ईश्वरदास / Ishwardas
Nigah / निगाह
The Asian Weekly – A sunbeam (11th Anniversary)
The popular weekly paperzine from Kenya "The Asian weekly" celebrates it's 11th Anniversary. The poem depicts various aspects of the paperzine in a subtle manner.
She failed!
She failed She trusted her own blood.... That flows in her own one's veins. She trusted her upbringing .... Her teachings failed clinging . Her lessons of the traditions ... Got her no felicitations. Her pride in her mother tongue .... To them seemed far flung . She taught them not to lie .... Her trust they did belie. She confided … Continue reading She failed!
Nature’s Trail (40) Cereus Buds
Night blooming floral tales Night blooming floral tales The bulbs bulge to full term Night blooming floral tales Cereus opens for a night It’s bloom sighting never fails Sikiladi
Isolation with Conversation!!
Subject:Socks Here is an odeTo socks that are oddI remove a pairI only get one backI am in despairPlease take it back I need two socks for my two feetThe one not enough for cold feetIn the machine I put twoNow one is pink one blueWhere do they go?Machine their? Lo!! Shariffa The one pink … Continue reading Isolation with Conversation!!
तन्हाई
Nature’s Trail (39) Floral Beauty
Swaying with the breeze Hanging at utmost ease It stands tall in pride The pink beauty in it's stride Escorted by flat, broad Leaves This beauty lives like queens Sikiladi
The Threads
Raksha Bandhan Threads Published in The Asian Weekly The threads of the festive bond Some silky smooth, some rugged uncouth Some curly frilly, Some pert straight The threads no brother can ever abscond Some hand made Some purchased Some parceled out Some personalized The threads that sing the sibling song Some older ones Some younger … Continue reading The Threads
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