It happened finally!!
Closet cleaning
Nickname
Shall I call you the moon my dear?
But the moon has spots and it comes in the night
You are the flower of the day, dancing in the light!
Shall I call you the sun then ?
But the sun in the noon , scorches too much.
And you have such an soothing touch!
Let me call you the brightest flower
Nay, the softest shower!
But the flower withers and the rain dithers!
Can't call you that !
Shall I then use the choicest words to coin you a name
Munchkin, pumpkin, truffle, ruffles..
Ah so many to claim!
And yet none fit the bill
So here I am , searching for one still!
Written for : ReadWritePoem
Silence
Charmed - Cinquain
Flying high
Looking below
A fluid panorama
Awaits my fearful heart and I gaze;
Charmed!
Written for : ReadWritePoem
An old man by the roadside
Lullaby
I am...
I am the air you breathe that keeps you alive.
I am the sun that shines in the sky,
I am the moon that shies behind the cloud
I am the tree, I am the shroud,
I run deep, I run shallow,
I am the food that you swallow!
I am the beginning, I am the end
I am the calm , I am the storm
I am the surge and it's swell
I am the planets and the stars as well.
I am pleasure, I am pain
I destroy, I mend,
I collect, I drain
I persevere, I dread
I am the color red.
I am the flood.
I am the blood.
I am just that. I am.
I exist.
Friendship
Sweety
A sijo
The problem with waking up...
I met three tears yesterday
Together yet apart
Memorable moments
Guilty Conscience - The big boss :P :P
Muse- thy have many forms.
Solitaire
Pain is addictive
Inked in black and blue,
Nearly lost
In soporific daze and yet,
Sadistic pleasures eludes me
As the flails whipped the
Decadent, deplorable skin
Devilishly distorted in love
Incited by an uncontrollably illicit
Carnal desire,
Tamed by my master
I,imbruted by his touch;
Violently attain
Exilir of life!
Malaise
Misty Dawn
Misty dawn, you comfort my ravaged heart!
A road - triolet
Nostalgia
Anarchy
Courage
Wet
Ah more the torture...
Deliciously so
Dithered a bit ...waiting
I, quivered
Knowingly you slacken your pace
prolonging it
savoring it.....
tracing all my curves
with such a gentle touch
Leaving a sensation behind,
A presence........
Me, arched in pleasure
And you, in response
trickled languorously
into the welcoming arms of the bath carpet
Coffee stain
A circle half formed,
Ponder
Conversation
NAISAIKU WEEK III
Sanguine lies trembled, As genuine facts emblazoned the sky
I, Rambled about in oblivion
Genuine smile trembled, As sanguine lies blazed high
To avenge death, I lived a thousand lives.
Prompted at NAISAIKU III WEEK and 3WW
Lets get lost together...
On the other side of the moon
A song
3WW-Naisaiku
Naisaiku Challenge- Week II
Insanity reigns with impervious ignominy
My Lucid Sanity Lives
With impervious ignominy,Insanity reigns
Of aberrant afflictions, absolve me!
Prompted at : Naisaiku Challenge
Shadow dancing
Slowly she glided below titillatingly,
Half empty poses, vaguely flitted through
And with bated breath I looked;
Dazzled by her sinewy movements,
Onerous looks subdued into a smile.
Whence did she come from?
Dormant desires rose lustily;
And unbeknownst hands curved;
New songs reverberated as feet tapped in tandem
Carried with the rhythm, I danced.
It had happened finally. Shadows dancing through the valiant
Night, inspired me to
Gleefully envelope the darkness and step into light.
Prompted at : Acrostic Poetry only
Acrostic only!
Twilight Dreams
Shadows dancing on the walls;
Like curtains, with the passing breeze;
Memories, flickering with the lamps,
That adorn the distant hills
And suspended, with bated breath
Awaits,
The instant when,
The day meets the night..
And at that instant,
A leaf from the past, revisits;
Brings along few whispers in the dark
Few moments from the park,
left behind.
A moment when lips parted,
To meet again.
And the moment when,
eyes met with shy candor in bitter sweet evasion!
Ah the heady romance!
It brings back the sunshine of youth
In the twilight of my life...
Prompted at : One single impression
Men Goof, If Sly! - Sijo
To the symphony of rain and thunder, he struts.
Entranced she looks on;
With disdain he spreads the plume.
She, mesmerized by his beauty and variegated colors, is seduced.
And yet,when eyes meet, disinterest shines;
She knows, Men goof , if (she remain) sly!
Prompted at : Tuesday title and Poetry stretch
This prompt is special for two reasons. Firstly, coz I have used an anagram of my blog title ( song of my life <==> Men Goof, if sly!)
And also coz I have used one of the korean style Sijo. I am not sure if I have given it a good try. but here is my first attempt!
It either consist of 3 lines lof 14-16 syllable. The first line introduces a theme. Second one elaborates on it and the third one has a twist in the tale :)
Few examples here..
The spring breeze melted snow on the hills then quickly disappeared.
I wish I could borrow it briefly to blow over my hair
And melt away the aging frost forming now about my ears.
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Oh that I might capture the essence of this deep midwinter night
And fold it softly into the waft of a spring-moon quilt
Then fondly uncoil it the night my beloved returns.
So tender! I am gonna try more. I know this one is not upto the par.. but it is a start!
P.S: One of my friend on orkut write a poem using all the titles I have ever written on.. I couldn't help but post it here :)
In the Loneliness of winter, Echoes of silence around,
The Voices in My head, took me for a stroll with the past.
In the summer winds, did meet a Anonymous musician,
Chanced to read her blog song, penned in Love for the mighty sun.
A new dawn n unseen dreams, wanting to break free,
It wasn’t yet another ordinary day, a new day had come.
It had rained today, the after glow and the hues, called to kiss the clouds.
Along the afternoon sea, and the waves, I walked alone.
Time and Tide thou wait for none…
The change did bring the stormy weather,
And waters had weathered the summer’s charm.
My abode was an island of sorrow, Life…. Lost.
A vertigo heart and a Lonely tear in the contrived words,
Chained by my shadow I could feel a woman in me…
Yet again the anonymous Musician, now a Black Knight,
Yet again a poem, a fresh collage of dreams and hope.
Season is a master in disguise…it’s yet again a lonely night.
Winter! A flower had withered somewhere, Suicide….
Down by the river bend, a leaf had Dropped and died today,
Through the Lady in the green, am sending a postcard to the heaven,
Oh Fog! My Plea to you on this early winter morning,
If only I could go out, In search of an answer,
and the Lady lost in the rainy night, where are you?
It will rain today! Time for a Haiku at the least…
Come with a Candle thou on this windy and chill Evening,
To Keep you warm as thin Crest Pizzas at the Boca Grande awai
Dandelion
Dazed with confusion, I,
Addle you with questions
Nettled by your intense stare, I
Desist from
Encroaching your space.
Love however, binds us with
Invisible cords. you,
Overlook my transgressions and
Naively greet me with a smile
Prompted at : Acrostic only
Candid conversation
You sift through my vague impulses
Thoughts that don't form completely.
Like a sieve,
You filter them with words.
Amaze me with them.
Candidly see through.
Me, I have no pretenses.
Just a veil.
Cobwebs of buried ideas
Left to gather dust.
Is it a risk?
This open conversation that we seem to have
Honest answers.
Piercing insight
Candid confessions.
Impulsive words,
Innocuous? Not likely.
Hidden motives,
Real Illusions.
Illusive reality.
Life......
An uncalculated.. unreserved moment.
Alive. This moment. Us.
Is It Worth The Trouble?
Candid confessions!
A miscalculated risk-
My impulsive honesty
Is It Worth The Trouble?
My impulsive honesty
A miscalculated risk-
Candid confessions!
A beautiful beautiful thing!
Gloriously alive, Amazingly alluring
This love, rose-tinted mess
A Beautiful, Beautiful Thing!
Rose- tinted mess, this love!
Amazingly alluring, Gloriously alive..
I see me in your eyes..
Prompted at : Naisaiku
Moon
Like chakor I search you
In dead of the night; After long
The specter visits
Prompted at: One single impression
P.S: Chakor is a bird that is supposed to track the moon all night :)
Dreams-What we would do without them?
The probable and the improbable
With open eyes, I once dreamt
Dreams-What Would We Do Without Them ?
I once dreamt, with open eyes.
The improbable and the probable
Of all possible things. I once dreamt!
song of the bleeding heart
A ruby red throne,
Encrusted in ice,
For centuries seemingly
Lay hidden.
Deep deep in the heart of the sea
Glittered through the night,
Glowed in the light
A ruby red throne!
A Precious little gift.
Scorned with indifference,
The ice thawed
And the throne melted.
And left behind,
A chimera of liquid crimson skies
A lost saga that the waves sing
If you listen carefully,
When the sun meets the earth,
You can still hear,
The song of the bleeding heart
Prompted at : Monday mural
Valentine's Day
Vague yearnings
Arrive at my doorstep
Love seems to knock my door
Elfish dreams and
Nascent feelings raise their heads
Time to rejoice again
In the wide open sky of my heart
New beginnings
Evoke
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Spring in my winter
Dawn cloaked in the golden glow
Awaits me
Yet again. Its no longer dark!
Prompted at : Acrostic poems
Rain drops
Raging emotions
Accost my senses
Inundated me;
Numbly awaits rain...
Drench me to my very soul
Regrets choke my mind
Overwrought! I need respite
Purge me of this pain
Show me the way, oh drops!
prompted at : Acrostic only
P.S: I have tried something new here. do notice that I have used the word at the end of the stanza :)
Rabble rousers
Oh rabble rousers,
Arouse my soul
From this unbidden sleep.
Long forgotten consciousness
Needs a rude awakening
It seems lost
Since eternity.
Oh rabble rousers,
Break the walls,
The unwanted fences,
Cemented with fear
Rearrange my torrid emotions!
It lies in disarray,
Since eternity.
Oh rabble rousers,
While you are at it,
Can you please,
Find my voice
Make it heard above the noise.
Validate my existence
It lies in wait
Since eternity.
Prompted at 3WW
Alive
A heave of breath,
Slowly rising and falling,
A mind numbing, blood curdling,
Breast thumping cry....
This night will never end,
Like squirrel we scamper,
Trying to find cover. We fail. As always!
Our bodies,
A live canvas,
Red. Blue.
Enmeshed with
Streaks of brown and black.
Visually alive.
Spiritually dead.
Chronicles of a my life
A facsimile of yours
Prompted at : Poefusion Friday 5
Not to go
The branches of the trees,
Wrap themselves around you,
Begging, not to go
The song birds,
sing in tandem,
Imploring, not to go
The passing wind,
Whisper into your ears,
pleading, not to go
The clouds in vain,
Rains,
Urging, not to go
Ah the sky,
bends over
Willing you to stop to not go!
The wafting fragrance,
The drooping flowers,
The setting sun
And the rising moon
They all express
What my silent heart couldnt
Why don't you heed to the plea in my eyes?
The unexpressed need in my sighs..
Screaming.. not to go...
Prompted at : totally optional prompts
P.S: I tried to combine two of the prompts.. for repetition and Aubade ( Aubade is a poem that asks someone to stay to not go away..)
P.P.S: I have kept it as simple as possible. I guess something as poignant as this needs no metaphor.. no symbols :)
Wind? Love?
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Two flowers sneak closer,
Slowly they touch,
A moment together,
Lifetime apart
Wind the hero,and the villain
Prompted at : One single impression
P.S: I dunno what to title this.. do suggest :D
Desire...
Crumpled sheets portray
Failed nerves; they conceal-
my illicit desire
Prompted at : 3WW
And also submitted at : Monday poetic train
The Blogsphere
I got to thank pratsie.. for posting the acrostic poem.. which inspired me to try it :) Offlate I have been feeling very uninspired.. hopefully my muse shall come back to me...
Ah here is my first acrostic poem.. as a prompt from Acrostic Poetry only
They
Hold my
Emotions
Bundled
Lopsidedly
Overfilled with
Gestating
Spontaneous
Profusions
Hitherto they were
Ebullient
Reflections. And now,
Encaptured for eternity!
200
Ah what else can I say.. finally I have reached 200 posts on this blog.. Its little hard to digest that 6 months before I celebrated 125 posts.. its an understatement to say that past 6 months have been the most productive! yes they have been :)
I am also humbled that this blog has 15 followers. Thank you so much guys!
Since past 2-3 months due to internet troubles.. shifting houses and loss of blog roll has made it impossible for me to visit many of you.. and yet you guys have been there for me.. commenting and encouraging me..
Thank you so!
It would have been apt that I write a poem celebrating this milestone.. and yet.. my muse seem to have decided to go on a vacation.. I guess she is a lot overworked offlate and deserves it.. lets just hope that she comes b
ack...
In the meantime a meager offering....
Few words fused together
In an unknown meter,
Few thoughts sung,
In a wayward tune
Ah the song of my life
Of joys, love and strife
Despair not!
I have been really really very very uninspired lately.. as you can see from the quality of poems I have posted earlier.. and hence I have taken a leave from posting.. however.. just yesterday when I was going through Karthik's blog.. I saw this simple verse that i wrote in response to his poem..
Am pasting the poem here ..
Despair not ,
Oh child of god,
For darkness belies
the face of lord
If shadows cast
Darker than the night
How can you suspect
The presence of light ?
Trudge along steadfast
This too shall pass
For a magical dawn
Awaits your victory horn
P.P.S: *sigh*
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Shifting shadows in the twilight
Dance in tandem,
Resonating with the thoughts
That twirl in my mind
A swirl of excitement
Suppressed
Few whispered memories
Expressed
With a curl of the lips
Ah that secretive smile!
Lingering sunlight,
reminds,
Of golden promises of the dawn
Unknown yearnings beckon
Entrapping
my conscious being
Entrancing silently
Dreams sneak in
Finicky!
A regret
A regret I have,
Held it secretly, all this while
I wish I had
Something to remember you through,
A picture, some words
Is it too much to ask ?
A whisper,
deep in my heart,
I would never need anything,
To remind me of you
For you pervade,
my very being!
And yet,
I so wish,
You felt the same too!
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The cadence of your eyes,
Gently reminds me,
Of my earlier resolve,
Lost in the sensation
Allured by the sugary delight
I crumble...
And when your brows curve,
Humbly I let go,
With a sheepish smile
Then the curve of your lips,
Bright with mischief
Gobble it up!
Prompted at : 3WW
I now have a dream
For all those vacant empty stares,
And the vague games that I played
With the spider crawling through the wall,
While I traversed through the darkened thoughts
I now have a dream....
A belief that the stars can be reached
This wall of inhibitions and defenses
Can slowly be breached
I know things are not easy as they seem
And yet, dreams can be made true,
If I only see it through
For life is worthwhile, only if you try !
I now have everything that I'll ever need...
Prompted at : Meme Express
Winter of my muse
The colorless colors of my words,
Mocks,
At the listless verses that I spew,
Is there anything that I want to say ?
Changing and rearranging
Rehashing! Same emotions....
They seem lost
Is it me?
Living behind the countless defenses,
Fences, that I created,
Choked,
Lost the ability to really see?
The vivid colors that once danced
Waiting to be noticed
Seems to have faded,
Like autumn leaves
Is it any wonder, that winter is here ?
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Entwined arms part
For tryst with the unknown, wind beckons
Dreams forfeit, love lost
Prompted at : 3WW
I wish I had
How I wish to capture,
The swish of the curl,
of that impertinent smile
And the twinkle of that eye
Filled with mischief...
I wish I had,
When you were near, yet here
How I wish I could,
hold your warmth within me
Melt in your wordless sea,
And may be,
Breathe in your scent,
And never let go,
I wish I had,
When you were near, yet here
I would be satisfied,
If I could live with the chimera
I would find light,
In the darkest of the umbra
And yet, this is denied to me
For you have left ,
Out of the realms of my five senses
And yet you remain,
In my heart, forever lodged
Your touch inscribed, on my body
And your picture, in my eyes!
And your voice...
a music that echoes through my consciousness
And you color my dreams,
As you once colored,
my every waking moment
And I am drenched to my very core,
In the very essence of you
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Unseen hesitation warred,
With faint glimmer of passion..
Fortune miswrites..
And I am left with,
A land of barreness,
Where once crimson streaked
The inner lanes of my heart
I am now,
left with Viduity,
I welcome adversity,
Like a canopy,
Let it cacoon me,
Like a salve for the wound
And now,
this piece of orange,
This saree,
Arouses the feelings,
And I see,
dreams I never let myself see
I wish, It was me,
Who wiped the sweat, from your head
After a long tiring day
I wish, It was me,
That you wed.
And it was you, that marked my gateway,
To bliss, to love
And while you repose,
I wish, I could gently sneak into your arms
And our love be the only ambrose,
that we would seek
And as you find my various charms,
Oh so slowly,
I wish, I could color your dreams too
Furtively, I touch,
The small box that holds,
Everything denied to me,
A streak of red,
Ah! why oh why fortune played this game?
I know it never will be same,
I chance upon her
She who is your wife,
And that cherubic face,
Of your child
And I curtail my wild thoughts...
For it was never to be..
I know this saree will never be worn,
Like that life, that will never be born
Which once we dreamt about, together...
I know I am super late! Sorry for that :) When I checked the prompts initially this poem struck me.. though the theme I thought about is totally inspired by a scene in a tamil movie whose name I don't even remember but I would love to give the back ground....
This scene is pictured as a song.. and i dont remember the song even.. I have not tried to translate it or anything.. just my impression..
The heroine is a widow and in dire straits.. hero, who is now married to someone else finds her and shelters her in his house. The wife knows about their past and is sympathetic. Heroine isnt much educated as is norm in the village.. however they r childhood sweethearts.. before the hero could his education( he was away).. the situation at the girls family changes and under duress she marries someone else.. And eventually he does to..
So in this situation, she is living in his house as a nanny to take care of his kids. Its diwali and he( his wife infact) gives her gift of clothes... which is also a norm out here.. Well so she dreams what it would be to marry him.. when she chances upon his family picture which brings her back with a bang...
