riding in spring
...riding spring's quiet road, two bulbuls overhead, raced with me....
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Categories:
bulbuls, spring,
Form: Monoku
sprightly songbird
...“The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.”
— quote by Carly Simon
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I see pair of red-whiskered bulbuls
with wrong-end rouge, spikes, elo...
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Categories:
bulbuls, bird,
Form: Free verse
Afghan girls, cats and squirrels
...Meryl Streep laments that a squirrel
More rights flaunts, cats more freedom unfurl,
Bulbuls sing with broad choice,
But where’s Afghan girl’s voice?
If women in Kabul
Quelled are under male rule...
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Categories:
bulbuls, freedom, women, world,
Form: Limerick
Smooth Vespertine
...so smooth vespertine
very sweet bulbuls singing
breeze accompanies
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Categories:
bulbuls, nice,
Form: Haiku
The Hungry Stones V
...In time when night turned to dawn, I could see,
It all appeared like sheer fantasy.
Light-hearted, I put on my office hat,
And hurriedly in my horse carriage sat
To drive away myself to sink ...
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Categories:
bulbuls, allusion, bangla, fantasy, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Spring Sonata
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A melodious symphonic journey by the rose-bush….
No more waiting…air is crisp and delightful again,
Mystical breeze waltzing, whistling romantic stories,
Pristine clouds floating like sailboats ...
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Categories:
bulbuls, music, spring,
Form: Free verse
What Did the Bunyan Tree Tell
... As I was about to enter the frontier of a forest
I was greeted by a Bunyan tree at the very entrance
It started talking to me in a language audible
That could be wisely deciphered as...
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Categories:
bulbuls, environment, friendship, tree, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Never Forgotten
...reminiscences of a garden tranquil
blissful harmony lingers in my heart
magnificent charms I ever imagined
elegance of go...
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Categories:
bulbuls, garden, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Wildlife Day
...Be it a tiny butterfly flutters near wild flowers
Or big fat flying foxes hanging off the lofty trees
Be it a family of bulbuls relishing showers
Or a mischievous monkey devours fruits, smiling wi...
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Categories:
bulbuls, animal, bird, butterfly,
Form: Sonnet
Chimes At Crimson Twilight
...melodic symphony of chimes …
at crimson twilight…from a temple on a serene seaside
ignited a blissful awe in the mind of a child,
af...
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Categories:
bulbuls, beach, memory, muse,
Form: Free verse
Nature's Lesson
...Against the sullen clouds gleams the stardust
Enduring the fierce wind sways a lean tree robust
Ambushing underneath, a tiny seed lurks
Piercing the tough earth, she silently smirks
In the mid of...
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Categories:
bulbuls, meaningful, nature, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Bright Star,
...My soul is chiming
break free destiny,
Breathe golden dust,
I fell among stars
Covered in moondust,
Golden Moon here,
Mother Earth, there,
Blue Moon nights sing rhymes
One thousand suns-
E...
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Categories:
bulbuls, beautiful, beauty, farewell, friendship,
Form: Free verse
In the Midst of My Garden
...In the midst of my garden, I stand there,
watching the spirited squirrels,
busy in savouring pomegranate flowers
In the midst of my garden, I stand there,
seeing the peppy parrots,
tasting the...
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Categories:
bulbuls, nature,
Form: Free verse
The Complaint Part 6
...Despoiled of raiment green, each branch in nakedness now stands forlorn;
Unmoved by passing seasons’ change, the songster sits and sings alone:
Would there were in this garden some could feel the b...
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Categories:
bulbuls, allah, faith,
Form: Heroic Couplet
May I Come In
...A little flight takes off nearby
Oops! It does not drift into the sky;
A tailor bird delves into the nest,
feeds the chicks, the food best
So whenever I step into my garden
I ask them "May I com...
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Categories:
bulbuls, animal, nature,
Form: Free verse
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