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Happy world poetry day folks!

A poem to mark this day... to celebrate the diversity i.e. humanity...

I

I am a small part of the divine whole, 

the part of the puzzle merging with other pieces to fulfill the divine role.

I am a man/woman 

playing his/her part, for gender can define me, not confine my soul which is second to none.

I am black/dusky/brown/wheatish/fair 

but my skin tone does not define my attractiveness, which is always there.

I belong to different religions and yet to none,

for, their purpose is to unite me with the one.

I live at different places, which mould me 

and make me tolerant of each other and practise the greater religion - humanity.

I am a child / adult fulfilling my role 

to attain the divine whole.

 I am a toddler/parent/grand-parent

fulfilling my duty patent.

I am a professional/non-professional,

not categorized but broadened by it all.

I love because loving is my second nature,

not bounded by gender.

I am of different shapes and sizes 

but my spirit is not, it customizes

I am my intellect, my emotions - my brain, my heart

I am me,
 not your perception, so, let me be.

FAIR AND UGLY

Happy women's day to all the lovely ladies! Something to ponder over...

FAIR AND UGLY

Ohh! I see her tummy bulge

Fatty! eat less and more in exercise indulge

Get two tones lighter, try fair and lovely

With such dark complexion, no boy will marry you ugly!

Plunging neckline and rising hemline, her skimpy attire invites Satan's desire

Poised and graceful, in a saree, Bhartiya naree, how eloquent is her attire

Don't spread your legs, sit like a lady

Make less noise, don't raise your voice, be agreeable Sadie

So much makeup, she looks so artificial

Too poor features, requires she grooming superficial

Bossy, sassy, glossy, saucy

With what more words will you label her, fussy?

She doesn't walk like beauty in the night

She is a woman of substance acknowledge her might

Her clothes, her walk, her chores, her talk

Her frame, her limbs, her name, her whims

Are hers to don; 

Not your to own

She's divine sequel -

 comprising man and his equal

The way she is, let her be  

A little classy, sassy and yeah, a whole lot bad-assy!

जीवन - पीड़ा या क्रीड़ा

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जीवन - पीड़ा या क्रीड़ा 

क्षण दर क्षण यही सवाल - जीवन पीड़ा या क्रीड़ा ?

मन का नहीं हुआ - पीड़ा, ऊपर वाले के अनुसार हुआ - क्रीड़ा 

मसला वही था नज़रिया भिन्न भिन्न 

पीड़ा भी वही क्रीड़ा भी वही 

अंतर केवल सोच का ही 

विकल्प एक प्रश्न दो 

या तो हार जाओ फिर मात खाओ 

अथवा जीत लो फिर शह हो 

पीड़ा में ही क्रीड़ा ढ़ूंढ़ लो 

या क्रीड़ा को पीड़ा बना दो 

तमस के उस छोर को छू लो

 जिस छोर से उजियारा होता है 

तो जीवन पीड़ा में भी क्रीड़ा है 

प्रश्न केवल अभ्यास का है 

निरंतर चलते जाओ 

पीड़ा हो तो क्रीड़ा करो 

अंतर केवल प्रयास का है 

फिर जीवन के पथ पर क्रीड़ा ही क्रीड़ा है!

The COLOUR on your nail

Howdy guys!! This one's for all my girls - an ode to nail fetishes... Read, enjoy and don't forget to colour your thoughts... I mean comment... 

THE COLOUR ON YOUR NAIL

Be it Red! Pink! Magenta! Lilac!

Or Blue! Green! Yellow! Black!

A thousand shades to flaunt around

A thousand moods to don abound

The colour of your dress, the colour on your nail

Or contrast it or put any when all alignments fail

Doesn't even have to be a single colour

The more nails you have - the more flavour

Go all artsy! Don a nail art fancy!

Grow them! Trim them! Shape them! and see!

Or just let them be! Let them take colour of God's design!

And let them showcase your current state and give a sign

For their different textures are said to portray your current health stature

A lot of biology! Just through your nails! Rapture!

An expression of your being, your current state of mind!

Or none at all -  just the colour you fancy or easily find

Guys' lives be boring just one colour, just the same;

So flaunt your nails when you can, And up your game!!

FRIENDship

Friends, HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY!!! A friend'ship' day special poem for you all right from the bottom of the ship of my heart! Wrote this one back in school days - the first poem to fetch me a prize in poetry writing... Cheers to FRIENDship!!!

 FRIEND'SHIP'  

On the high, rising and falling tides,

Many ships sink and some may rise;

But in the real tide of life, the ships of friendship rise and rise.

They guide, they teach; they console, they preach;

Never selfish in dealings, ever selfless in feelings;

This is how they sail from one shore to the other.

In doubt, friendship builds a firm foundation;

In trouble, it builds a firm decision;

In distress, it gives a consolation;

 In fear, the confidence for confrontation.

In sorrow, a shoulder to rest on;

In betrayal, a comrade to rely on.

Never betrays - never cheats;

 ever-forgiving - ever-lasting;

This is how it flows from second shore to another.

Never dies, never cries; never weeps, never creeps;

By leaps and bounds, it faces the stormy waves,

In midst of rumbling, it does waver and quaver;

 But again the beat is clear, and the song is over.

This is how it reaches its destination.

THE SOCIAL-MEDIAholic

A page from the diary of a social-mediaHolic... Read, enjoy and don't forget to post comments and please, please, please like (says the social-mediaHolic in me)... ;)

THE SOCIAL-MEDIAholic

The link to the recitation of the poem at Your Quote's open mic event is -
'The Social Media-Holic' Shruti Khare | English Poetry | YQ - Bhopal (Open Mic 8)

I don't dress up often, don't party as such;

But when I do it has to be posted online as much!!

My friends how many you say - you can count on fingers...

A 1048 on FB if you go by numbers!!

I was at the mall yesterday... Geez! Haven't you checked my status update?

Well, it got 369 likes just to tell you so you be up to date!!

What food I like? Gawd! Didn't you check my profile?

I am pure vegan - no eggs, no bacon; hell no!! thats not my style!!

O my! O my! I just sneezed; someone's thinking of me -

#sneeze #unwell #missingme #blah blah #more blah blah - 

ohh yes that deserves an insta-grammy!!

Its been a while I must post this 51st selfie online!

& the remaining 50 deserve a boomerang from instagram by design..

O! its been an hour and just 37 likes!!

Is my dp no good :( Have dudes gone on strike ;) ?

Ohh if I don't post this I won't be a zillionaire -I must follow custom 

or I be cursed a life of  pauperism or hell - Martyrdom!!

                         ...and thus ensues the life of a social-media-holic... 

WHEN BEAUTY MEETS BRAINS

Aloha!! A comeback blogetry after a period of inactivity.. An ode to the brains and beauty all possess, yet the eyes of the beholder profess... (wish I had half the beauty or the brains though again it's in the eyes of the beholder... ) An attempt to ignite the buried "John Keats" in you through me and vice versa...

When BEAUTY meets BRAINS

Behold! an angel steps inside

What charm, what grace does she epitomize

Elegance, grace - few gallon words to decide

How many guys does she victimize!

Just as fair, she tosses her words,

Parallel to petals blossoming from buds

The beauty then there meets the brain

The thoughts conveyed drive the world insane.

What a lethal combination

Ravishing beauty with an astounding intellect, what a creation!

Awe-struck is what is the definition -

For the witnesses of such a magical revelation...

VALENTINE

Happy Valentine folks! Hope this day is as magical for you as it is horrific for me!! Jokes apart, this is a dark (read funny) satire I wrote commemorating this special day.. Read, comment and enjoy.. ;)

VALENTINE

Half the world is busy making love bridges

& I find myself desperate digging ditches

If love was what made the world go round

Why was I cursed, collecting tears, darkness in me well-bound?

The lovers' day, magic filled valentine Feb 14

No more to me than 364 other days passed holy clean

Mopping the floor with my torn tear-soaked hanky

While the other girls shopped, fitted gowns to their partners' fancy!!

My day will come! My day will come!!

My heart laments, as it senses troubles some;

Magical will the day be when it witnesses one-

Valentine, with more fervour than RAKSHABANDHAN!!

ON ANGEL's WINGS

Again, I found this digging in the archives... something I scribbled 'flying on angel's wings' long back...

ON Angel's WINGS

I wish I were a bird which could fly

& touch the horizon ever so high

But, alas, I dreamt the impossible dream

it was too far-fetched, it did seem

But sometimes dreams take their toll 

your wishes on the perils roll;

And you feel you could never be defeated 

Though it is an illusion and deceit.

But for all those lovely moments

which could never wipe out their scents

Time streches forever and it eternal is

as if it is a complete bliss.

O! such an imprint it leaves on the mind 

To relish over when you are behind

& the same remnants risen you up each day

& begin your life afresh in every way!!!

PUZZLE LEFT INCOMPLETE

Merry christmas guys!! The one I wrote in 'true' state of adolescence eons ago...

PUZZLE LEFT INCOMPLETE...

..

Who am I? I wish I knew

As of now, have no clue.

Sometimes I sway like tender breeze

Sometimes a raging river

& other times keep figuring out whether

- I belong hither or thither.

Sometimes I am quiet, as dumb as a rock.

Other times leave few words unsaid.

Sometimes patience manifests its highest form

while other times temper creates a storm!

Sometimes I feel on top of the world

Sometimes feel crest-fallen

Sometimes a cheerful disposition

Sometimes face gloomy and swollen.

Though at all times I try to maintain myself a good human,

Sometimes defeat the purpose, sometimes win, though never waver.

Like a puzzle left uncompleted, pieces of my traits need to be fitted...... 

ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING

Howdy guys! Birthdays are always special and more so the poems you write on that special day... Sharing with you the birthday special poem at 'the speed of light'... Read and enjoy...

Recitation on YouTube - All I want is Everything!

ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING

Don't wanna leave no stone unturned 

Witness the last ray of sunlight

Watch that blush in your cheeks long before gone

I wanna travel at the speed of light!!!

Wanna run as far as my feet take me

Wanna sing and dance till my hair're grey or am gone

Wanna write till my hands hurt

Yet give words to zillion thoughts, ahh! as they reap anew dawn

Wanna live and love till hell breaks loose

Or better still till heavens prove their might

Wanna play every sport that was invented

Wanna drown in the rising tide!!!

All I want is a life lived

And a death that's not regretted

And then a trip to heaven or hell

Or whatever that follows after it!!!