Daily Archives: October 23, 2013

Contests – Haiku

Contests and competitions

bring in a lively manifestation

of prize money

The Publishing Activity

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Publishing becomes serious

Writing is always tedious

With a blog there is a reach

little over that it becomes a breach

getting verses in print

looks like a great stint

yet poets want to go across

irrespective of the toss

which might bring a repute

though there is a dispute

that fiction receives a welcome

poems bring no income

poetry still remains for a few

lighting up those who love it true

the publishing takes different forms

that of self and recognised norms

while the queue to get published is long

opting for self publishing becomes strong

with the money to invest possible

nothing goes on in this world as impossible.

Pockets All through

Pockets of potholes seen on the road

Pockets of dirt found in the corners.

Pockets of land looking not flat.

Pockets that are visible

Pockets that lay camouflaged

Pockets big stitched in dresses .

Pockets small adorning the kids wear

So being pockets all in the fray

there arises a bump on the way

an accumulation in the sway

finally a resource in the bay.

Coronavirus February 2, 2020
It is only a morselnothing much,I has its significancehowever small it be. So goes the talkthe one accusingthe other discardingall done in earnest. The bit in questionbeing a virusbeginning with coughending in death. It is simple as it looksturns deadly in the endaffecting the lungscausing pneumonia. The virus from animalsespecially from reptilessnakes in pa […]
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Seeing Through The Lens February 1, 2020
I find a picturethat of big and smallsome very minuteand negligible appearbig and remarkablebeing made to understandthat prejudice playsa significant role,the one who wins favourstands at an enviable statetop of the world,where his defects go unnoticedhowever colossal they might bewhile one who has no cloutis placed in a situationdevastating, his slips turn […]
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On Your Mark Get Set Go January 28, 2020
The days pass in a hurrywhy do they?Could they not take timeto breathe, to enjoy?Ever on the run, theyflow into months,thereon to years. It is as thoughthe day beforeI got admitted in school.Now my grandsonis going to complete schoolingI wink in a blink. Silence!A great deal has flown. I feel that my eldestwas born yesterday.Oh! […]
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A Disaster January 27, 2020
My cell phone takes my life out,I hear the callerbut my voice doesnot go beyond, At one timewanted to throw it, I say hello,the one on the other endcannot hear me,I shout with all my might.the voice does not travel. The mobile ringswithout break. I answerwithout fail. None couldhear me. Looks as thoughI have become […]
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How Does The Garden Grow? January 26, 2020
with thorns and thistlesgrass and shrubs,creepers and cratesrise high and flow deeplie reckless in clustersencircling and entwining, my lovely roses look pale,jasmine stay mangled,lilies and poppies shy away,lemon and mango appear withered,coconut stands erect though,neem and mango are bare. Aiyo! I cry with painGaze at the incorrigiblebefore me. Stricken wi […]
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Nature Remains January 25, 2020
As I open the main door in the morningI am greeted by chill air which makes freeze.I walk down the path to gather the newspaperswhich lie on the grass. I return with a shiver down the adrenalinesit in my patio to go through the news.But really could not continueas the wind is too cold. My […]
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One of A Biting January 23, 2020
A game of choicethe insinuationand indignationkeep the pot boiling. A momentous decisionturns a disaster,The entiretown puts out a wagging tonguewhich keeps baiting. The target is the onewho took the decision,had to back out for untoldreasons. The man wallows in grief,could not bear the spiteand contempt, wishesto run away. He is hurt. Remains dumbfor a time […]
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The Words Strike January 22, 2020
One of a random remarkunwittingly utteredcreates a trade war.promoting a ban. He, the leader, keeps on intruding,as if he is a saviourof Islam, into anothernation’s policies He represents a small countrywhose economy dependson Palm oil exportswhich brings huge revenue The antagonized nation,one of the biggest consumerof the edible oil, outragedstops its purc […]
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The Turn January 21, 2020
The chugging sound of trainused to delight mewhen I was a girl. The flying of airplaneover the sky brought joy,while I was a teenager The vehicular trafficand the engine noisepleased me all through. A twist to the taleas of now, I do notfeel excited, rather the puffing trainirritates, so do theecho of planes and cars, […]
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An Interlude January 20, 2020
A day of inactivitylying still for a timesitting simply for a whileeating as little as possible’,drinking glasses of juiceone of a drab in the entire. I resume my choresbut could not proceed.Going back to readingmy eyes do not engage.On to the dining tableI am unable to consume. That being the statusI relax on my ease […]
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