Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Just a piece of paper!
Passing by
A meeting of different ‘papers’…..
Asserting importance,
Heard one say with authority
“I am the most valuable one, I am Rs. Ten thousand”
Second said loudly
“I am the most revered, holy words are printed on me and….”
Third said interrupting,
“I am most needed, I clean. Think what will happen without me!”
Paper of account ledger said
“Don’t you see I am very important? That is why kept so well”
Paper of school textbook was polite
“I just teach and so respected”
And another said charmingly “I beautify walls”
……………………………………..
…………………………………….
I found myself smiling
“How easily they forget they are just a piece of paper”
Next day
In a heated debate at workplace
I saw paper, I was making notes on,
……smiling!
Heard telling me
"How easily you forget you are just a human?
why get so heated and take sides?"
Heard telling me
"How easily you forget you are just a human?
why get so heated and take sides?"
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OSI Prompt : Paper
Sunday, October 9, 2011
River of Life & Harmony
River of life
Sitting on the bank
Looking at the flow
Just seeing…..
Whirls, weaves, pace, swell, drop, current…..
Just seeing…..
Is
so cooling
So gratifying….
Isn’t thinking to change it foolish? and
Efforts painful and futile?
Yet indulging often in that foolishness!
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Harmony
Loving is flowing with flow
Surrendering needs no efforts
Going against brings pain.
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Holy Books
Holy Books
Some consider book as holy
Some words in it
Some changes it brings in them.
Some read words in it
Discuss lines and in-betweens
Some feel what is transmitted
No matter in what language
For some source of peace & love,
For some reasons to argue and kill
What is received
Depends more on receiver
Less on what is served
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OSI Prompt : Language
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Amusing
Amusing
He made faces,
Jumped, rolled, mimicked
Yet failed to amuse
Till he looked in her eyes
....and asked
What can I do to make you laugh?
….And she laughed and laughed….
****
No amount of doing helps without being
*
OSI Prompt : Amuse
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OSI Prompt : Amuse
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A plea
A plea
When I am not,
Love is.
When I am there,
Betrayal can be.
Please forgive me
or
Cast first stone at me.
or
Cast first stone at me.
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OSI Prompt : Betrayal
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Dense clouds
I thought moon betrayed me,
But it was clouds covering it.
Time taught its lessons.
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OSI Prompt : Betrayal
Haiku Heights : Sunday :Any topic
Friday, September 16, 2011
Betrayal ?
Betrayal ?
Love is like a
Fresh breeze refreshing mind,
Blossoming flowers filling heart with splendor,
Shower of rain cooling soul,
When it is there
feel blessed
Enjoy it.
When
Breeze pass
Rain go and
Flowers fall
Can I complain?
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OSI Prompt : Betrayal
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Weed
Useless
Unwanted
To be thrown out
Yet
Your part
You may not care
Show concern
Still
Please let me be
Just let me be
With you.
You will find love in me
Soon
Just let me be
With you.
Just let me be
With you.
--
OSI Prompt : Weed
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Cleaning needed
Cleaning needed
Obsessed about cleanliness
Uttered dirty words arrogantly
Spotting filth in a corner
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OSI Prompt : Obsession.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
A letter to Respected Prime Minister from a common man.
Dear Prime Minister,
Subject : Spirit of constitution
Dear Sir, in your letter when you asked Shri Anna Hazare to follow constitution in its spirit, your anxiety to maintain order of law can be well understood and appreciated. As a law abiding citizen I too will not want my country to derail from the path of peace and growth even for one hour.
By the same token, in the true spirit of constitution, I envisage that an elected PM in a vibrant democracy must go after corrupt ministers. Nothing can come in his ways, least fear that Government may lose its majority. Politics of coalition is not a permission to tolerate inefficiencies and practices that may even create doubt about corruption. It is absolutely against spirit of constitution.
Sir, I think it is still not too late. Please act in true spirit of constitution and save our nation from going into the state of anarchy.
1) 1) Go with full force at your command against doubtful /corrupt practices.
2) 2) Give parliament an opportunity to discuss Jan-Lokpal Bill as drafted by civil society (Now represented by Shri Anna Hazare and his team). Let parliament decide. Isn’t parliament supreme in democracy?
3) 3) Make it clear by your actions that you stand for clean and efficient governance as a PM of this country and chances of Government losing power or Congress party returning to power in next election is not a matter of consideration for you as a PM.
4) Sir, I think people of this country deserve this.
Sir, you have nothing to lose.
Jai Hind.
A common man
16.8.11
Spirit of the matter
Spirit of the matter
It is felt
Deep within
Respected, held dear
Close to heart.
Followed intuitively
Wide awaken or in sleep.
When followed as such,
Gets embedded within,
Inducing same in others.
Those who cannot accept it
Stay away.
Those who love it
Come closer,
Strengthening it further.
Harshad
16.8.11
Sunday, August 14, 2011
One Single impression: Silence
One Single impression: Silence
On a garden bench
After morning walk,
Relaxed
I see…..
A quill floating in the air
Drifting slowly up
and down
A butterfly with green and red spots
Passes over my head
Then goes on to flower near,
A call of cuckoo
Soon answered by his mate,
Two friends on a bench next
Sharing a joke…laughing loudly
Cool morning air
Passing through my nostrils
Touching deep into my stomach
……….Making me
Lighter
Lighter…..
Floating with quill
Slowly up
And down……..
Flowing …….with flow
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OSI prompt: Silence
Friday, August 12, 2011
Silence and wants
Silence and wants
After rapid spirited climb
To the peak
…….Warm breathe cooling and slowing,
Still feeling pleasing pain
of pulled hair
Head resting over her heart…..
Hear pounding of her heart beats
Dhak…..dhak ….dhak
Her hand moving in my head
Playing with hair,
Her heart beats loud and clear
Dhak……………….dhak ……………….dhak
Pause between two beats
more spacious.
In that space
I vanish.
Remain
Just..... silence
…….No wants
Just silence
For a few moments.
(Silence visits in many ways. Are we there to receive?)
--
OSI Prompt : Silence
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Dream
D r e a m
It must be there
Buried
Deep beneath where
My awareness could not reach.
Surfaced in my unawareness
Touched my heart,
Filled me with affection
I had known only playing in his lap
But not since then
In the morning, still
Traces of that experience lingering within, I
Searched and found old family album
Looked at my uncle’s picture and
Thanked him
For visiting me last night.
It must be there
Buried
Deep within,
What I had known playing in his lap
But not since then.
Flying happens only in dream
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Poem dedicated to NANA KAKA.
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OSI Prompt : Dream
Sunday, July 31, 2011
One Single Impression : Uncomfortable Encounter
One Single Impression: Uncomfortable encounter
The lady was very nice to her
She too reciprocated
But not relaxed,
Having encroached on her exclusive rights
Feeling guilty
More so
After the lady said
"I too worked as his secretary,
Before we got married."
--
Written for OSI Prompt : Uncomfortable
Monday, July 25, 2011
Temptation
Temptation
Cloud covering sky,
Gentle rain,
Cool breeze,
Fragrance of earth,
Singing heart
And you!
---
Or
---
Cloud covering sky,
Gentle rain,
Cool breeze,
Fragrance of earth,
You
And …heart sings!
--
Choose the one you like!
--
Submitted for Poetry Jam, Prompt : Temptation
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Dreams
Dreams
Some air, some food, some water….
So simple
So easy to fulfill,
So little it takes and
Release,
Energize to
Roam, fly… enjoy
Call it needs
So complex
Satisfy one and
Other bigger is standing by,
Binding,
Keeps heavy and grounded,
Call it wants
Flying happens only in dreams.
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Written for OSI Prompt : 'Need'
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Congratulations on completion of one wonderful year to haiku Heights.
A year pass
Years pass
Essence remain lingering
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Mask
Mask reveal more
Hide little
It tells what is sought to be hidden!
It tells what is sought to be hidden!
Masked can be
Appearance
Words
Style
Can phantom
Called attitude
Masked for long??
--
OSI Prompt : Phantom
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Respect
Respect
You are you
I am me.
We may see same
Yet
Perceive differently
Think differently
Understand differently
Express differently
For
You are you
I am me
I may or may not
Understand or agree
But do respect you
For
You are you
I am me
…… and that is what makes
Us!
To see and accept difference,
Is respecting HIM
Who created
You
me
All.
You are you
I am me
--
written for OSI Propmpt : Respect by my friend Sandra
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Ordered?
Explosion at one place
Crater
And tsunami caused elsewhere!
Is it ordered
Or is it random
Or randomly ordered
Or ordered to be random?
Is there an order?
--
Picture Credit & Copyright: Mariner 10 Project, NASA
OSI Prompt : Crater
Smile
A lump on head, her ways
to love,
Crater in heart, smile on the face.
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Written for OSI Prompt : Crater by my friend Jim
Also For Tau Ku challenge on OSI
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Love & Wisdom
Love & Wisdom
(Dedicated to FB group Love & Wisdom)
Thank you for blessing me with
Enough hopes to be happy
Enough luck to taste success
Enough challenges to make me work
Enough work to keep me strong
Enough grief to make me modest
Enough wisdom to find ways…..
Ways that lead to ample love,
Ways to You.
-
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Journey to Unknown
Journey to Unknown
Just round the corner
Is death dancing
Or life embracing ?
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Written for Haiku Heights Prompt : BLIND, suggested by Gemma of Greyscale Territory
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Surrendering
Surrendering
A dog in street, my pet,
playful,
Loving.
Returning after a few days from tour,
I see him in a corner,
Low & depressed.
He runs towards me,
His joy displayed,
Making me feel wanted.
Just loving and wanted to be loved.
He does it by waggling his tail.
I too like him
Missed my loved ones & their love,
Feeling low & depressed.
But I couldn’t waggle my tail.
Suffering silently….
What stopped me?
*
But no more.
I now know,
To waggle tail
is to surrender
to HIM.
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Written for OSI Prompt : Miss (long for)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Fear
Slavery for life
Thanks to fear of failure
Made acceptable
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written for Haiku heights prompt : Slavery
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Porcelain
Porcelain to boast
But fail to hide
Real intent
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Haiku heights prompt : Porcelain
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
A New Star
A new star noticed
Blinking…
Getting brighter nights after nights.
Inkling was
It will gradually become so bright
That India will
Be seen in its full glory
Again.
Thank
Government of India,
For their action yesterday night
Accelerated the process.
5.6.11 (8.30AM)
Harshad
Sunday, May 29, 2011
NOW
NOW
It was there,
Always.
Not seen
Not found
Not felt
Yet there.
Like
Pearls in the ocean,
Diamonds in earth.
Like
Breathing in and out.
As clutters fall off
What has remained
Was
Always there.
Call it
Acceptance,
Truth,
Manifestation.
Always there,
Experiencing
Now.
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OSI Prompt : Manifest
Monday, May 23, 2011
One Single Impression : Rambling
This and that
Here and there
I, me,
If, what not, but……
On and on…….
Efforts
Efforts
Efforts
to make the presence felt.
Point is
There is no point.
Got the point?
Got the point?
--
OSI Prompt : Rambling
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Exhibition and Show off.
Birds glide,
Child’s playfulness
Beauty of nature
So divine….
Seen and even sometimes displayed,
But never shown off.
Why do I strive to exhibit
My wealth
My power
My beauty
My intelligence
My skills?
*
When efforts to show off cease,
Seen easily
Is real being – divinity.
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OSI Prompt : Exhibition
Sunday, May 8, 2011
LOVE
LOVE
Like a fresh breeze,
Coming without any notice
and stoping without any,
It blossoms on its own.
With love around,
Celebration is on.
Heart gets wings and
Soul is content,
Sunrise and sunsets are more colourful,
Moon more charming
And fragrance in air enchanting.
It is His grace that visits you
No one has control over it.
When in love you trust totally
So tender……
Efforts to retain it are like holding back
Cool breeze that lift your spirits.
*
Lasting are
Marriages
Contracts
Relationships
Understandings……
Right efforts can keep it going
…..With cool breeze refreshing your heart often,
If you are
Open and Lucky.
--
OSI Prompt : LOVE.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Border
Border
Crossing the line
Was dreadful
But not crossing was killing her.
She had to.
She did.
Will you hold guilty a cuckoo
For singing her heart out
On a tree
in the hospital compound
With ‘Silence please’ board?
Everyone crosses
You
Me
All
Yet cast stones at others.
HE gave a seamless world.
--
OSI Prompt : Border
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