But tell my friend, you must have moved a lot.
Oh sure, I’ve been in a constant journey:
To a beggar for a few biscuits bought,
With a child thrilled as if with a trophy,
On pilgrimage, or in some wishing wells,
In temples, helping with a layman’s faith,
A rupee coin many a tall wall scales,
In constant motion, often out of breath,
And still, my life was truly well its worth
As measured by how useful really is,
High birth nor ever large acres of girth…
The note’s eyes were nigh moistened hearing this.
As I woke, thoughts took me to my childhood--
What pennies and pies could give-- thrill so good!
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Sonnet | 29.07.2025 | money, journey
Note: Pennies and pies: a rupee then had 64 old paisa, and each of which fetched three pies, and they all ran a long distance for me, every single pie was valued, which today even a rupee fails to fetch. Today’s paisa (all the hundred of them) is accounted for only by accountants on paper. Two-thousand rupee note no more in currency.
Categories:
paisa, journey, money,
Form: Sonnet
U gujarna ab raaste pe badla badla sa lagta hai
Wo najariyan logo ka ab kuch kehta hua rahta hai
Pata nahi kuy ab rishtedar ijjat dene lage hai
Wo dost jo yaad tak nahi krte the aaj haal samachar aur sahuliat puchne lage hai
Wo karibi jo pata nahi kharab waqt me lupt ho gaye the aaj fir karib ho gaye hai
Wo samaaj jo haste the pata nahi ab haskar dusro ki baatein karne lag gaye hai!!
Karwa sach yah hai ki in sabke badlaav ke piche hai wah chij jise log kai nam se pukarte hai
Kabhi wah dhan, to kabhi paisa, to kabhi rupaye, kabhi sampati to kabhi daulat se jante hai
Naya rang aaya zindagi mein jab se maal-o-daulat mili
Har chera muskurata hai, har aankh lage hai mili-juli!!
Par socho zara, jo apno se juda ho gaye the kabhi
Woh kya sach mein apne hain ya sirf banaye hue sabhi
Samay ka chakkar aisa hai, kal jo tha woh kal nahi
Dhan ka mooh kala hai, pyar se badi koi pal nahi!!
Karwa sach to yah v hai janab, bhago aap is ke piche
Par dekhna kahi apne na chut jaye aur kuch atut riste na tut jaye
Rishton ki jamapunji ko hatho se sareaam kar do
Khudgarz duniya ke najar mein apno ko anjaan kar do!!
Categories:
paisa, addiction, birthday, change, family,
Form: Rhyme
Mazar ka jo mein gadinasheen hota
To paisa kamanay me bara zaheen hota
Garmiyon mein AC sardiyon me heater
Koi paon dabata koi pani pilata
Koi apni larki ka rishta lata
Mazar ka jo mein gadinasheen hota
To paisa kamanay me bara zaheen hota
Zameenay meri har sobay mein hotin
Thanay kehchari valay bhi sir jhukatay
Log mujhay Peer keh kar bulatay
Mazar ka jo mein gadinasheen hota
To paisa kamanay mein bara zaheen hota.
Categories:
paisa, allah, career, god, grave,
Form: Rhyme
If I earn two paisa
I'll buy bread with a single paisa
and by the other, I'll buy poems
because in my life
the poem is the best flower
the poem is the best fragrance
the poem is the best darling
the poem is the best friend
the poem is the best food of heart
- Thursday, July 11, 2019 Chattogram
Categories:
paisa, poems,
Form: Free verse
Musika, labis kang makapangyarihan
Pagkain ka ng bawat puso at kaluluwa
Napapaiyak at napapangiti mo ang mga makakarinig sa iyo
Ang bawat liriko mo ay makahulugan at madamdamin
Gitara ay matiyagang pinag-aaralan, makasabay ka lamang
Sa bawat pitik sa kuwerdas ng gitara, ligaya ay nadarama
Hindi alintana ang oras, pagod at gutom, matutunan ka lang
Paunti unti, paisa isang nota ay makakabisado ka rin
Maestro mo ay magaling at nakakahumaling
Kahit na sinong babae ay mapapaibig sa kanya
Freddie Aguilar at Haring Solomon ang kanyang kawangis
Paghanga sa kanya ay huwag ipagkamaling pag-ibig, pakiusap huwag na huwag
Musika ang alaala mo sa paglipas ng panahon
Luluha o ngingiti ka sa mga lumang tugtugin
Na kaakibat ang kasaysayan ng iyong lumipas
Kaya't halina tayo ay magkantahan sa ngalan ng tunay na pag-ibig
Categories:
paisa, 10th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Whenever and whatever
Enter into our mind
Apply always filter there
To stop garbage any kind
Control quality hug quality
Of thoughts enter there
Keep busy mind always
In valued stuff where ever
Powerful thoughts if in
And mindset always there
Get energy and thoughts positive
Which keep always care
Always keep eye on that
Like Arjun on bird's eye
No issue or situation in
Feed healthy pie pie
* Pie (Hindi) = 1.A pie (abbreviated as Ps) was a unit of currency in India until 1947. It was the smallest currency unit, equal to 1/3 of a paisa or 1/192 of a rupee.
Book Source : Keep Smiling
Publisher: PJH Publications
Composed by :(c) Hariom Sharma, CFA
Source Book : Keep Smiling
E-MAIL : cfahariom@gmail.com
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where lakh of poetry lover meet daily and scroll the page. Hare Ram.
Categories:
paisa, courage, dedication, deep, destiny,
Form: Rhyme
See my cool family, Pari or Emily.
Father is the head of the family
Mother is the tail of it. Like simile
They work for one another early
Keeping all things together surely.
All children and grandparents lively
Are the bogies of this train Charlie.
All guests are passengers in hurry
Who come and go without fury.
Such people are good and chilly
Whom you can find in wood easily.
Daughters, sons are joy sheer to see.
Mitesh, Kunal and Siddu speak eagerly,
Pallu, Paisa, Deepu and Apu are showy,
All my cousins with Mital and Vaikhari
Punam, Amit and Shau talk truth clearly.
But the Family is never ending journey
The elders are turning on its cool key.
I too am a member of such dear Family
And would invite to join it Sam or Lily;
See my cool family, Pari or Emily.
Categories:
paisa, family,
Form: Monorhyme
Suraj sa tapta ye roshan savera.....
Taron si bikhri ye kali rat h.....
Koi soye alishaN makano me.... .
Kisi ki chadar ye chandni rat h....
Kaise ye ajab duniya h....
Kaisa ajab insan h......
Khi Bahta h pani yo gande nalo me.....
Khi 2 ghunt ko tadpta ek mayus insan h....
Khi bikta h razhan bajaro me....
Khi 2 waqt ko mohtaj ek gareeb insan h....
Kaise ye ajab duniya h
Kaisa ajab insan h......
Khi lge nokri sifaris se......
Khi mile riswat hjaron me....
To khi berojgar ek nojwan h......
Koi anpad bne mantri jhan...
Ek shikshak khi preshan h......
Kaise ye ajab duniya h.....
Kaisa ajab insan h.....
Pathar bna jise puja h, Ourat bna thukraya h......
Ghr me najo se pli bitiya, sasural me use jlaya h.....
Paisa h sbse bda yhan, ek sikka sbki jaan h....
Kaise ye ajab duniya h........
Kaisa ajab insana h........
Bikta hr rista dukano pe, Lakhon iske kharidar h......
Sb riste yhan bikau h, bs insaniyat yhan bejar h....
Maine bhi khrida ek rista, jo anmol shi pe lachar h....
Koi bandish koi pabndi khe, yashu ne kha ye phar h....
Kaise he aJaB duniya h, kIsa ajab insan h.......
Categories:
paisa, pain, political,
Form: ABC
. AT THE BAKERS
A very old Parsi couple
Sans teeth sans taste
Sans almost any reason
To buy lots of pastries ,
Cakes , butter , biscuits
Except their grandson
Seeming boy half - hidden
Behind them ,
Who however lingered
When they loaded left
Clutching a ten paisa coin
And begging for a biscuit .
Categories:
paisa, analogy,
Form: Free verse
I was with my lovely mummy
traveling smiling face gummy
saw a child not happy bunny
asked for money, asked for money
The guard blew whistle I not sieve
felt he who lost all his life's ziv
twenty five paisa tried to give
I failed forgive I failed forgive
The station's name I forgot yet
his face in memory upset
I feel pain when that is reset
I still owe debt I still owe debt
Note: This is real fact of my childhood life when I was traveling with my mom by a train.
For the Monotetra Poetry Contest of Kim Merryman
Categories:
paisa, remember,
Form: Monorhyme