Nothing can stop these.

 Nothing  can stop these.

Hark!  These  Nightingales  are

Sweet. Lull your ruthless anger.

But they look as if  they care not.

Warlike pellets of words,

like  gunshots in the air,

mutual exchange of vendetta,

all   for  land  and gold,

the same  is the gruesome

even in home front,

fallen an impassioned slave

to infectious ,malicious  urge.

Impatient  soldiers in khaki   uniforms,

Even  security guards are subdued

by  this acrimonious , garrulous  spot,

what picture of Madonna ?

what    Monalisa   smile could

mend these  adamant?

Warfront  or home the

Same is the scene.

My Grandmother Now Chuckles

My   grand mother  now chuckles.

She  is on the last  cubicle,

Laid on the floral bed,

for  many  came to pay

respects   to her,

she swallowed much silent and sober,

curled    like a nine year old child,

nonagenarian  shrunken to

this   state:  age’s cruel play. 

Once  the pillar of the house.

Treated  with  pepper, chanting ,

 those  that came for Scorpion bite,

herself  a  flourishing  Tulsi plant.

I recollect, her deft, seasoned hands,

how she would cook green, leafy

and   serve the inmates patiently,

she  would sit on the  concrete mound

outside  and wait for me,

A great soul, now gone,

to a better zone.

Our Prerogative

                   

Your  p lough, your meaning of life,

 on your  customized  shoulders,

Watch rabbit out of the burrow,

 Till your apportion   land,

curd, rice and  pickle in  duress of  strain,

fear   if  rain  fails us all,

Carnival to the Sky and Sun,

 Porridge and rice overflowing

On the  broad   leaved etiquette .

A Walk Into Wilderness.

    A walk into wilderness.

A hoary moment  of isolation  and despair

takes  you  for  a walk in the wilderness,

saggy, almost falling leaves,

driven out of their  privileged homes,

one can powder  them then and there,

rugged   stems, the airless ,emptiness,

powered  by seasonal  shifts, uncanny   

elements of visitations, I could  see,

some burnt pieces of wood, ashes,

ritualistic, supernatural ,or factual

must have mutilated them.

Could it be some curse working

Upon  them, know not. Birds

 demure  entry, not wanting

to  those ,once  they frequented

the  opulent,   succulent off springs.

I pray, some  sage must come

down  to  perform a carnival

to transform  the neglect.

Surplus kneels before Survival

She  is  not   a mocking  bird.

Believes in  diligence and independence,

Pecks  on the solitary,marauded ,  broken bone.

Survival is her immediate  necessary instinct,

Winter’s cold rings   still hanging out,

flies  to the other pre-emptied   pinion,

The dried  fallen  neem leaves,

Of  what   use are they now?

The   sturdy bone  moves not

Sticking  on the dried hinges.

Mapping On Egg.

I imagine a plastic egg

On my table mahogany,

dip my brush in gentle blue,

Embellish strokes of painting,

Sketch  Heathrow in its global

Majesty and international air  traffic ,

Saunter about   Thames   and Trafalgar square

Circumnavigate   in grids of    avidity and diligence,

The   egg tossed up down

In a see-saw landing pose

By the speeding fan,

My mapping is done.

A dead wood I was

         I  was a dead wood  

drifting  along, the spooky  path

of  maze  and intrigues,

the   scary foam  of waves  surge

 a whirl  of  surreal  in  me,  

tossing   me up and down,

the mariner’s compass,

holds   a dumb  charade

at the moment  of  travesty,

Your  advent   is the

Enlightenment of  Beacon.

Halo  glows  ever.

Oh! My God! It Is Nowhere To Go

       It is not God’s Land, any more,

       much is submerged, ancient is  gone,

       Good old days are buried alive.

      I swim on the seemingly

       safe currents tossing  above,

      Oryx, restrains   its move,

      Crazy bull with fierce looks

      attacks not  but  recede,  

      Market fairs look  defeated,

      Ozymandias,no longer subdues

      Our  passion  and  prided  anger,

     Yet, human Temerity  tames  tangible.

       Lay your head on your

       hands  and  brood over

        how  to  recompense the loss.

       

This sly cat you unearthed.

             This    sly  cat  you  unearthed.

             I am saddened  to  know  this:

             so long  , This  was  eluding  my  notice,

              Also    it  was devouringly  alert

               to  thwart me,   I  am   not  even   bemused –

              for  it is    sodden  with  such  fake

             encounters , counting  upon  trades,

             This  Boon   beckoned  this 

              Is   a  dangerous  paw.

               Thawed  by  no  supple  force,  

               this  was hankering  around ,         

                You  have to    Go  round

                 for   a  quick   Magic wand

                 to  drive , This creepy, possibly .

                                             

Water, Water, everywhere.

Water, water, every where

Right   from the   Saline    water tube

to   the blood  veins    of  the   suffering  

In  the busy   hospital  ward,

The   surgeon  after  the  incision

Or  extraction, draws  near  the

Watered  tub  or  tap,

 it   drips, though,

The   saliva from  the mouth  

Align  the  tastes buds , dips,

Drib  ,dribble  ,drive    through.

Tears  swell  the  eyes,

Sudden from  the hidden  corners,

 All  depend upon  the  emotions.

Some    spontaneous, some

encash  the    enticing  situations,

Emotions   are   shed  in   watery  hymns

Oceanic  roar,   River’s  rhapsody

Waves  rigmarole, taps   going  dry

All    fluid’s  tricks.

An Old Man Walks His Way.

An   Old  Man  walks  His  Way.

A well trained  telecom  person,

The   octogenarian ,  used to this

Market   path, home  to  town  shop,

 Walking stick  his   unfailing  companion,

Pinion , under  whose  tutelage

He  avoids   many  unwholesome  traps,

His  usual  way, his  much familiar

accustomed  Road, he knows

as if   to locate in a  geographical  map

as well  as in his  mind,

each  and  every  stentorian  voice,

mothers  chiding  their  wards,  he identifies..

HE  curses  the   loud speaker  

Piercing  his    already   deaf  ears.

One  hand to  serve  as a  sun shade,

to  have  a  clear view,

The  roadside  flower  sellers 

Know  this  veteran ,by the  tap,

A  regular  kiss  on the road,

Long  shadow  in the return   path,

He  falls in  love with,

Blesses his spring  of

Life on this  Earth.

   

Unread pages

      Unread pages.

The prominent  ink mark  and the

Book   mark  have  their  equal  say now,

Furthering   your   agile   mood,

 What  for?  Imprinting   your   reflex .

There are so  many fallen petals of Rose,

Still  their  fragrance permeating,

Like   Life  still  hangs on , but   they are

merging  with  The dried  leaves, 

Autumn’s  victorious  banner   holding on.

True, they  are like  so many  unread

In  Literature, untreated, more,

  not exposed to life.

One  life  is  not  enough.

Now   your  silencing  voice

Ensembles  with  the   ambers of 

Sun  going  down the other side.

What I hate and like in Britain.

Cold,  cold  and puffs of  cold  

 and smoke   which  I deter,

let  them  go  as tizzy    lather.

But , Britain’s language  and Literature

My ambition, my  Love , degree    and  Life’s   nurture,

The  white   Doves   and  chirping   birds,

Potential  , innumerable   take   off 

and   landing  planes,  make  you

wonder  how  small  we are

before  Nature’s Flight.

The  coffee  aroma , takes

You   far off  the  boundary

For   writing   verse.

England’s pride   is its 

Treasure  of poetry

Which  I cherish 

Unto  my  last  Breath.

My Favourite Crow

My Favourite   Crow.

 PETISH  In   endearing  looks,

It  comes  in the appointed  hour 

Of    each  day, sits  in its own 

Selected corner,   right  side of

The  curved  balcony. I wait  for

the  affectionate  swoop  and   its

Cawing,    cawing. Pecking   the 

Small  rice  balls, looking  askance

Checking every now  and then,

 If   I am there. As  a   child 

How  often, I used   to  play

With  the fallen  feathers,

In my  grown  up  stage,  they

were  my  book marks,

now   I pray  the  feathers 

should  not   drop. Delighted

Crow  goes  back  to  its   abode

On the  green tree, clustered

With orange boughs. Tomorrow

Comes  for  both .

Autumn Takes A Hand In Our Lives.

            Autumn  takes  a  hand in our  lives.

              

     That  was  a  special   Tree, unusually

    A   special   year, Summer  still  hanging  on,

    Sidelining  AUTUMN, tree

   wears   the  dual  look  of   amber 

   and   pristine   green .

What if  cedar or pine?

 Under the mist,  sunshine,   yellow:   longing   years

have gone by. Eve   waited  for years

Yearning  for  Adam, her  soul mate.

Who hath not seen    her  under The  Special TREE?

What  if  cedar or pine?

Daily brewing  a  ritual  she sees ,

Eagerly waiting  for  her  special , Adam.  

Slowly  Autumn  not steals , but

Steady   occupies  her predominance,

At last Adam  came there,

With  a   Modern Book  of   Psalms,

Preaches  Eve, don’t  trespass

The  philosophy of  Life,

Let  us    RUE  not  the  BYGONE  years.

Allowing  the  forbidden  fruit

To   rot  in the stem

and  fall  to  the  ground

of  pale  stricken  leaves ,

Autumn   gleams   a Victories   smile.

This Autumnal sway On The Plant.

This   Autumnal  Sway On The Plant.

The  tawny,  sturdy  stalks  of  the   plant

already     Started      crying   a   sylvan   dirge .

The  slow  weaning   eco  cells

Send  out    an  urgent    note of  SOS

to  its  surroundings.

Blowing  winds  are not

Harbingers   of  Peace  or  Growth.

The  purple  flowers  ,fragranced   sweet,

are   unhappy to  leave  their  homes.

The  thinned   leaves  almost

powdered ,ready to  undergo

Crucifixion    on the  ground.

The  accustomed ,seasoned birds

Still   come  and  go  on this  lone tree.

After  all   they  are different

 from  human beings. 

Peace in A Cave.

Peace   in   A  Cave   

Knit   and   crochet  the  cute 

Handkerchief , the  embroidered  

edges , decor  and  shine,

 the  thread of   PEACE, The Message

runs   across, pass  it  on,

it  finds  its  place  in  a

 crushed  corner: thread is  cut.

Peace  is  in   coffers.

Doves   are  daggers  now,

Trampled    by  the  mad  rush ,

You  search  for  the  cream  of 

Human  love  and  care. Only to

  See  Sheepish  or  woolly   smile,

Enough  is  enough,

Trudging    along, climb  up

The  echoing   cave of  the

Mountain  top, close  eyes,

Find  the  radiance of

Peace   from   within.

Wrinkles

                    Wrinkles

She   just   returns from   beauty   parlour.

Facial    by   expert is done.

Patient   sitting, mind  takes

 her  Far   off   times.

Exfoliation   by  expert  hands .

The  Show  is  for  a  good  SHOW

Of    family  get  together.

She  sees  opposite  her paternal  kin,

Slim  yet   stubborn   with  a Will    power,    

Age   shows its prowess on him,

His   staggering    walk, slowly

Climbing   up   the  staircase,

Banister  gives  him  support.

The  wrinkles   across , all over

  shrink  and  move, speak

Of   year long   suffering, toil,

Sacrifice , also  a  kind of

Exfoliation, surprisingly.

It is much expected Sunday.

      It is much expected  Sunday.

The  Sun  shines with  the  bridal  decor,

 Not Slow, surging  you  feel  the  warmth ,

On your brown skin,  as if  to  wean  you   

away  from  the   fear  of  procrastination,

the worst thief of all.

You  continue  with  the onward journey,

 It is much expected Sunday.

The small church stands for Peace and calm,

avidly  beckoning  those  agitated,

the twigs are cool and struck to the sacred spot,

The cross is   a Never Ending Page of Sacrifice,

Church  Bell  is  a  joyous  reminder,

 I too kneel down, along with  the   Mass,

 The catherising agent smiles invisible

I am blessed, a  moment of Thanksgiving,

Journey goes on and on.

Love and care springing up.

Love   and  care  springing up.

What if  you   are within  four   stony    walls,

Imprisoned   and  chained  to your  wailing ,

Fate  and   up swelling  tears   subduing    your

  Saddened    Passion, position,

 Your  longing  extending to the

Loved  and  caring ones ,outside ,

Your   craving  for  those  reckoning

Your  predicament, you write pages

And pages on , yet to be posted,

What if  you  are  a caged  bird ,

Your  song  within   reaches the  humanity,

What  if  the gardener’s pail  fails

to   water   the   slow upfront    grass,

the   donor  sky  ready with  the 

showers  to  wet  the  ground .

the   linnet   opposite,  pours.

Nature’s  Wonder  consoles  me.

ORIGINS --POSTER POEMS

ORIGINS   ---POSTER POEMS.

West  believes  majestically

The   Garden   of   Eden,  God’s

Testing  lab for   Adam   and  Eve,

The   luscious  forbidden  fruit

Of Apple ,  the  inevitable  lure,

Satan   and  Seduction  ;

 Hence   the  Fall,  Mankind,

 Progeny   Is  perpetuated.

God  once  in the primeval  stage, in East,

While creating  Universe  , Sun  and   Stars,

Sand  and  ocean  and  trees  and  plants,

Dropped   some    human    clay   or  flesh,

Infused    Sacred    Breath possibly,

Giving  shapes of   Nose  and  face,

Legs   and  life, allowing  free  play.

Thus  This  Questioning    today is  born.

Some  parts  of  glorious  ,pious,

EAST ( India),   once  the  pride

Of   ancient Vedas, scriptures,

Slowly  becoming   Agnostic ,                                                                               

Go  on  testing  Gods   and  Avatar,

Hence  Gods   and  Avatar, bear

The brunt   of  Man’s  Sins.  

 Man is  bossy, drinking   goblet

Of  assumed   authority.

East  or  West, we  come

 from   Mother’s womb,

go   to  dust,  dust .

Some titbits in the underground station.

      Some   titbits   in the underground station.

Wandering  aimlessly   around,

Pondering   a while, some philosophy,

Where do I come  from? Where   do I land?

They  come  like  a faithful  puppy

All the while, inescapable:

Moments  of   fleeting  doubts ,

Aroma  of  coffee, inspires you,

Your   tablet convinces , consoles,

 Soothingly  types your   parrot like

Speculations. Endlessly  go on,

Looking  out   now   and then,

Each  station  throbbing  with

Agile  commuters, automated

Shutters ,technology’s pin,  

You  go on, on  till  reach

Your  destination.

The Opening Up Of Copper Urn

The  Opening  Up  Of   Copper  Urn

Could  be  deforestation  is going  on:

The  flat promoters  in   frenzied   mood,

Occupied  the land, rituals     are  over.

Digging, digging, they went on  digging,

Small  rudimentary  stones, mud pieces,

Clay  roll  over  and  over, the sweat 

Of  the  labourers  also   touches the 

Weeping  ,disturbed  soil, to be

dethroned  to  a  corner . The  sharp

Crow bar   hit  my  rust laden sides,

I am  bemused, pained,

 The  eager , the  future ,proud occupants

Of  the storied  mansion ,

do  not  know the  underground 

Secrets, the  toils,  the  rigmarole :

It  was  some  decades  ago,

The owner ,  lay  me  in,

Hard  breath, or   struggling  for  breath,

Rust   envied me, covering  the

Copper   colour, inches  of  thick

Rust   and  coating ,belittling 

My  dignity, Coins   are safe 

In  my  womb, tomorrow                                                                                                                        

they  are going  to  hand me over

to  Government,  

do not  know  how  my

New abode would be.  

Trees, how generous they are!

Trees, how  generous  they  are!

In    your garden,

You  can  go  and  pluck  the   rightful,

Plump   fruits  prompted  by  taste  buds,

Or  hunger  pinches  your  belly,

 Those  verdurous   leaves, ooze ,

As  if  to  mourn  man’s  narrow attitude,

 Human kind’s   affliction  is  their  sorrow,

Trees’  yields  are mankind’s  happy  morrow,

Rightful   and   unquestioned ,unquestioning,

Tawny    stems   are  stable,

They  don’t  distinguish  if 

You  are poor   or   affluent,

You  shelter  under their  woody

Nooks   and  corners,

Those  dried  leaves  are

Embers    or  cinders  for

Boiling  water.

They  are the  sole,  

Caring  for  your  Soul.

Many propelling factors

Many  propelling   layers.

What  is it  that   weaves   the  cloth  of  life?

As    blue  firmament  is  universalised ,

 Common , endlessly    pervading , 

The  rain  and   water  as if 

Sprinklers  from  Heaven ,

To  the   drought ridden, also

Copious   to  the  drain,

 as  the  Pulsating   heart beat 

takes possession  of  its  being,

obeying     the  dictates  of  its  Maker,

the     rod of  sceptre  of  Destiny

runs  the  thread of  life.

the  rustling  wind  rules

the  kite ,flying  high,,

deliverance   from  the 

plotting , crumbling    Earth.

Accentuated   language  

From  our mouth  gains

 Eloquence,  reaching  the   audience.

They Are Going Great

 They Are Going Great.

Sand  and water  always  surpass  us,      

Yet ,we  undermine them  always,

As it is gathering  clouds,

The suddenness of  some

Eerie or fear   stultifies you,

It   grips   you  for   a  while,

Could  be uncertainty in the

Cavalcade  of  this   sojourn;

 the sky dons black ,

 the colour Blue for a while hides behind ,

 could be in a mood of teasing the vast,/

the Moon and neon lights make me look small for a while,

I see  the  hurrying  mass  ;

Multitude  of  Impatience.

They   are    the   speeding   mopeds,

Instilling fear  in you

If   dash against,

 still my car moves on,

with a question where are we going,

it is an unanswered question.

Parody Of Spenserian Dragon

Parody of   Spenserian   Dragon.

The  dragon  looks  downward ,bereft   of sword,        

Quenches the  burning   fire,             

Blemish less  and  bold,                  

Behold! In his eyes, no wrath  of  vengeful  ire        

Cool  composure   to face any situation   dire,          

As   though  on  a post modern  chair of  peace  ,      

  Nearly  thwarting  all   from   emboldened  pyre,    

Holds  a  Spenserian  tail  of  grease,                   

 Wags  subtle, to please  and  appease.               .

This defies Beauty

 This  defies  Beauty.

What a lovely sight!

The viewer BIRD and philosopher

speculates in a posture unique,

 which man fails to do,

rainbow touches down, she so close ,

on the  elevated  mount,

on the margin, so distinctly lovely,

the fragranced plants are silencing witness

 to this secret aesthetically exalted pair,

even the term BEAUTY envies this serene spot.

Passion for paintings.

Passion  for paintings.Cool , 
Black  pool, Orange  cliffs, 
Projection  of  elliptical
Green  savannah,
White  surf ,foaming , 
Whirling  around,
Ethereal  passion  for  
Paintings   catch  me,
My  brush  strokes
Dip  in  ash  canvas,
Delight  me.

We are bound by a vigilant RHYME

  We  are  bound  by  a  vigilant  RHYME.

In    my  palm  of   lines   criss-cross,

Karma  The  parrot   sits     steadfast,

Picks   up   the   tarot  card of  many,

We  are  eager   to  know  our  Future,

Wait! Wait!  Don’t   create  a  furore,

Parrot   cries in   tone    loquacious,

 We  are  bound    by  Vigilant  RHYME

  The  strict  Task master, Time .

Morning.

 Morning.

This  fresh  pristine  Morning,

Azure  sky . SUN’s   inquisitive

Beams  peep  out  to  have   a

World view   of humanity,

Boats   with  masts  as  if  on 

Coral   beds   stay : A  Dove 

  flies  of  the  wooden 

Blank,  holding   the  mast,

It  dangles    with  a   message:

This  morning   a   Blessed

  Morn  for  all .

Roughing

     Roughing .

It   is   a   ship  slow, wan

 with   barracuda , any time

might  swallow.

Amidst      roughing   and   torpedoes

Of    ghastly  sounds    and   wounds  ;

She is no  Belinda, no  Amanda,

Nor    Delilah .

Some  are  like  shoals

No   ways to  mend.

Cocooned,   and volley

Of  thunderous   clouds 

 Threatening    unsteady :

the  Lighthouse   from  The  Above                                                                        

Prevents from   drifting   away.             

                                    

                    

In the wake of grueling mist.

         In the wake of  gruelling  mist.

Gruelling mist,

 tame deer,

walking slow,

yet tutored by a Will power,

stubborn and slow,

focussing through the mist,

 a brutal and virtual philosophy for  me.