Hubris when meets her nemesis
...Yesterday’s ours only to muse
On, the morrow, to win or lose.
To those not knowing this,
Time gives a passing kiss--
O it pays well today to choose.
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Happenings |14.02.2...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, political, pride,
Form: Limerick
Retired VIP Guest Hospitality Specialist: Land Trustee-PS
...A pure Hawaiian of rare birth,
living a life somewhat carefree,
fed farm animals by this squirt,
sticks and stones were real toys indeed,
set trash ablaze, be on alert,
a barefoot countr...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, addiction, appreciation, blessing, dad,
Form: Free verse
Woman of Substance
...She knows when to say yes and when to say no
She gives you so much, you keep asking for more
She manages her own home, kids and money
Straight talk, her words are not dripped with honey
She knows...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, women,
Form: Couplet
Girls Are Amazing
...I am a girl whom everyone think low,
But oh no, oh no I am not low.
I too can do everything like boys,
From reading and writing to making noise.
I can become a great dancer and do ooh la la,
I c...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, girl, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Praise For Women
...I
Long we lift our praises for the women
Who have shaped the world we live in,
Marching in solidarity to gain their rights
Always keeping freedom in their sights,
Amazingly, they ar...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, mother, pride, tribute, women,
Form: Ode
Aloha India
...ALOHA to my friends in INDIA, I hope this message is received with the understanding that recent interactions have vastly expounded because many have participated with my sponsored contest and as...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, beautiful, people, perspective,
Form: Narrative
My Hero
...He was not more than twelve and I was just ten,
When in 1984, ‘they’ assassinated the PM in her den.
It was at her residence that the clay was kept.
Thousands of people reached to pay her last r...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, brother, hero,
Form: Free verse
Addressing Inequity
...History books are filled with men’s escapades
Are women’s accomplishments seen as charades?
Joan of Arc had visions of saints leading her
to save France from Britain’s tyrannical cur.
Rosa Parks re...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, history, people, women, women,
Form: Rhyme
The Decade of 80's
...The decade
that saw
end of cold war
fall of Berlin Wall.
In Asia
Tianamen Square
student bloodbath,
democracy restored
in Philippines with 'People Power Revolution'..
first big sho...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, history, passion
Form: Verse
Patradoot Or the Messenger 27 /Many
...Patradoot or The Messenger27 /Many
English version by Ravindra K Kapoor
Originally written in Hindi by my
Late father Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor
The cruel soldiers surrounded her from all s...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, epichindi, father, body, father,
Form: Free verse
Patradoot Or the Messenger 26/Many
...Patradoot or The Messenger26 /Many
English version by Ravindra K Kapoor
Originally written in Hindi by my
Late father Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor
These Indian women, who were called salves o...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, epicfather, women, wife, courage,
Form: Free verse
Legendary Lady Leaders I Salute You
...I am like
Cleopatra
embraced by serpents many
fear
always trying something new
and dramatic with my
hair
I am like
Eva Patrón
growing up with a painful family
getting lost in movies
thinki...
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Categories:
indira gandhi, adventure, childhood, fantasy, children,
Form: Free verse