The smudged symbol of our togetherness
A blank sheet of paper Waiting for words Has the writer look up for inspiration The farmer sitting on the edge of his field Looks up and prays We look up in exasperation Or dismay Or to beseech Or put forth a point We look up and look into eyes To search To buy time...
Lines dedicated to the Delhi weather on 30 May 2014
Come, beat me to pulp.. I’ll still Stand and fight. I have the will! Arvind Passey 30 May 2014
Spontaneity
We’re all always spontaneous. But we aren’t always brilliantly spontaneous. Most of the time, therefore, powerful spontaneity comes in the form of a perfumed after-thought or brilliance that exists in our minds only. The world thus misses out on millions of such quotable spontaneous responses each minute… and spontaneity remains, at best, mediocre. In the...
Blending truth, senses, and poetry
An approximately 130 years old brand, calling itself the perfect scotch is what Black Dog is all about. Yes, someone did once describe this scotch as sunlight held together by water… though I’m sure Sir Walter Millard, a Scot, might not have agreed to the technicalities of the phrase but would surely have loved the...
My darling Delhi
My darling Delhi A few rhyming lines on Delhi… #MyDarlingDelhi is smart-n-tech Even with a muffler around its neck! *** #MyDarlingDelhi with its pot-holes And mid-road shamiana poles Still will smile In style Despite its poor on doles! *** The city gives sleepless nights To the corrupt and the blights! *** #MyDarlingDelhi loves early morns...
Sounds of Freedom
Sounds of Freedom These are rhymes that I tweeted with this hashtag: #SoundsOfFreedom 140 character tweets in rhymes on our relationship with music… [1] The ears can see and also read The tree of truth in a musical seed! [2] Music takes you on a trip Full of a joyous drip! [3] Dec-i-bel dis-ci-pline is...
Expressions of love
Expressions of love A few more rhyming lines that I scribbled today… [1] Our togetherness keeps evil out And about this there is no doubt! [2] I am you and you are me And ‘us’ is what others see. [3] You are the idea and words I blog I, therefore, write sans mist or fog....
Knowledge Is Great
This set of couplets and stanzas is a part of my twitter poetry for #KnowledgeIsGreat Every couplet/stanza fits in a 140 character tweet. [1] Answers are everywhere here I see them when I’m ready, dear! [2] I know that I know is what I know But I know more if I don’t show! [3]...
The MORONiverse
The busy-morons and the idle-morons Have a mad wisdom to what they do At dusk and during morns And at other times too. The moroniverse is vast And expanding quite fast. The babus in the offices Place file over file And then say The work will take a little while! The moroniverse is vast And...
Nobody leaves
Nobody leaves. The leaves that fall and float away Come back to run through the veins of another But if this doesn’t bring back your smile Remember that the distant stars you see Are not what they seem to be And every moment of their life runs through The endless universe endlessly So you...
The JobReady Poems
Note: These poems on JobReady are also TwitterReady… they’re all trim enough to be sent as tweets of 140 characters or less. These poems were written and sent as a part of a twitter contest by Wiley India and the hashtag was #JobReady. [one] Know the brand To stand Apart from those Who need...
One hashtag that came whirling at me
Note: #WhatIWant was the hashtag that was flung by @ebayindia on twitter today… and there were a few random thoughts that I linked with this hashtag. [one] I’d love to sing When someone dear Is noticing! And I want to buy And throw out of this world All that is a lie! [two] A...
