All my Poems and Prose — [All]
Collection: Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Bidisha, 19 Mar 2022 1/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
400 Personae →
Thinking of the giants and personae (characters) in my lifetime reading fiction, I dedicated this to a friend who helped me mend. "I wait for the never ending story to lead a way out of hell, As I promised the Empress I'd create something special".
Self, 18 Mar 2022 2/50
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
399 Spent2 →
For a dear friend whose very peaceful future was and is being threatened. I do not agree with her decision not to go down with guns blazing, but respect the strength she has for choosing that. "My advice to you, all friends - is to just recover fast and keep moving - we know this life as bumpy, yet chose it, so make it one of giving"
Reuben, 14 Mar 2022 3/50
Grief, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
398 Manish →
For Reuben, Sandeep and Harry on the death of their friend Manish Aneja, written from the view of the poet, addressing the dear departed.
Uma, 13 Mar 2022 4/50
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
397 Bayonet →
With pain, now gone, since I spoke about it and wrote Clarinet. Am almost mended now, though it caused much pain and anguish for many years. "I sincerely pray for peace for those warriors who wrest With life as her very future lies in the balance, now rest"
John R, 13 Mar 2021 5/50
Friends, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
396 Rejection →
For a friend's friend as we welcomed here into our warm and light hearted circle
Bharath M, 13 Mar 2022 6/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
395 Hero →
About the important role some of us men play as Heroes in our children's lives - "We all feel a warm glow as you enter the room and greet us" - now go, have a ghand ball.
Bidisha, 6 Mar 2022 7/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
394 Human →
For a friend to dream and dare and in thanking for making me feel loved again, as we set out to "remind the world what it always knew - that acts of caring never go amiss"
Remzi, 22 Feb 2022 8/50
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
393 Planet →
For a dear friend on the occasion of his book launch - with a plea to all to come, help build and then live in a "Common Planet"
Bharath M, 22 Feb 2022 9/50
Birthdays, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
392 Girl →
For a friend's daughter Taara, 4 years after her elder brother turned the same 1 and I was there to capture the atmosphere
Bidisha, 13 Feb 2022 10/50
Mirth, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
391 Dreams2 →
A word of comfort to a dear friend to whom I say "Think of the secret of life, as new fields you sow, and water with your blood, sweat and tears"
MSA, 12 Feb 2022 11/50
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
390 Ananda →
About fighting for truth and Mother Earth, this one ends with a strong call to have a day "glorious as we dreamt. When we decided to fight for good"
Tracey, 12 Feb 2022 12/50
Romance, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
389 Drown →
Begun with lines by John Denver, this poem sees me going back to earlier notions of having a "Tracey" in my life - a name from the Wilbur Smith novel Diamond Hunters
Rabindranath, 26 Jan 2022 13/50
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
388 Flaws →
Crazy thoughts as I come to terms with what a dear friend meant to me who left this world altogether too soon.
Sriram, 4 Jan 2021 14/50
Strength, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
387 Days →
A note to a friend to enjoy life and life true to his inner calling as he lives a family life and raises 2 boys.
Srividya, 28 Dec 2021 15/50
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
386 Elements →
Offering some sagacious advice to a friens, "know boundless and uttermost delight - Strive on until the kingdom is won by your toil and your might"
Ujval, 21 Dec 2021 16/50
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
385 Stop →
For a friend on his engagement, a request of the world to "stop" and take cognizance of these two youngsters falling in love.
Bidisha, 14 Dec 2021 17/50
Gratitude, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
384 Truly →
Reflecting on a friend and how her poise could be the very stuff of the universe
Vidya Shankar, 11 Dec 2021 18/50
Teamwork, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
383 Ingenuity →
Written for a friend and engineer, as she steers her dynamic alumnni team to the background as they make way for a new one
Nirupama, 8 Dec 2021 19/50
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
Srividya, 10 Dec 2021 20/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
381 Hold →
I very short sentences, this poem is best summed up in this line "We are not here overlong, so sing out loud and strong"
Srividya, 2 Dec 2021 21/50
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
380 Dust →
The poet and the friend keep chatting as she complains about her "mate" and he offers different perspectives, for hes seen this couple up close and knows what they mean to each other
Patricia, 1 Dec 2021 22/50
Mirth, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
379 Times →
I'll let this cute line invite you to this poem - "I remember clarion clear your hands upon my cheek - clasping, as we set out to make Hermes and Aphrodite blush at our verse"
Unnamed, 21 Nov 2021 23/50
Strength, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
Patricia, 20 Nov 2021 24/50
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
MSA, 18 Nov 2021 25/50
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
376 Aspirations →
Feeling lost, I soon pick up my spirits as I think of my gurus and their legacy
Patricia, 9 Nov 2021 26/50
Mirth, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
375 Prettiest →
A sudden yearning for a girl I once knew and how maybe in an alternate lifetime we could have had a future
Gary, 5 Nov 2021 27/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
374 Moonlight →
A random feel good poem I wrote about myself after a long chat with a dear old friend
Vidya Shankar, 1 Nov 2021 28/50
Strength, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
373 Steel →
About the steel we find in people and how they, as a brook, goes on calm and serene, gathering the rain, even the unclean
Yogesh, 31 Oct 2021 29/50
Grief, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
372 Gentle Eyes →
For another friend who misses his father and thinks of his own mortality, realizing the "the best part of life Is over"
Anusha, 31 Oct 2021 30/50
Grief, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
371 Mindful →
As my friend marks her mothers first death anniversary, written in the first person with immense feeling
Jyothi, 9 Oct 2021 31/50
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
370 Echoes →
Thoughts at a sacred place where children are being taught vedic hymns and in conversation with one of their teachers
Saathi, 7 Oct 2021 32/50
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
369 Neat →
Written for a young girl who wants to turn healer and trying to offer her some perspective
Satyavrata, 3 Oct 2021 33/50
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
368 Import →
Flow of thoughts at a Yagnashala or place where a ritual offering was being made to the divine, and a friend was addressing the students there
Women, 30 Sep 2021 34/50
Romance, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
Vishnu Vasu, 14 Sep 2021 35/50
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
366 Forgiving →
Written about the story a friend and filmmaker had just made about compassion and forgiveness in the atrocities of war
Prabu S, 13 Sep 2021 36/50
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
365 Sangeeth →
Written for my friend's best friend and life partner, with much feeling and good wishes
John R, 12 Sep 2021 37/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
Poonam, 30 Aug 2021 38/50
Teamwork, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
363 Verna →
About the old indic thought of gradations in colour of the modes of nature in people. Written for a friend who is researching it
Nishanth, 19 Aug 2021 39/50
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
362 Change →
Random thoughts from the parents and brother of a friend on his wedding evening as I drew them into intimate conversation
Omar, 19 Aug 2021 40/50
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
361 Nani →
I want to break fre but it seems i lack the nerve, lead the way, help me on green pastures to serve.
Bharath M, 15 Aug 2021 41/50
Devotional, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
360 Full Circle →
Rise we then from ashes, but fall we shall to dust - have we come full circle?
Bidisha, 13 Aug 2021 42/50
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
359 Tether2 →
After all what fun is life unless we have each otheras tether.. So make a stand to uplift each other.
Bidisha, 9 Aug 2021 43/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
358 Four →
I want to break free but it seems I lack the nerve, lead the way, help me on green pastures to serve.
Self, 1 Aug 2021 44/50
Music, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
357 Ground Zero →
As I hit "ground zero" at ByTwo Studios, this medley sees me trying to set words to the tune of 5 different Pink Floyd Songs
Women, 31 Jul 2021 45/50
Romance, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
356 Waves Felt →
A tribute to the nearly 30 girls and women in my life, weaving them into a single tapestry, seemingly addressing a single / a few people.
Bidisha, 25 Jul 2021 46/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
355 Life2 →
To sum life up, I simply say "To know her pain is also to know her high - ya? So try to dig deep for her buried treasure"
Srividya, 25 Jul 2021 47/50
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
354 Dawn3 →
As a friend comes to a crossroads, my trying to give her courage and resolve. Happy to say shes already well on the mend.
Uma, 25 Jul 2021 48/50
Family, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
MSA, 21 Jul 2021 49/50
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
352 Courage →
A from the heart confession about my less than perfect self / appreciation for the family that loves and supports me.
Bidisha, 21 Jul 2021 50/50
Nature, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!]. | WORK: impelled
351 Rain →
About a long awaited rain - a plea and prayer for it to fall - but with romantic overtones
