Category: Event entry

Vanity There was a girl called Amity Her mind was filled with vanity Her face overloaded with makeup  With a fitting dress could not get up Tumbled down with felinity. – Pradnya Surve

Ugly duckling She was an ugly duckling  The black sheep of the family  Yes, dark skinned Among the fair clan. Shock and shame  Laughing stock for them Her birth was a gloomy day No celebration on her birthday  Ostracised by one and all. But sincerity and diligence  Became her close companions The dark one outshone …

Tenacity Father was protective of me His dear daughter  He stood steadfast  Through many battles I always admired The tenacity of his conviction  To never surrender  His brilliance radiated  Like the morning sun He taught me to hold on His values gave me courage  A voice within me Telling me to try again Failure was…

Song of the sailor The sea so calm and still  Strange it so seems  I long to go to the sea A large vessel On the deck I can see Grey mist on the sea I hear the wind sing The sails shake to its tune  Alas! My last voyage is done I sit hear…

Odds and ends The story of life A collage of Odds and ends The fool picks up Odds and ends Adds a dash of color Throws in some excitement Shuffles them to Present a story The youth thinks Life is a smooth silk fabric Lustrous and sheen With designs embellished But it turns out To…

Narcissism Behind a mask You brood A false smile You struggle to recollect The bunch of lies you told Convincingly each word conveyed Though far from The border of reality Make up stories As you rearrange details Finer points added As you fib again They believe what you say A life of fantasy to stay…

Marriages are made in heaven A beautiful girl she is Education boundaries reached  Marriage arena she enters A suitable alliance soon found  Happiness in the clan Zodiac nod given Marriages are made in heaven  Celebrations galore A wedding to long remember  But stars have different choices  Wavelength never matches Soon their path separated  Family court…

Kaleidoscope  Life is like a kaleidoscope Different colors Different patterns All alter with change Change in perception Bits and pieces reassembled Creating a new possibility Days change like a kaleidoscope New harmonies New contrasts New combinations Our past Is a kale scope of experiences It can viewed through different lenses To change our life pattern…

Just a minute The clock ticks Warns me I have a minute Sixty seconds It stares at me It has plenty of room For something new The next sixty seconds Could change everything I have to dare Everything is spinning I have to be part of it Every minute is eternity The clock ticks Tells…

If wishes were horses Beggars would ride They would be reindeer Endure cold without fear Ferry the old man To fulfill wishes If wishes were horses I would again Relive the days squandered away Shed Lazy dreams  Demolish castles built  in the air Overcome misery that lay In wishful thinking Fulfill dreams by determination If…

Old grandpa bought a new large clock It was his treasure and his pride A gift for his beautiful bride Since it has kept perfect time Kept the house alive With its chime Seen joys and sorrows Loss and gain Days filled with sunshine Drenched with rain It has its own share Of memories and…

He was a lone rebel A fugitive from reality His escape was not one Like running away You find in tabloid stories People did not try to stop him Because they did not understand What he was running away from It was not the family Who were villains in his life? What people did not…

As I view the vibrant array Of a landscape Ebullient with colorful displays It feels like a paint box With different hues of springtime glory Seen through my eye window Telling me a story Of streets in the city With embellishments all over My mind is filled with contentment Energetic with enjoyment That leads to…