Showing posts with label shortpoem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shortpoem. Show all posts

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Clair de Lune

​To hear the silent,
lonely song of the moon tonight,
I strained my heart,
climbed up the winding stairs
of my creative will,
each step stained with sweat
of the masons who built them.
Wonder if they are alive,
do they climb stairs too,
to try and hear this song I crave.

Silence...
That's what we all get,
even the living masons,
the dead artistes,
after a futile chase.
For what we possess is 
a bit of noise, quite a lot,
which we clang up
living by some mortal algorithm.
Look up above, I plead,
in Clair de Lune
lie our immortal visions, life's rhythm!


Saturday, October 06, 2018

Dust Hound

Look at him, my dog, chase dust.
After all, dust defines us;
has moulded us into
monuments of wonder;
into beings who wander,
seeking taller high-rises,
looking down at the
smallest wonders of the world.
Ashes scatter... Our souls stay, 
fine, earthly, err... dusty!

Look at him, my dog, chase...
In awe, in joy, in angst even!
Masala Baby and I at Lodi Gardens, Delhi (Pic: Sreetama Bagchi)

Friday, February 23, 2018

Eliot and I

He was ambushed,
questioned, in a dark room,
where is your Waste Land?
Around you, he sighed.

... Near me, I discover,
while I try to gauge
the length of a long shadow
cast by my office desk lamp --
dark, hiding my Waste Land,
lighting up theirs! 


Saturday, December 24, 2016

Ode to Jackie!

He turned to me,
and I saw eternity
sparkle from the 
jaded eyes.

My dog, 
he is old now...

He looks up with fear,
his twilight n my shadow 
he loved to growl at,
occasionally smile at, too.

My dog,
he limps now...

The longing remains,
in his eyes,
he wags nervously,
lest I bring love.

My dog,
he loves to be patted, still...

But, I crave his anger,
his young arrogant growl;
he has never bitten my bait,
can never ever, now.

For he is old now,
my dog, Oh god!

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

My day just slit up!

Here comes
the last act of
my work holiday,
I watch the world
honk and vroom into a
melancholy sunset.

Thank you, luxury.
The little mercy,
my gift for a day
—a slit in the
blinds, bloody binds,
it expands my horizon.
From dour LCD walls,
to a greyish, Lutyens' green.


Monday, July 25, 2016

Naked Resolve

The strength in 
his resolve
remains true to its purpose;
it makes music.

Exposed to the 
morning scorn and humidity,
he walks tall,
and naked.

The monsoon's been good,
it floods the lanes
with dreams,
and turns land to
sea,
sea of humanity,
sea of hope...
He was always a 
sailor,
but away from his boat.