in leaps and bounds

on sidewalks, elevators,

in gardens and green parks,



All main streets turning up as hugging hubs

malls, commercial establishments

stocking love stakes high in many rounds

windy corn fields

soft and smart meadows

side benches in green parks

restaurants with drinks and dances

build castles in casinos

Down the stairs in library halls

love forms school and graduate

between book racks

we have all wiped our eyes

quite frequently

visiting love streams in floods

Odd love and incomparable age factor no bar

Everywhere where our eyes can reach

There is love, hug, hug and love

love blooms in multiples
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To love you again



Tell me my lord!

what all best I can do

to love you again

Long since you deserted me

for reasons unknown

I just blamed my ill fate and not you



Will you not forget and forgive

and tell me now what all should I do

once again to receive

your love and gracious blessings..
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Oceans of joy and delight

Have you heard anytime
hope belittling humans
and streams of despair
drowning the minds?
Yes when our heart and soul
turns squarely weak
hope turns as withered field
freezing all desires in cold winters
But we should never be victims of fate
and sail soft on oceans of joy and delight
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Magic spell



Beloved

love me with

all the fragrance

the flowers possess and spread,

and quench my thirst

with your nectar



Beloved

love me with

all the passion

this world can fashion,

fill my heart

with music the wind can whisper



Beloved

love me with

all the care and concern

the moon has for the earth

and the earth for the moon



Beloved

love me with

the magic the stars drop

when we lazy on the meadows

throughout the cool night
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Delight

Delight and joy

in materialistic world

bear different definition,

a connotation unknown

to common man,

apparently not transient at all,

but in reality they don't last long
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in peace and calmness...



Ducks meander between lotus and lily

The buds danced with the push of the ripples

The earth bathes in the young sunshine

Joggers and morning walkers exchange the greetings

A few birds fly pushing thin clouds overhead

Are all getting ready to say their morning prayers

to pass the day in peace and calmness?
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Summer shine



On summer hot day

my village mud house

heckles city A/C rooms



On a midsummer midday

youths play cards

under the tree shade



on midsummer hot days

sparrow takes

umpteen baths in a well
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The rain is over and gone



All along the thick black clouds shrouding the sky

and the hilltops are now not quite visible, why?

Those clouds are roaring and lightning is repeatedly flashing

on every corner of earth, the showers are clearly dashing

The wooden stairs laid at my outhouse are slippery

And street lights standing straight as disciplined soldiers are blinking

The dragon flies rise high and appear to cross the limits of sky

welcoming the rain the heartful of delight brightening their wearied face

It started to drizzle shampooing dry grass

and made us returning from work shelters to search

The tempers cooled and rain god slipped into its abode

and all the people around us yelled,

"the rain is over and gone"
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Ageing blues



Be firm

look not to mirror

before you are

beautified in saloons

The hair shines in gray

keeping my sweet heart at bay

the silver colour spreads snow white on screen

melting all my golden sheen of greens

Forgetfulness, sometimes, blesses in wonders

my past happenings alone many a time thunders

in present sands of time, I desire, no blunders

Let my future spring in just delicate tenders

Diseases are dragging me down

despair is arresting me as a clown

Away and far in prime

creams may fulfill my dream

Wrinkles writ large on my face

I am trying all means to totally erase

I can't forget my bubbling and quaked youth

I wish to sail forever in same streams in truth
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Spread fast unto



Spread fast unto

the far end corners of the world

to rejoice and rejuvenate

in columns of joy and delight



Spread fast unto

the hills and mountains

to trek along and admire

the silence of divinity



Spread fast unto

the forests and deserts

to feel the chances

of prosperity and poverty



Spread fast unto

the beauties of nature

to smell the fragrance

of devotion and dedication



Spread fast unto

the seasons of time

to inundate into depths

of downpour in ecstasy



Spread fast unto

the sounds of music

to sing earnestly

the celestial song of the lord



Spread fast unto

into the seas and oceans

to weave the waves

in inner depths of love
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