Unnamed, 13 Oct 2020 1/250
Death, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Dhala Sr - Written from the viewpoint of the dear departed, comforting us that death was just a passing. "Know life as wondrous, full of it's ups and downs - Be inspired to live in the memory of loved ones - Our Maker you will join one day, so try and find - Your rhythm in this life - just quieten the mind"
Self, 14 Oct 2020 2/250
Romance, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
A poem that begs us to brood not in the past (when we were in love). "I know its not easy but on letting go, we're choosing life - And not dwelling unnecessarily on highs from our past - Letting go is healing, the past cut away as by a knife - Instead we focus on the now and build a future to last"
Sundaram, 21 Oct 2020 3/250
Teamwork, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Siddharth, 26 Oct 2020 4/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
For 3 friends who are all finding themselves in difficult / estranged relationsships
John R, 26 Oct 2020 5/250
Birthdays, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Gary, 2 Nov 2020 6/250
Imagine, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Katherine, 9 Nov 2020 7/250
Imagine, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Reggie, 10 Nov 2020 8/250
Soulful Dancing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Ali, 10 Nov 2020 9/250
Imagine, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Vidya Shankar, 12 Nov 2020 10/250
Gratitude, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
In gratitude for Teachers, with the hope that ill make a good one some day.
Srividya, 14 Nov 2020 11/250
Birthdays, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Self, 21 Nov 2020 12/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
ML Joseph, 22 Nov 2020 13/250
Occasions, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Siddharth, 22 Nov 2020 14/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
About how a poet can listen, evoke feelings and help cure the maladies of the world.
Gandhi, 22 Nov 2020 15/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Underscores the need for warming to each other's troubles and dissolving boundaries. Dedicated to the Father of the Indian Nation.
Siddharth, 22 Nov 2020 16/250
Spirit, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
About a kid who wants to be a teacher and joins the fray - the fray to yieldmore.
MSA, 24 Nov 2020 17/250
Spirit, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Self, 24 Nov 2020 18/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
If evolving is a struggle, this poem sees me coming to terms with my part as an observer, not a doer. The vanguard or fountainhead of human progress.
MSA, 26 Nov 2020 19/250
Imagine, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
On how a brighter future is possible if we let breathe the sensitive side inside us.
Srividya, 28 Nov 2020 20/250
Mirth, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
A mashup poem on the joy we can all face as I write snippets on different friend's walls.
Shyam, 28 Nov 2020 21/250
Gratitude, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Incomplete poem about my best friend and his wish to be reborn a puppy.
Mustafa, 29 Nov 2020 22/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Shoaib and Batool, 29 Nov 2020 23/250
Soulful Dancing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Jointly written as an engagement gift for my cousin Shoaib. They both very sweetly wrote their own poems with the words we chose to write with that night.
Siddharth, 1 Dec 2020 24/250
Gratitude, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
In gratitude for teachers and they joy they must feel watching their wards grow.
Anusha, 2 Dec 2020 25/250
Grief, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Siddharth, 6 Dec 2020 26/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
A poem that touches raw on the feelings spouses go through when theyre rejected and have little chance to reflect on their own feelings.
Siddharth, 7 Dec 2020 27/250
Imagine, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Written for a friend who had just given a presentation on the Bhagaavd Gita, that vehicle of Old Indian Wisdom.
SKY, 15 Dec 2020 28/250
Daivic, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
2020 with its pandemic in perspective - "We're done with the old ways of utter callousness and unfeeling... Being cooped at home, we've gotten past crazy and begun healing... It's a little rough but we're now starting to appreciate family... There's been friction but we learn to enjoy the other's gaiety"
Shoaib and Batool, 18 Dec 2020 29/250
Soulful Dancing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Heir, 20 Dec 2020 30/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
For a friend who was feeling low, in the hope that he will cause a change in the trend.
Sundaram, 28 Dec 2020 31/250
Teamwork, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Written the day we performed special prayers, our spirit is to: "We stand apart in our promise to deliver a high standard... Of quality, we work hard to give what we said we would... We're quick to support a colleague, we're never wayward... Instead our concern for living beings touches as it should."
Krishna, 29 Dec 2020 32/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Siddharth, 28 Dec 2020 33/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Siddharth, 28 Dec 2020 34/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
How I look forward to knowing you better - "Stand forth to center and be called out in loving honour... You stand tall, dwarving us with your immense stature... I've been jaded by the wall of pain that surrounds all... The people I love, perhaps it's my turn to stand tall!"
Srividya, 4 Jan 2021 35/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Ah, dear Soph - "No matter whether they seem they will engulf you in sadness and terror... There will come a brighter day when you will smile again and move on"
Shayesteh, 8 Jan 2021 36/250
Grief, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Written as I painfully miss my dad and want to have him back so we can both "serve humanity" as we individually strove to do so.
Self, 8 Jan 2021 37/250
Gratitude, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
On a WhatsApp group, I began with "I joined a group of people - we all shared one thing in common... 'Twas a love of words, words that spoke to a body's heart... We drenched ourselves in poetry for that fueled our imagination... We'd speak of the human condition - this dialogue was our art"
Self, 8 Jan 2021 38/250
Imagine, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Same Group - "I swear to thee, this above all... We need to learn to stand tall... For this world needs giants again... People who serve with no thought for gain"
Robin Williams, 12 Jan 2021 39/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Written in the horror of seeing a youngster playing shooting and killing games, I was reminded of the Robin Williams movie Toys
Uma, 15 Jan 2021 40/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Written for my mother as I come to terms with a grumpy past - "What we all need is a little more patience, understanding and love... We need to plant these as seeds and saplings in Mother Earth's grove"
Tracey K, 13 Jan 2021 41/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Ah, the thrill of meeting a kindred spirit - "Did you grab the opportunities that came your way to express love... Did your heart sometimes expand and soar up to the skies above"
Shayesteh, 14 Jan 2021 42/250
Grief, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
For my parents - "So fragile our dreams when we know not the way... Today, I am cleansed and freed of a self neglecting past"
Tolkien, 14 Jan 2021 43/250
Nature, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Yavanna - Garden reminded my of the Mrityunjaya mantra and God begging us to have a "victory over death by being in the present... Being ready to leave, grasping onto life which was heaven sent"
Srividya, 18 Jan 2021 44/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
For a friend and her son who "We're a simple folk, firm as bedrock is our faith in the One... Who will show us a way, help us bid our past a firm adieu"
Self, 18 Jan 2021 45/250
Soulful Dancing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Thinking of the women I have loved. I try not to let it show, but theres pain all over. "A friend with a silver tongue wished me good company... But that ended in disaster, I have since willed my way on"
Srividya, 21 Jan 2021 46/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
About a mother and son who "Together they help people find a way out of any malady... That wisdom or vidya is her gift to times such as these"
Srividya, 23 Jan 2021 47/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
About the same mother - "My prayers that you grow into a source of delight soon... A girl I saw a spark of as her healing put us on the moon"
Anusha, 24 Jan 2021 48/250
Healing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Wriiten when a matriarch was called to Eden above and how her Umbrella continues to protect her family.
Women, 25 Jan 2021 49/250
Soulful Dancing, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Romance: "I can love you forever, show I'm made of tender stuff... As causes a symphony of joy to course within you... 10 points lover, and let each day bring me nearer to you"
Ali, 25 Jan 2021 50/250
Imagine, Find that Fulcrum [and Push!].
Thinking of me the programmer building an app a whole country could use - "Think of transparency, mutual good will and sincerity as paramount... And imagine if technology could in this serve as our mount"
Carolyn, 26 Jan 2021 51/250
Family, Teeming with Life.
About knitting memories inthe tapestry of lives,this poem tells of granny who lived through ww II but whose spirit remained unconquered till the end and who left me a number of things each of which rekindles a treasured moment
Anusha, 10 Feb 2021 52/250
Children, Teeming with Life.
MSA, 11 Feb 2021 53/250
Daivic, Teeming with Life.
Anusha, 12 Feb 2021 54/250
Strength, Teeming with Life.
MSA, 15 Sep 2020 55/250
Daivic, Teeming with Life.
Narayan, 14 Feb 2021 56/250
Nature, Teeming with Life.
The call of birds weave their bright magic upon our soul, the city couldnt mend us but now out here we're whole.
Anusha, 15 Feb 2021 57/250
Teamwork, Teeming with Life.
The farm has an old worldand rustic charm, a certain serenity about the place.
Reza, 21 Feb 2021 58/250
Friends, Teeming with Life.
There's gaps in the attention we get from parents when we grow up and there is intellectual chasms and bridges to cross.
Reza, 23 Feb 2021 59/250
Nature, Teeming with Life.
Seemingly disjointed, but a record of ideas from my cousin, woven into thoughts
Ali, 26 Feb 2021 60/250
Healing, Teeming with Life.
I keep planting seeds of brotherly caring,but it falls on deaf ears,dont they cry at another's grieif, one that's so painful.
Anusha, 26 Feb 2021 61/250
Grief, Teeming with Life.
When losing a parent, we hit a new low and our feelings get all jammed up. How will this raw grief bring about a catharsis for us?
Anusha, 28 Feb 2021 62/250
Children, Teeming with Life.
it will stop us all from just going through the motions Instead grind us all until we've made our kid's life into bliss
Anusha, 1 Mar 2021 63/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Self, 2 Mar 2021 64/250
Soulful Dancing, Teeming with Life.
I've searched for a woman to love till eternity,now tim to discover what is serenity.
Shayesteh, 4 Mar 2021 65/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Self, 7 Mar 2021 66/250
Soulful Dancing, Teeming with Life.
Anusha, 11 Mar 2021 67/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
I wish more of ou friendswould grassp the essence of life,learning to live it most merrily.
Freemasonry, 12 Mar 2021 68/250
Grief, Teeming with Life.
Pandu - I often think of this noble soul who orchestratd the highs of many a person and team.
Shobi, 15 Mar 2021 69/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
last year i prayed that you be strong and resilient with no quit in you unbreakable like adamantine.
Self, 19 Mar 2021 70/250
Strength, Teeming with Life.
Run on Empty folks, the time is near, when all we need are the unfettered mind and a fierce valiant spirit.
Raj Thilak, 19 Mar 2021 71/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Self, 19 Mar 2021 72/250
Strength, Teeming with Life.
He'd a special work that to the lord would redoundthe timeless work of the GITA,UNITING HIS ONLY MISSION.
MSA, 21 Mar 2021 73/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Imploring us to fashion things with our own hands and be filled with passion - for that is when spirit arises in matter.
Narayan, 22 Mar 2021 74/250
Nature, Teeming with Life.
Tracey, 29 Mar 2021 75/250
Romance, Teeming with Life.
Mustafa, 30 Mar 2021 76/250
Gratitude, Teeming with Life.
Then came Rappo who, with concern gave us a leg up Provided our basics so I could learn without hiccup.
Tracey, 31 Mar 2021 77/250
Children, Teeming with Life.
Dont worry dear parents, all things are covered in the grand circle of life.
John R, 1 Apr 2021 78/250
Healing, Teeming with Life.
Have faiththe game is not overyetand beg that deep within-your heart courageously holds sway.
Bipin, 2 Apr 2021 79/250
Children, Teeming with Life.
Remember our time is short,so spend it well,let our children dance in the light,weave a spell.
Self, 4 Apr 2021 80/250
Healing, Teeming with Life.
When losing a parent, we hit a new low and our feelings get all jammed up. How will this raw grief bring about a catharsis for us?
Kavitha, 12 Apr 2021 81/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
I worry about you sometimes ,hope i can be therein some small way,while you do your best to be well.
Self, 21 Apr 2021 82/250
Healing, Teeming with Life.
Like the masters say - we should FREE ourselves from all LIMITATIONS and SOAR ON HIGH in SERVICE to the DIVINE.
Sandra, 24 Apr 2021 83/250
Romance, Teeming with Life.
When losing a parent, we hit a new low and our feelings get all jammed up. How will this raw grief bring about a catharsis for us?
Srividya, 8 May 2021 84/250
Strength, Teeming with Life.
If life is a test, we need to up the ante and SOMEHOW learn to lead a FULL LIFE, letting the past go and fighting to get into gear.
Sama, 11 May 2021 85/250
Daivic, Teeming with Life.
A painful reminder as to how many lives we are losing in this pandemic and how we feel each death so poignantly. Ends with a word of comfort to those in the line of fire.
Asha P, 13 May 2021 86/250
Birthdays, Teeming with Life.
Reuben, 15 May 2021 87/250
Grief, Teeming with Life.
For a dear friend upong the loss of his uncle... Triggered a powerful emotion and thought for all the people we love and the longing to be reunited with them.
Raji, 16 May 2021 88/250
Birthdays, Teeming with Life.
For an aunt who has few rivals when it comes to devotion and poise. And how I want her to inspire my students to live in God's Peace and Love.
Ali, 1 Jun 2021 89/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
About a friend whose stood by me "we barely know how to cry... And wash away the nightmares in our dark past... Has the time come to grow in the light at last"
Bidisha, 3 Jun 2021 90/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
For a newly met friend while contemplating on the divine and what life has in store for those who serve.
Bidisha, 5 Jun 2021 91/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Meggha, 5 Jun 2021 92/250
Birthdays, Teeming with Life.
Bidisha, 12 Jun 2021 93/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Bidisha, 20 Jun 2021 94/250
Nature, Teeming with Life.
Self, 1 Jul 2021 95/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Using the Imperative - "Hey You", this poem addresses humanity from the viewpoint of 5 different spiritual figures.
Bidisha, 1 Jul 2021 96/250
Strength, Teeming with Life.
With an aside to the sorrow and grief I've seen, I finally advise the dedicated to "Know that in the end you'll find the way back to God - Upbraid him for neglecting you"
MSA, 5 Jul 2021 97/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
Embodying a future spirit, this poem speaks of desirable qualities, offering hope that "just when your faith is flagging, an angel appearing... Out of nowhere will give you a boost and you the pinnacle will surmount"
Anees, 7 Jul 2021 98/250
French, Teeming with Life.
Written for my French Teacher, 25 years after she began to teach us in school, this poem soon to be translated to English
MSA, 10 Jul 2021 99/250
Spirit, Teeming with Life.
JM Bharath Ram, 12 Jul 2021 100/250
Children, Teeming with Life.
Written with a friend as reminder for him / all of us to be kinder to ourselves as we celebrate our children's lives.
Bidisha, 21 Jul 2021 101/250
Nature, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
About a long awaited rain - a plea and prayer for it to fall - but with romantic overtones
MSA, 21 Jul 2021 102/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
A from the heart confession about my less than perfect self / appreciation for the family that loves and supports me.
Uma, 25 Jul 2021 103/250
Family, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Srividya, 25 Jul 2021 104/250
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
As a friend comes to a crossroads, my trying to give her courage and resolve. Happy to say shes already well on the mend.
Bidisha, 25 Jul 2021 105/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Women, 31 Jul 2021 106/250
Romance, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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.
Self, 1 Aug 2021 107/250
Music, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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
Bidisha, 9 Aug 2021 108/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
I want to break free but it seems I lack the nerve, lead the way, help me on green pastures to serve.
Bidisha, 13 Aug 2021 109/250
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
After all what fun is life unless we have each otheras tether.. So make a stand to uplift each other.
Bharath M, 15 Aug 2021 110/250
Devotional, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Rise we then from ashes, but fall we shall to dust - have we come full circle?
Omar, 19 Aug 2021 111/250
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
I want to break fre but it seems i lack the nerve, lead the way, help me on green pastures to serve.
Nishanth, 19 Aug 2021 112/250
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Random thoughts from the parents and brother of a friend on his wedding evening as I drew them into intimate conversation
Poonam, 30 Aug 2021 113/250
Teamwork, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
About the old indic thought of gradations in colour of the modes of nature in people. Written for a friend who is researching it
John R, 12 Sep 2021 114/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Prabu S, 13 Sep 2021 115/250
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Written for my friend's best friend and life partner, with much feeling and good wishes
Vishnu Vasu, 14 Sep 2021 116/250
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Written about the story a friend and filmmaker had just made about compassion and forgiveness in the atrocities of war
Women, 30 Sep 2021 117/250
Romance, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Satyavrata, 3 Oct 2021 118/250
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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
Saathi, 7 Oct 2021 119/250
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Written for a young girl who wants to turn healer and trying to offer her some perspective
Jyothi, 9 Oct 2021 120/250
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Thoughts at a sacred place where children are being taught vedic hymns and in conversation with one of their teachers
Anusha, 31 Oct 2021 121/250
Grief, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
As my friend marks her mothers first death anniversary, written in the first person with immense feeling
Yogesh, 31 Oct 2021 122/250
Grief, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
For another friend who misses his father and thinks of his own mortality, realizing the "the best part of life Is over"
Vidya Shankar, 1 Nov 2021 123/250
Strength, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
About the steel we find in people and how they, as a brook, goes on calm and serene, gathering the rain, even the unclean
Gary, 5 Nov 2021 124/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
A random feel good poem I wrote about myself after a long chat with a dear old friend
Patricia, 9 Nov 2021 125/250
Mirth, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
A sudden yearning for a girl I once knew and how maybe in an alternate lifetime we could have had a future
MSA, 18 Nov 2021 126/250
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Feeling lost, I soon pick up my spirits as I think of my gurus and their legacy
Patricia, 20 Nov 2021 127/250
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Unnamed, 21 Nov 2021 128/250
Strength, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Patricia, 1 Dec 2021 129/250
Mirth, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Srividya, 2 Dec 2021 130/250
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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
Srividya, 10 Dec 2021 131/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
I very short sentences, this poem is best summed up in this line "We are not here overlong, so sing out loud and strong"
Nirupama, 8 Dec 2021 132/250
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Vidya Shankar, 11 Dec 2021 133/250
Teamwork, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Written for a friend and engineer, as she steers her dynamic alumnni team to the background as they make way for a new one
Bidisha, 14 Dec 2021 134/250
Gratitude, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Reflecting on a friend and how her poise could be the very stuff of the universe
Ujval, 21 Dec 2021 135/250
Soulful Dancing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
For a friend on his engagement, a request of the world to "stop" and take cognizance of these two youngsters falling in love.
Srividya, 28 Dec 2021 136/250
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Sriram, 4 Jan 2021 137/250
Strength, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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.
Rabindranath, 26 Jan 2022 138/250
Reflections, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
Crazy thoughts as I come to terms with what a dear friend meant to me who left this world altogether too soon.
Tracey, 12 Feb 2022 139/250
Romance, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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
MSA, 12 Feb 2022 140/250
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Bidisha, 13 Feb 2022 141/250
Mirth, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Bharath M, 22 Feb 2022 142/250
Birthdays, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
For a friend's daughter Taara, 4 years after her elder brother turned the same 1 and I was there to capture the atmosphere
Remzi, 22 Feb 2022 143/250
Daivic, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Bidisha, 6 Mar 2022 144/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Bharath M, 13 Mar 2022 145/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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.
John R, 13 Mar 2021 146/250
Friends, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
For a friend's friend as we welcomed here into our warm and light hearted circle
Uma, 13 Mar 2022 147/250
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Reuben, 14 Mar 2022 148/250
Grief, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
For Reuben, Sandeep and Harry on the death of their friend Manish Aneja, written from the view of the poet, addressing the dear departed.
Self, 18 Mar 2022 149/250
Healing, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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"
Bidisha, 19 Mar 2022 150/250
Spirit, Gearing Up [To Love and Serve!].
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".
Vidya Shankar, 19 Mar 2022 151/250
Daivic, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Thinking of the Nature of people and the watchwords needed to build the promise of tomorrow, this blank verse poem was made from words given by a friend and mentor.
Vidya Shankar, 25 Mar 2022 152/250
Children, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Reza, 28 Mar 2022 153/250
Healing, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
A sequel to the Bayonet, this hope for all that can be good in life again as I evolve the thought with a dear friend.
Patricia, 3 Apr 2022 154/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Writing with deep romantic feeling again after an age (Or rather, after Dec 1)
MSA, 3 Apr 2022 155/250
Daivic, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Another poem inspired by my Gurus, on the special day when I visited the city they sanctified and hallowed.
Sanjeevan, 3 Apr 2022 156/250
Mrityunjay, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
For the deathless spirit of a son, gathered by the lord in his tender twenties.
Simon, 5 Apr 2022 157/250
Daivic, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
A heartfelt thanks for those who dare to build a brighter tomorrow. "we'll joyfully burst out in song. For mankind will have survived his adolescence, will finally belong - In the timeless halls of tomorrow".
Poonam, 6 Apr 2022 158/250
Soulful Dancing, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
For a friend as she graces a wedding wishing the very best to the couple, as we tried to articulate that "though life is sometimes gonna bring a low. Take the good with the bad, there's no other way - than to embrace the moments, as dreams hold sway."
Kim, 13 Apr 2022 159/250
Delight, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Self, 14 Apr 2022 160/250
Delight, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Tracey, 21 Apr 2022 161/250
French, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Bidisha, 22 Apr 2022 162/250
Spirit, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"Instead walk in your shadow, fight at your side, retrain my thought... As the warp and woof of my constructs undergo a metamorphosis... And comes out refreshed by the tender and sheer force of your love."
Self, 24 Apr 2022 163/250
Spirit, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"So follow the impulse in your heart dear soldier, extend the olive branch... And let a new spirit of oneness take hold of this planet."
Tracey, 24 Apr 2022 164/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"All my life I wanted to find a girl like Stormy, who like me would want,.. To delight the world's children, and with our combined voices, enchant."
Kim, 1 May 2022 165/250
Delight, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Jayshri, 8 May 2022 166/250
Occasions, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Srini, 21 May 2022 167/250
Birthdays, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Written for my boss' birthday - "You balance hardcore tech savvy with empathetic, but that's not odd,.. Rather it's endearing, for you always wish us well, help us feel sated."
Ali, 2 Jun 2022 168/250
Birthdays, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Birthday gift for a spirited friend "why not teach Our children simply to dream of a brighter tomorrow and then how constantly to reach? For the stars and baulk not at the challenge of building that vision"
Self, 2 Jun 2022 169/250
Gratitude, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"He's done with the old life, it's time to plan and be more effective, As friends tell him he's worthy of being counted with the rest."
Bidisha, 3 Jun 2022 170/250
Birthdays, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"Wish for different times, and that we'd strengthen anew... Each other's voice, guffawed into the night as the dew... Evaporated and gave way to a resplendent dawn bright,"
Ali, 4 Jun 2022 171/250
Spirit, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"Just a change in our outlook as we ride the escalator to heaven... I may seem old and haggard, but I tell you I've much time well spent, In daring to plot the reform of tomorrow, plant a veritable Eden."
Meggha, 5 Jun 2022 172/250
Birthdays, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"You've meant a lot in my life as I'm sure you've helped redeem a few... Let another year pass and we will have spent a dozen well.... Now go drink from the cup of life, and let jangle your bell!"
Gypsy, 5 Jun 2022 173/250
Healing, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"I'd recall to you my story of love and friendship, still hopeful... That you'd one day realize I was simply in your spell"
Dr Fazl, 10 Jun 2022 174/250
Mrityunjay, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
"I can't think of a gentler soul though firm... To reform heaven, help them cut through the tape... Find the supreme secret *1 as we'd cast away a drape"
Kim, 24 Jun 2022 175/250
Delight, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Another poem for little Eliott as I picture him on long walks with his parents.
Vidya Shankar, 14 Jun 2022 176/250
Mrityunjay, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Tracey, 30 Jun 2022 177/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
With reference to my prose "Sleep Eros", this poems is about a fictional lover
Patricia, 10 Jul 2022 178/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Vishnu Vasu, 10 Jul 2022 179/250
Imagine, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Written for a friend, the day they stormed the Sri Lankan President's house, demanding his resignation
Vijaya, 15 Jul 2022 180/250
Birthdays, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
For my school teacher of 6 years who dreamed of a lot for me - things that are slowly coming true, and my feeling for my mother to continue the cycle of love.
Tracey, 20 Jul 2022 181/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
At the crossroads of romantic dead ends, this poem sees me letting go of the past and making way for what would become "dreamy"
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 182/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
The first of 15 poems for a new muse, this one has me saying "I'd reckon the years by the stars you'd pull down, and my words, that whisper love in the light of dawn."
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 183/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
As you touch my hand and let our love light up - The skies as sparks fly from our skin, a deep cup
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 184/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
It's only in your heart that I would dwell for a while. Where I bask in the radiance of your beautiful smile.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 185/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
For its your face I would remember all my life. Let me now ask that we live as man and wife.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 186/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
I know you both have left much pain behind. But know that in love, much healing you'd find.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 187/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Dance you two, weave the story of the world between the tapestry of your own world. With senses keen.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 188/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
My love, I'd be thrilled if only you would think to have me, for life is fleeting, gone in a blink!
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 189/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
The hills beckon me where I would walk in woods. Holding you beside me, each couple with their broods.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 190/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Melt me down to my elements, then cast me anew. For I would be pliant for you. My pledge I'd renew, To hold and cherish you until the end of my days. To swirl in your waters, live enthralled by your gaze.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 191/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Hope your senses reel at the thought of me. And all the ways I'd touch you deep and wild. How I'd bask in your love, shout in pure glee, As we found ways to unmask the inner child.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 192/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Tell me you'd be here this instant and I will stop all my meandering, rather live with you in glee.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 193/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
It gladdens my heart to know that you exist. That the ether connects our minds and hearts. Tell me lover, should I walk through the mist? Would I find you ready to assemble all my parts?
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 194/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Oh darling my light is glowing dim, but I wait. I strove hard to find you, first in my dreams, Now come quick to me before it's too late. Do you hear my whimpers amidst their screams?
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 195/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
On a patch of grass on the same side of a slope. So that we may grow in the melody of one another. Good water! That harbinger of plenty, and hope, Let me find you so we'd have each other for tether.
Dreamy, 31 Jul 2022 196/250
Romance, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
I grew up dreaming that lovers ought be entwined. And enmeshed, totally inside each other's heart. Have I found that sort of love? Believe it I'm inclined. For this time I've loved you mad, right from the start.
Jyothi, 4 Aug 2022 197/250
Mrityunjay, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Thoughts that came flowing for a friend on the topic of death, as it overshadows a loved one.
Bidisha, 4 Aug 2022 198/250
Healing, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
We run amok thinking this Earth to us does belong. In your despite we play with fire, not having the sense That your dreams can take us to the very heavens!
Bidisha, 6 Aug 2022 199/250
Spirit, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Genuinely asking a friend to share her thoughts and feelings as I realize everyone's life is in 3d - technicolor.
John R, 7 Aug 2022 200/250
Friends, Where Peace Reigns Supreme.
Self, 13 Aug 2022 201/250
Children, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Self, 14 Aug 2022 202/250
Children, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Another note to toddler's and youth, this one with a final note to parents to always be mindful about life. Also written for Renaissance
Patricia, 14 Aug 2022 203/250
Romance, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Tracey, 22 Aug 2022 204/250
Gratitude, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Self, 22 Aug 2022 205/250
Mirth, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Care for one another as we can do, with love. Uplifted, as on a starry, starry night, we look above.
Self, 27 Aug 2022 206/250
Reflections, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
In all my madness and insecurity, I've always forgotten to pray for and be kind to the ones that love me so.
Bidisha, 27 Aug 2022 207/250
Birthdays, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
For a friend's daughter for her birthday, this one extra special for it reflects my love of books.
Women, 27 Aug 2022 208/250
Romance, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Self, 28 Aug 2022 209/250
Mirth, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Oh, absolute mirth at the thought of the battles of life to be fought.
Bidisha, 30 Aug 2022 210/250
Friends, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Beginning with an appreciation for distance, this poem quickly talks about how friendship can bridge any gap and quickly switches to even grander themes.
John R, 11 Sep 2022 211/250
Delight, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Self, 11 Sep 2022 212/250
Anger, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
A landmark poem as I start releasing that pent up anger and write with a new force of feeling / authneticity instead of sugar coaring everything.
John R, 11 Sep 2022 213/250
Anger, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Another important poem of self reflection as 2 dear friends bring me closer to believing - believing in myself.
World, 13 Sep 2022 214/250
Anger, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
MSA, 11 Sep 2022 215/250
Spirit, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Enough talk of daemons and sprites and spirits that would possess a poets imagination, lead him to daydream and continually obsess - What these fellows need is some strong grounding in reality.
Veena, 14 Sep 2022 216/250
Family, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
I think of the years stretching in front of your grandchildren and know, that they will carry your spirit fierce through all their laughs and tears.
Vichu, 14 Sep 2022 217/250
Friends, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Break the Chains that bind, prise open the cask's lid and strain once again, this time moving sure-footed and lightning fast.
Robin Williams, 16 Sep 2022 218/250
Spirit, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Vichu, 17 Sep 2022 219/250
Spirit, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
We should only be grateful for the road brought us here, through good times and bad, now come dance and thrive.
John R, 13 Oct 2022 220/250
Reflections, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Dear Friend of mine, how the tomorrows stretched to infinity a scarce decade ago! You were right, my philosophies were all sterile and puerile, filled with a false Ego
Tamanna, 3 Nov 2022 221/250
Friends, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Oh the friends I leave in your care as I trot to my new home with my old fife. Especially the ones you took to your bosom for they'd borne too much of life.
Remzi, 3 Nov 2022 222/250
Daivic, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
let work morph into it's divine future and no longer maim or control. This very moment, we withdraw our sanction from poverty, homelessness and war. We eliminate the need for banks, debt and taxes forever!
Jyothi, 5 Nov 2022 223/250
Mrityunjay, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
There's a part inside us that's strong though grieving. It wants to sing your praise, but also is filled with sighs. All through your life, we never at your hand stopped receiving.
Samir, 6 Nov 2022 224/250
Daivic, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
... don't let life drive you around the bend. Go with glide in your stride instead, always wisely your time do spend.
Vichu, 6 Nov 2022 225/250
Daivic, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
For its is only when we reach for perfection that we become the game. And to play the game you must always surrender the outcome
Siddharth, 12 Nov 2022 226/250
Friends, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Unnamed, 13 Nov 2022 227/250
Healing, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
For a near and dear sweet friend whose on the verge of separation and divorce
Arul, 18 Nov 2022 228/250
Birthdays, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Life finally calls for us to have poise and a shedding of the ego, as we revere all things beautiful, with creatures great and small.
Self, 28 Nov 2022 229/250
Poise, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Usha S, 28 Nov 2022 230/250
Healing, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
This poem describes a friend whose feeling low and "unable to hear the music"
Self, 14 Dec 2022 231/250
Friends, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Self, 14 Dec 2022 232/250
Romance, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Self, 15 Dec 2022 233/250
Mirth, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
"Making love in the morning sun in some Of my earliest essays as I revelled in your beauty, In your warmth with a sense frolicsome."
Shayesteh, 22 Dec 2022 234/250
Death, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
In this poem about my father's fear of discussing death, I begin to make a case for Euthanasia - something I've believed in for more than a decade.
Women, 23 Dec 2022 235/250
Friends, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Self, 29 Dec 2022 236/250
Daivic, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Reza, 31 Dec 2022 237/250
Soulful Dancing, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Reza, 31 Dec 2022 238/250
Delight, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Remzi, 8 Jan 2023 239/250
Daivic, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
But Humankind seems ready for fresh ideas, that's a plus. I wrote last year that the time can be even now,
Self, 8 Jan 2023 240/250
Romance, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
"At new beginnings, I'd dream on, hopeful with each passing day. And glad for those friendships that are cemented for a lifetime."
Bidisha, 10 Jan 2023 241/250
Gratitude, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Each day we live we find positivity to buoy us from the crass and odd. For blessings today in this seemingly harsh world may seem almighty few
Raji, 10 Jan 2023 242/250
Healing, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
A prayer for a dear friend that she recover quickly from a fall and fracture.
Vidya Shankar, 16 Jan 2023 243/250
Mrityunjay, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Shobi, 6 Feb 2023 244/250
Birthdays, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Shobi, 7 Feb 2023 245/250
Birthdays, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Swathik, 15 Feb 2023 246/250
Spirit, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Usha S, 16 Feb 2023 247/250
Healing, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Eric, 21 Feb 2023 248/250
Spirit, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
About the ups and downs of communities and the gleanings we can have from our elders.
Yogesh, 21 Feb 2023 249/250
Birthdays, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Like it says: "we just bonded well straight from the start", you gentle giant you!
Simon, 23 Feb 2023 250/250
Healing, Walking to Freedom and Joy.
Dead set against all forms of war, this one ends with: "Come my much loved species, time to turn the page!"
