Saturday, June 5, 2010

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

            One of my  friends remarked that ever since we planned our summer  vacation, verses have elbowed out prose on my blog.  I could sense that he was green about his gills with my so-called poems and was hardly in a condition to take any more of the stuff.  So if this post comes as a welcome change then the credit goes to him and if not, well, the author’s to be blamed.
 
            Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, 
bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, 
brown paper packages tied up with strings, 
these are a few of my favorite things. 


This snippet from ‘The Sound of Music’ wafted through the air and that gave me the topic for my blogpost-‘A few of my favorite things’

o       Topping the list would be listening to good music, preferably  violin or flute in a dimly lit/dark room
o       Traveling with windows rolled down, feeling the wind on your face (never mind getting your hair messed up)
o       Watching the skies darken, awaiting the drizzle and catching the first rain drop in your face
o       Scared out of your wits by the flash of lightning but still awaiting the loud clap of thunder
o       When a big wave surprises you on the beach and soaks you to your skin
o       Walking bare-foot on the lawns feeling the grass tickling your feet
o       Starting your Sunday with a steaming cuppa and marathon session of newspaper reading without anxious glances at the clock
o       And, of course, the smell of wet earth soaking up the first rain drops

The list doesn’t quite end here.  But I can hear my friend’s stern warning to keep it short.  So, may be, whoever reads this can add to this list?  Now, wouldn’t that be lovely?

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

YOU











Cascading water drops wipe the pane clear
Flashes of light streak across the sky
Gusts of wind swirl through the leaves
Homecoming birds drive askew bewildered

Memories of a face reflected in the drops
Wind fury resuscitates the mind’s recesses
Ominous clap of thunder imitates your rage
Lashing spears of rain tear at the heart

Nature’s fury unbinds boundless forces
Threatening to smother, engulf, overwhelm
Sucking life out of living moments
Leaves in me a you-shaped vacuum. 

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

SUN AND SAND







Thick green veil
Covering the earth
Snaking through space
Reaching for the skies








The lone tree in the foreground
Gazing out at the blue expanse
Emerald waters competing hard
To better the colors of dense foliage








                Eerie silence envelops
                Not a soul in sight
                Solitude is divine!
                It is the route to Heaven













Afloat on the calm waters
Time stands still
Sky, sun, sand and waves
Remain silent spectators









Languorous stretch of deep blue water
Seemingly floating strips of land
Verdant branches reaching for the sea
Landscape unspoilt by civilization









Seemingly still water
Loudly lapping tides
Gently rolling hills
Rains hidden in clouds


















Should I come or should I not?
The Sun seems undecided
Peeping from behind the clouds
Laden with the golden showers












Sparkling sands
Dancing rays
Floating clouds
Divine place