Stay away from things grand

Stay away from things grand
For they are not going to last
You may arrive at the end sooner
If you insist on running fast.

Teaching

To teach
Is to perform
For an applause
Not yet born.

Big Boss is getting over

Big Boss is getting over
Getting over is fun
The kind you should run
Away from.

(14-01-18)

The ways of the world

Transient are the ways of the world
Enduring is its wake.

Midstream, on the banks, I watch them fly...

One more Convocation
One more set to say goodbye
The river flows, the river flows
Midstream, on the banks, I watch them fly...

(06-01-18)

Identity is the name of the game

Identity is the name of the game
And I won’t let your’s, without any shame
For this country is only mine
For you only shit, for me only shine.

(04-01-18)

I am a Facebook poet

I am a Facebook poet
At least I earnestly try
To be wise, winsome and witty
On a platform this bone dry
However hard you cook
They don’t even give a look
Damn, not one like
Ok, now I am on strike.

(02-01-18)

End of the first day, of a brand new year...

End of the first day
Of a brand new year
May you always be far
From trouble and near
Your self.

(01-01-18)

Here is one more Happy New Year

Here is one more Happy New Year
This time from not-to-be-forgotten me
Think of moi often this year
While busy, partially engaged or totally free
I could be your nightmare or knight
In shining armour or in sheer fright
So Happy New Year, chill, and rest
May you always choose and get the best.

(01-01-18)

Thank you 2017

Thank you 2017
For being who you were
Sometimes nice, often not so
But almost always there
Thank you 2017
For being who you were.

(31-12-17)

Happiness is

Happiness is
Chai and Samosa
In the Winter of 1979
At Hansraj College Canteen, Delhi
Happiness is

(29-12-17)

I deny

I deny I ever said it
I deny denial is what I espouse
I deny I first set things on fire
I deny I then delay the douse
Doing and denying has got me the crown
You go rant, repeat, regret or frown.

(28-12-17)

Let there be no light

Let there be no light
Let darkness be let loose
Let there be no choice
Let there be nothing to choose
Yet the spirit shall prevail
Out in the open, or inside a jail.

(20-12-17)

Death came sneaking in, yesterday

Death came sneaking in, yesterday
A life, quite alive, was no longer so
When we can enter is not in our hands
Nor can we take a call when we would go.

(14-12-17)

I dream of a time

I dream of a time
When it won't be a crime
To call your neighbour home
And not the stranger from Rome
Look around
That's kind of sound.

(07-12-17)

The fancy hotel by the sea

The fancy hotel by the sea
Naked bodies (well almost) in the pool
Fully attired brides & grooms
Photos, Music, Life on the drool.

(04-12-17)

Like a vegetarian who fishes

What if I was born today
Will you flood me with your wishes
Will I feel important again
Like a vegetarian who fishes ?

(03-12-17)

PhD I shall be

PhD I shall be
Doctor I shall be called
Not treating a patient
But going patiently bald.

(01-12-17)