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Wilderness

The stern sun frowns and mocks
At the hide and seek of creatures sly
In the dunes of the wide  sandy stretch ;
One chases the other with survival shocks ,
While the wheeling winged vultures fly,
Viewing the supine, torn and scattered wretch
Being bitten or pecked in wild hunger,
With grunts and screeches to feel stronger .


The arid air greets the cacti hostile,
And the invisible , bleary blanket of heat
Envelopes, scorching and parching all through
The land of dying hope and dead smile ;
No shelter nor a hide anyhow to retreat ;
In light or in the dark , every meek move  
Finds anxious uncertainty haunt with disdain,
Leaving no choice : breathe or abstain .


An awful aroma and fragrance dense
Fills the woodland and the thicket thickset ;
Whispering leaves and the avian melody 
Back up the anxious roars,  and chatters intense ;
Any venture ends up in sigh and fret ;
Living is reduced to a receding parody ;
Might is right, and success a chance ,
And futile, pangs flow in resonance .


Round the lake is the overgrown greenery --
A meadow of reeds and creeper- brace
Looking over the peeping lilies that smile ;
The large remnant mirrors the cosmic scenery
To make up for the missing trace --
A little domain to live in , the while ;
The spell of croaks and chirps in tune
Enlivens it's own ethos with the croon.


The cruel and crafty hunters of prey,
Wait to pounce on creatures indolent ;
Often the seeker is sought unawares as victim ;
And the run goes on night and day,
With a blend of action and reaction silent ;
No order nor method prim : just so grim !
The realm with space and possession is null ,
The impulsive spirit of life goes dull..!

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The Lost Hope

Flying  from  out  of  the  eerie  world  of  spirits            
The  Sphinx  has  come  to  crouch  and   pose  :  
'To  close  Pandora's  Box  solve  the  puzzle  of  Greed  !'
Trust  not  Luck , nor  Fate  but  work  with  wits ;
The  fire  of  greed  and  desire  plays    havoc ,
Crippling  the  ability  to  seek  content  even  in  bits
And  wipe   out   the  artefact  of  divine   replica ;
"Abracadabra " ,here  is  the  only  panacea  that  befits ;
Will  Oedipus  or  Jason  rescue  the  race , comatose
' Solve  the   puzzle  of   Greed  to  close  Pandora's  Box ! '
And  find  the   new   glow  of   hope   that   emits .

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Equilibrium

It rained and poured heavily as never before
Washing away hills,downs and the plain;
Sure it was a commited lofty drain
To revive the struggling, straggling live galore;
Lightings thunder like pretentious promoters
Heckled over the ravage and disorder
Off and beyond all stay and border;
Nothing but just Water : muddy ripples and floaters
Strange it is the serene freshness and poise
Follows all such mockery excess and ablution
The essence of being is contained within evolution
While all human play and way fills noise
And only sound and fury to conclude
In hallow vain , absurd and futile a feud.

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The Rooster and the Peacock

On  a  lower  branch  of  a  crooked  mango  tree ,
Flapping  wings  and  shining  tail ,  in  charge
Perched  the  happy  rooster  steady  and  free,
Intending  to  view  his  surroundings  at  large ,
And   announced sharp :  cock- a- doodle - doo :
'  Know  that  after  all  the world  is  mine  too '.

From  the  cloudy  grey  sky ,  like  an  alien
Descended   a peacock  in  all  blue  and  green ,
Jiggling  crest and dangling super-tail in wont mien
And  in  proud  stance  began  afresh  to  preen ,
Intimidating  the  little  aborigine with a  scream
Aloud  to  defy  all  and  claim  to  be  supreme


Minutes lapsed before the ice was broken
As the intruder in a half- friendly way said ,
Poising  : '' Of  what  entity  are  you  a token..
'' Your   feathers  are  but greenish   black  and  red ;
'' Yet  is  there  pride in quarrels  and crowing  vanity ,
'' To end up  as  a  delicacy  for the  humanity '' . 

The  other  lost his  temper and did thus  retort :
' Perhaps  you  know   not  how  they  relish
' Even their  drinks , naming  my  tail  smart ;
'And  more , their  menu  we  do, forever  replenish ;
'For sporting too ,each  kills  the  other with  spur ,
' Truly  a  cringing  thing  to  shame  and  abhor ' . 

Amused , the  artiste  with  the  left  foot
Straightened the talons and popped down in style
And as  the  clouds  became  heavy  and  acute ,
With feathers  blue, green and brown, the while ,
Shining in full bloom and span, danced: a spell !
Rhythm, quiver and numerous  eyes - a marvel   !


Thus  went  the  rival  feats  of  the  fowls  twain
While  from  behind  the  thick  foliage  unseen ,
A cuckoo began its sweet song in pitched strain
To match  the mood  and  melody - abstract and keen ;
Somewhere in  the  distance  the  grey clouds began
To jump  down  in  drizzles  and  droplets  to  scan .

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The Domain of Psyche

Within the ambit of the psyche  untamed
Is the wonder cavern with hanging thoughts
And projections prompting peevish plots-
Thick and prickly notions oddly framed
Fall about, on the least spur of moment
Which ruffles the indignant frozen ill-will-
Once a  serene pond of feelings still -  
To avenge, seeking pleasure from torment. 


Classic structures replaced   deserts and the  dale
Waters and mounds  changed their form and course                                                
Feats were  performed with earthly resource ;
Mimetic modes enabled   all flights and sail, 
Dive in the deep ,or reach across the shores ,                                                         With ease, earlier than the reliable sun                                                             Or  ply endways  with minutes lost none 
All ventured true with disciplined lores ..!                               
    
                                                                                                                                                                                      
Jack of all trades Ignores  the essence  :                                               Concur  living with the rhythm of Nature ,
Cosmic chord in accord with the geo- culture ;
The achiever  soul   mentors the mind immense.

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Pearls of Joy

The pure pleasure or  the serene pain 
That oozes helplessly out of the deeds honest
Leaves no burden , nor squeezing strain ;
The cordial words  of solace are blest
And are duly  prompted by the just mind

The pure joy of a dancing flower ,
The warm touch of the moderate sun
The sprinkling drizzles from the clouds  that hover ,
Have no match for  the joy beyond fun ;
Enough and more, often choke the breath

An ignorant lie or manoeuvred gesture ,
A manifest design or clever artefact ,
Perhaps could never settle like the pearly moisture
On the lean grass or along a leafy tract
And instill keen delight in the wilderness .

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The Winter

Smiles and blooms have crawled away in haste;
Cool sweetness and incense of the prime
Have receded into the pothole of time
With the irritant summer and the rainy waste ;
Winter is an epitome of the silent knell --
Pale , pensive, plaintive, heavy and cold ;
Colours are all lost in the grey fold,
With the bright charm of the bygone spell ,
As she sits robed in ashen attire again ,
Streching herself with limbs wide across
The deceased crags and the patchy moss ,
Lining randomly along the sickly plain 
Weary, withering, wany life and all. ..
Are thus sadly shrouded in the last fall..!

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Ice-Cream

At the end of the victorious war, Willy-nilly   
Against  the  epidemic, a contest was  held  to  crown                
The container delicacy  , most chosen and emptied fully ;     
Imagine  the  viers  lot  from  all  quarters  flown  :                                 
Mexican, Thai, Chinese, Indian, Local  and   all  ;                         
Plain, spiced, soft, crisp,  jelly  and   stuffy ,                                               
Set and arranged  in  a  musical   buffet  hall  ,                                  
All  moods  to  turn  pleasant  from  being   huffy --       
Of  clairvoyants, connoisseurs  and  persons  elite  ;      
The task  was  just  to  eat  and  perform  a  feat ;                                
The  starter's  ' go ' was  given  and  the  show  began ,                               
Old  and young, lean and hefty , woman  and  man ,                        
Had  but  only  one  container  to   Scoup-stream :                              
The  motley  flavoured  and  soul-satiable ,  Ice-Cream...!

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The Imbalancing Ruse

Fresh and serene droplets rest in galore
As the dawn smiles on them to adore 
The tiny prettiness in spectral mode
Downs from out of the heavenly abode ;
In dainty drips and drizzles   the elixir
Enlivens  and recharges the aqua-spur

Beyond the brim and out of norm
It sinks the floater and defaces the firm -
Mounds or  mansions,weed or tree
Huge or little - are all toppled free ;
Strange are the ways of the cosmic strain
Be it the  wind ,fire,tremor or rain


Atop the floating debris and decay,
The  self-centred biped strides astray
With a whimsy wand and febrile chill ,
Streching the  vicious arm for infinite fill
Of the precious trash ,never for any use;
Yet as ' trade ' -  the  imbalancing  ruse.

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The Frog And The Chameleon

From out of the lacustrine,dense tract, green 
Lining the silent mossy forlorn lake keen ,
Came out leaping and hopping,a fat frog ;
He landed and stopped on a reedy clog ,
As he saw the Chameleon on a stem frail ,
Gripping fast the rush with its prehensile tail ,
Croaking and flicking his tongue around,
To relish one and all the insects found ;
He made his own way on the rich moss,
And back and forth on the spread-over grass ; 
His acrobatics envied and enraged the rival 
Watching silently with rolling eyes since arrival .


The crestfallen had missed his chance  thrice
And retracted to sit still like frozen  ice -
Having lost  to the place his colour and stance ;
Thrill and anxiety did the  crux spell enchnce ;
A surly serpent suddenly sprang,as if to mock 
Hissing , out of the crevice beneath a rock ;
It was a measured move -a prize catch ;
The victim was more a meal than a match  ,
And went in neatly with a suppressed wail  ;
The avenged lizard quirked and muttered his hail :
Pride goes pouncing and swooping before a fall ,
Thus to end up with a whimper, defeat and all.