Poem 281 - Carnival

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Costumes, balloons, rides

Because it's a carnival

Lets have some good fun

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A ride so scary

Like at the top of the world

My heart skipped a beat

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So many dances

Each different from the other

Different cultures seen

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I can smell something

It's excitement in the air

Annual carnival

-Gaurang Rao

Written as a part of - http://haiku-heights.blogspot.in/

Poem 280 - Escapist

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To escape from this world, he looks in his map

He can't go somewhere far, has to be close

He sat under a tree, removed his cap

In confusion, he knitted his eyebrows

On leave he was, all alone, but glad

Job too tiring, now he needed a break

All office tension used to make him mad

Time off - dream from which he didn't want to wake

So there he was, at his map - staring

Confusion of where to go, but still happy

Some hiking clothes and shoes he was wearing

For the first time, he himself felt so free

Oh! Escapist enjoy your holidays

You can't escape for long now, anyways

¬Gaurang Rao

Written for - http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/

and as a part of - http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.ae/

Poem 279 - Strong Summer Heat

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A strong summer heat

Most of the plants have wilted

The cactus stays strong

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Flowers are depressed

The heat soaks up their water

Nature's funny game

~Gaurang Rao

Written for - http://haiku-heights.blogspot.in/

Poem 278 - River

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Sliding and shining

Tirelessly, river flows

Splashing on its banks

Happily it sings

To the fish in its deep depths

A slow bubbling song

It babbles non-stop

To itself, more than to fish

Under mortal's boats

~Gaurang Rao

Written for - http://haiku-heights.blogspot.in/

Poem 277 - Superstitions

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A mirror shatters

The family starts praying

Seven years bad luck?

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A black cat passes

Oh! He seems to be cursing

This ill omen

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She sneezes once

And in fear she waits, as

No second sneeze

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Thirteen floor building

Sudden fire on thirteenth

Quite mysterious

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A dog starts howling

His master feels afraid

Owners time to die?

~Gaurang Rao

Written for - http://haiku-heights.blogspot.in/

Poem 276 - Lost In His World

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Lost in his world, he did not notice the waiter waiting

So many food items, but had to choose by price

Just a couple of notes in his hand he was clutching

So while choosing he had to be wise

The waiter grinned, looking at the boy lost in confusion

He coughed, to offer his help, but the boy absent-minded, shook his head 

For he wanted to make his own decision

Lost in his world, still the waiters presence, in his thoughts did not spread

~Gaurang Rao

Written for - http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/

and  - http://poetryjaam.blogspot.ae/

Poem 275 - Ganesh Chaturthi

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The puja has started

I can feel them in my bones

Some holy spirits

Smell of incense sticks

Some holy chants being told

Ganesh Chaturthi 

Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival or occasion celebrated in India as a mark of Lord Ganesha's birth and him bestowing his blessings, through his presence through the festival.

Written for  - http://haiku-heights.blogspot.in/