Poems old and new (Book) https://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/2207096 The Library The University library is my safe sanctuary. Every day I seek solace in books lined in grace. A place where I meet mentors, the philosophic writers galore through memorable volumes on life, nature and God; a fortune. Here is where I travel to various worlds transported by enchanting words. Each day I fly on wings of imagination finding fabulous lands, to my fascination. Injunctions from Shakespeare and Bacon a...[Read Full Post] Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:13:55 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1083828 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1083828 Proud of you, Mahesh! You enlisted young, proud to be a part of the Indian army. Wife and kids followed you to places far and remote. Despite moments of tension, stress and ceaseless work you were ideal in service, inimitable in discipline, devoted to duty, to the nation and its people, ever loyal and upright. You climbed the mountains behind which hid the enemy. You crossed the hurdles of nature, succeeded in holding the ca...[Read Full Post] Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:20:01 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1082656 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1082656 Dark night dawning Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind Now is the time to know and to find what makes me happy and not sad feel free and fair to myself at last. No longer in the grip of self-made hell No more in the depths of misery I dwell, for I found the right reasons and motives to live with courage, and be ever positive. It is time to shed burdens of the past to rid my days of worry, anxiety and cast my...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:48:24 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1081421 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1081421 I live happily becauseâ My gratitude grows, from year to year it increases. People help me in various ways. Where would I be without their grace? From day-to-day workers to the top official operators, from street vendors to the store owners from family, friends and well-wishers to all those serving society in numerous ways, my thankful affection as well includes those who help me solve or preclude problems and crises to live ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:57:20 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1079830 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1079830 Power of Love Yesterday's song soothing and inspiring is still ringing in my heart and mind carrying me through the unknown, moving me to tears of joy surprising me to my own sensitivity. Its overflowing sweetness, pushes me to by pass useless meanderings, futile tears and meaningless musings signifying nothing. I hum to its beat all along the paths of reality and imagination never losing to the ephemeral, the illusory...[Read Full Post] Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:05:22 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1079792 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1079792 Beyond Boundaries In the twists and turns of lifeâs journey love spreads beyond boundaries. Alone it shines on days and nights, bringing solace to millions of the world. A path breaking living legend of yore, love is like the Ganga flowing from heaven to earth through eons slaking the spiritual thirst of generations, ever aligned to the eternal wheel of time. No bars of language, color, country or continent can obstruct love, a free spirit, a...[Read Full Post] Sun, 01 Sep 2024 09:58:43 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1076008 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1076008 Wind, Rain and I Incessant rain for three days on stocked water in rivers and wells, stopped short of flooding the streets rain in the night beats the roof. Shy slow sun woebegone in the dense grey clouds dwells. Wind blows in, cool, sweet- scented with roses. I sleep as in a spell Topic: MozeyMo Format: â 9 lines: 2 quatrains + 1 line â syllables per line: 8 8 7 7 / 6 6 5 5 / 6 â rhyme scheme: A B C D / A B C D / B...[Read Full Post] Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:01:26 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1075956 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1075956 He took me by storm with a voice like no other. When I first heard the love story âthat is older than the seaâ my soul was filled with loveâs immortal essence. The hills will âblossom green and goldâ when love holds court in every spring of hope, summer of passion , fall of calm and winter of sad parting, with Laraâs song ringing in their hearts. âWine colored days warmed by the sunâ where vows of love endure beyond boundaries ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:19:23 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1074338 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1074338 This Summer Summer comes bright and blessed Blue skies, shady trees and cool springs Singing birds and flowing brooks Beckon us to visit hills and dales Where peace reigns, where beauty resides. We chose a cool hill station named Nainital a place with pearly skies and water falls, lake rides and pony trips to pockets of splendor up the mountain and down on pastures and plains. Like the Bennett sisters we plan to walk on through field after fie...[Read Full Post] Thu, 27 Jun 2024 01:35:47 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1073222 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1073222 April foolsâ day This happened when we were green behind the ears Our lifeâs experience scanned only nine or ten years. Dad called us from his room upstairs All three of us skipped up from downstairs. âcome on kiddos!â he called out to us. âI have news before you leave by bus." We jumped up to his master bed Which he got after being wed. We looked up to his handsome face The frown is gone, a smile in place You see, he is no...[Read Full Post] Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:16:37 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1068583 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1068583 In the thick dark night nothing seems right. Mind wanders in various ways sense of direction nowhere lays. Tears fall unabated, peace denied, deathly void deepens inside. Life is but a mass of wilderness drenched in the rain of loneliness. Dense darkness vanquishes vestiges of light jealousy, the green-eyed monster glitters bright looting me of love, care and kindness blocking my view of His radiance. I implore for His m...[Read Full Post] Mon, 19 Feb 2024 01:45:50 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1064429 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1064429 Jen laid out a table for ten under a cool sky in her pretty backyard. Strawberries, cherries, melons and apples diced and tossed with juicy lemon and honey, topped with custard and tempting red jelly, balanced with a variety of vegetable soups and curries with slices of pumpkin, gourds, carrots, beets, beans and cool slim cucumbers amidst which sat a succulent and sizzling turkey. Family and friends sat around the resplendent feast and grandpa Je...[Read Full Post] Wed, 08 Nov 2023 23:35:46 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1059140 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1059140 Restored When faced with unexpected adversities, ambushed and haunted by cold hostilities, you took my hand into yours my Lord guiding me through the bewildering lanes of life without letting me lose sense of balance. You consoled me so My Merciful God, my heartbeat steadied, equilibrium restored, my mind is cleared of unnecessary baggage. As in my hours of loneliness, when I cannot distinguish between friends and foes, you showed the way out of t...[Read Full Post] Mon, 11 Dec 2023 07:53:22 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1059123 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1059123 Misty skies Season of grays and misty skies turbulent mind restless nights Reluctant sun sleepy morns wait for the gray to clear, bring on light. Topic: Write a gray poem Fri, 27 Oct 2023 12:41:24 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1058155 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1058155 My limerick A limerick looks easy yet, I feel so queasy It is just a cakewalk I can tread and rock Hope it's not cheesy. Prompt 2, A limerick Lines:5 Written for Poet's forum for Monthly Contest Host: [Link To User rupali] Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:15:08 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1054710 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1054710 Beauty forever Flashes of eternal beauty found everywhere in winsome variety. Mountains, sentinels to my significant city of destiny, pristine Snow, sprawled like a tiger with glimpses of granite stripes of wonder, the unspoiled, fresh and cleansing green trees standing for ages, pleasing, endless rivers and rivulets ebbing and flowing through plains and hamlets, hillside flowers, like unseen, untouched belles, the earth, the sun,...[Read Full Post] Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:34:57 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1054425 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1054425 My world has burst into a thousand colors the air turned fragrant with countless flowers. The promise of love and happiness forever gleamed in my eyes and in my life. They say the grey of fall is depressive No, not so, says my heart, drenched in sunshine soft, floating on the windy wings heading to the eastern ranges standing sentinel to this small coastal town of calm and serene southern side. Nature relaxes filling me with the hope that things are...[Read Full Post] Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:14:52 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1052987 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1052987 No man is an island Company is what we thrive on. Isolation is a state of mind Not many can live a life of this kind. Communication counts To be in touch with people around. I can never think of being alone I have near and dear to share my thoughts. Lines:8 Prompt: Isolation poem Form: Rhyming Couplets Written for âPoetsâ Forum for Monthly Contestâ hosted by Rupali Goswami. ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:25:25 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1051205 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1051205 When she turned twenty two she had the power not to worry, nothing to fear or bother for. A curious belle trying to know things to the core. Twenty two! Age of reason and emotion Succeeding silently without commotion Friends and others listen to what you have to say, making you feel like a million dollars every day. Daring the risk she would go scaling the mountain, venture into the deep sea without a speck of concern. Mind under control, limbs...[Read Full Post] Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:09:06 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1046834 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1046834 Silent Night Softly did the snow descend. In, came Joseph and Mary Long and difficult was the journey Entire Bethlehem was filled to brim Not a single room for Mary to deliver her child To the manger they went, where Jesus, the Christ was born. Nightly shepherds saw the star, heard the angels in Heaven Inspiring words from above to be forever preserved in mankindâs mind. Great event to occur, slavery to be removed, for the messiah was born. âHalle...[Read Full Post] Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:06:37 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1046833 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1046833 Write a sonnet on the topic of your choice using sonnet structure and rules. This may be in Shakespearean language or contemporary, but it must follow sonnet rules. [Link: 'https://nosweatshakespeare.com/sonnets/how-to-write-a-sonnet/'] Loveâs glow Even in the din of daily demands Your thoughts soothe and soften the storms within brush my tears, whisper words making me laugh in my heart a new song of love begins. You are the ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:05:14 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1046832 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1046832 Memorable Days School days are etched deep in my memory I long for those distant days of immense glory. I remember my teachers with fond affection They did their best for growth and education. Languages carved me to be a sensitive being, Science and math eased my practical dealings. Library took us to lands of beauty and adventure Labs of Biology showed us the worlds of creatures. Everyday was filled with fun, frolic with no fear My circle of...[Read Full Post] Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:11:18 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1045118 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1045118 Only Love I was there getting hit by Cupidâs arrows, sharp and precise. During a cousinâs wedding the brideâs brother, a handsome youth, tall and dashing gate crashed into our quarters enquiring after the groomâs needs and of his family members. I was there by the door, he gently spoke about the arrangements. Through my twenty or so years, during high school and college many young guys, Iâd come across. Yet, there was something different,...[Read Full Post] Mon, 14 Aug 2023 00:44:29 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1045115 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1045115 The Past With all the points of merit my past wasnât a colorful idyll. Now that I pause and ponder, I understand I wasnât fair to life in general. Having been submerged in a misunderstood work ethic I did myself an injustice, true. Blindly walking into the corridors of obligations to others and none to self, I had, unawares let the tentacles of tension messing with the best part of my youthful mind. I, however, learnt not to let the discouraging ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:08:15 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1044384 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1044384 Entwined It was a sunny day in the month of May. My heart was afire with joy and desire. Hereâs someone not really known. Even so thereâs no apprehension. He walks in, gait sure eyes lit with joy pure. Magnificent moments of perfect predicament. My maiden heart broke into a new song soaked in the honey of love lasting forever and now. Though surrounded we were insulated, linked in soul and spirit hearts merged in merit. Rings exc...[Read Full Post] Tue, 03 Jan 2023 08:41:15 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1042586 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1042586