December 6, 2012 – Meenas Poems

It is a fastidious vacuum.

It keeps one out of form.

It makes one dull in norm.

It creates a violent storm.

Inflicting a terrible harm.

Causing a desolate charm.

Ramblings

Untitled June 3, 2020

I gaze at the sky the sun is at its peak I espy a glare enough that blind the eyes. The broad blue spectrum,now a sheet of silvery white, seems to accompany me in my travel to the land of monotony. Nothing really happens in noonI think i the world over. One of laid back, people slacken, birds retreat,sun burning constant. With that […]

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A Child Once More June 2, 2020

it is an ordinary day,one with the choresfully engaging. Engagements the personalones, bathing, eatingexercising. along with cooking,washing, cleaningaltogether so pressing, feel a bit angryas why I have to do thisday in and day out. I laugh at myself,turningfoolish, introspectinguneven terms. These schedules haveto be done regularlyfor the sake of living. I […]

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Living With Mediocre June 1, 2020

Predictions and forecastscome from anyonemostly ignorant. Prescriptions pourfrom all directionswithin and without. it is always the onewho knows the leastcomes out aloud. Not bothered at allof the outcomes they talkwhatever comes to mind, write what they wishnot paying attentionto spelling or tense. The way they go aboutcreates an impactlowly and vain. These […]

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Irrationally Passionate –Book Review May 31, 2020

I feel the title could have been ” Exceptionally Passionate.” Jason, as he says, disciplined himself. He did 1000 pull ups a day gave him the mindset to concentrate. The Muay Quay training taught him not to express pain. He quits smoking. drinking, behaving atrocious by following the sacred books and exercising. He is born […]

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If At All May 30, 2020

If at allI be a politicianwith no brains, If at allI be a bureaucratwith no sensitivity, if at allI be a businesswith no ethics, If at allI be a professionalwith no values, If at allI had beenall of these I would have squandered,would have risen to the top.would have made lot of money ,would have […]

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Sister Rose May 29, 2020

It is beauty I behold,Rose,not a flower.as all would think,a nun of St Lyonsmy school founder. Tall and erect,rose in complexion,she greets me at the schoolgate with a hug. Her radiantsmile is infectious. She throws me in the airI shout in fear, holds me firmlyas I come down, repeatsseveral times, until she lets me goincident, […]

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Rains All Of A Sudden May 28, 2020

A crashing sound,the electrical transformer.bursts with a noise. As usual, power goes offI sit in the darklistening to thunder. Another loud noise,a branch of the Mango treefalls down with a thud. Before I could realizea big arm of the Neem treebreaks. My Volkswagen bears the brunt,The broken branch inchesa way off the bonnet. It feels […]

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Stay Safe May 27, 2020

At home all these forty dayslockdowns 1, 2, now 3 on the move, thought I could relax when they began . it turned otherwise. Cooking, cleaning, gardening, washing, and what not and what else turned me into a busy bee, It is the legs that plead for mercy. Squatting, bending, running to the gate, rushing to the kitchen, give the knees an ache, sharp and […] […]

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Fragments Make The Full May 26, 2020

Living the firsttwenty yearswith parentsand siblingsan experiencein itself. A carefree lifeschooling, college goingno decision to makenothing of a kindof responsibility, mostlyone of adjustments. Away from twentya life on your ownwith a family ,husband and childrenright or wrongbasically yours. Three decades afterit is one and twoof wife and husband,older an […]

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Retain Yourself May 24, 2020

it is a big showthe wind blowsgains momentumdispels the heatso far generated,a light shower follows,a drizzle like , then retreats,the speedy wind, slows downwithin half an hourthe status is regained,the warmth takes upthe show comes to an end. Man is known for his ostentation,nature, of late, has adoptedhis tactics, Plays hide and see.Seems to extend […]

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