tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28444437021198053222024-03-13T22:46:37.200+05:30Gaurang's PoemsA place where I write my thoughts in rhymes & haikusGaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-31475128654563631502015-07-04T08:39:00.000+05:302015-07-04T08:39:28.614+05:30Poem 299 - Little Steps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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She took her first step ever, with a bright little giggle</div>
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On her tiny little toes, she gave him a small wiggle</div>
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As she stumbled, he caught her firmly mid air</div>
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Smiling at his daughter, he patted her with care</div>
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For with a single step, her journey had begun</div>
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She escaped from his hands, ready to run</div>
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But was picked up as soon as she tried</div>
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As he slowly tickled her, she squealed in delight</div>
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She pinched his hand, and he gave her a deep frown</div>
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She only giggled more, and his heart melted down</div>
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He held her tight, and they stuck like glue</div>
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He loved his jewel, and she loved him too</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - https://aprompteachday.wordpress.com/</u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-73930508408743203152014-08-26T10:45:00.001+05:302014-08-26T12:18:06.441+05:30Poem 298 - The Way I See<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am not a scientist, but do I need to be one, to enjoy this night?</div>
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While they look through telescopes, at stars I probably can't spot</div>
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All I see out there, is a beautiful place, winking its joy - quiet and bright</div>
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For scientists see, the same I see, but not in the fashion I do</div>
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Nor do I need to be an artist, to stay up all night - painting a starry sky</div>
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For while they paint - they work - and while they work they don't enjoy</div>
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For me just looking, at such a surreal thing, makes time seem to fly</div>
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For artists see, the same I see, but not in the fashion I do<br />
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I might not notice the flower beds I stand upon</div>
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But it's not for them I've come here</div>
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For this beautiful sight, unlike flowers - is dead upon dawn</div>
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For maybe even flowers see, the same I see, but not in the fashion I do</div>
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I'd rather enjoy this one whole night, having the sky all to me</div>
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Such beautiful moments come rare - so look at it when you have eyes</div>
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I'd rather never be an artist or scientist and work my night lacking glee</div>
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For everyone sees, the same I see, but not in the fashion I do<br />
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For what they see, is just another night of gloomy toil<br />
But for me it is a peaceful night, to think and watch<br />
The twinkling stars, and gleaming moon - this night nobody can spoil<br />
Perhaps it's only those out there who see what I see</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/">http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-19094250288692452782014-08-22T09:28:00.001+05:302014-08-22T09:38:46.001+05:30Poem 297 - Dilemmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Always ends up on decisions we make</div>
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North or South? Left or Right?</div>
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We all know the maze of life isn't a piece of cake</div>
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And that's why we make most decisions in fright</div>
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Got to choose wisely, yet can't be too slow</div>
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Tension breaks, as you don't know what to choose</div>
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Sweat pours down on my eyebrow</div>
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As on the chessboard I make a move to lose</div>
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So while choosing your paths be firm and clear</div>
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Those dilemmas of yours, decide your tomorrow</div>
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For you choose the right key, then to success you're near</div>
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And when you choose the wrong, it might be a life of sorrow</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://poetryjaam.blogspot.ae/2014/08/path.html">http://poetryjaam.blogspot.ae/2014/08/path.html</a></u></b><br />
<b>and - <a href="http://www.theme-thursday.com/2014/08/theme-thursday-for-august-21-2014.html">http://www.theme-thursday.com/2014/08/theme-thursday-for-august-21-2014.html</a></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-2767339312103151302014-08-22T08:56:00.003+05:302014-08-22T08:57:16.279+05:30Poem 296 - Life Is A Boat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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See that li'l boat yonder - bobbing away?</div>
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She can't come back until she's done her work for the day</div>
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Through tempests and typhoons she'll pass and go</div>
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But she won't leave todays' work for tomorrow</div>
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Life should be nothing but just the boat above</div>
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Never later, everything to be done now</div>
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She passes through her problems like they never prevail</div>
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And smiling to herself away she does sail</div>
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For life, is an easy road, just misted by a few potholes</div>
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And to walk through them safely, should be topmost on our goals</div>
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Follow that boat, as she laughs hard yet works harder</div>
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For in the end, on the road, we just want to reach farther</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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Written as a part of - <a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/">http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/</a></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-61014622598687603912014-04-09T07:38:00.002+05:302014-04-09T07:38:36.828+05:30Poem 295 - Home a Heaven<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Image link <a href="http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2010/07/does-working-from-home-work-for-lawyers.html">here</a></div>
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Home - a place where you can sleep as long as you want</div>
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A place where you are sure there is nothing to haunt</div>
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How I love running on that marble floor</div>
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And ringing the bell of the front door</div>
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Home sweet home my favorite weekend holiday</div>
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A place where our heart actually lay</div>
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The biggest support you get, your house gives</div>
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But the largest love - in one's home it lives</div>
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Enjoy your home, for you are one of the few who can</div>
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For it's homes not houses that are the nests of man</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - http://withrealtoads.blogspot.ae/</u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-82126005669556882832014-03-28T09:19:00.002+05:302014-03-28T09:20:21.904+05:30Poem 294 - Letting Go<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Image link <a href="http://simplelifestrategies.com/doubt-yourself/">here</a></div>
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Is it easy -as letting go of balloons as to let go of your suspicions?</div>
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For your mind will always have those doubtful visions</div>
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For there is always someone you want to blame</div>
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From the bottom of your heart you want to bring out that name</div>
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Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong</div>
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But don't hold your suspicions for too long</div>
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You'll have too much to worry about, just let it go</div>
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Don't let your suspicions grow</div>
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Doubts will arise, push it aside</div>
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For you don't have that much time to bide</div>
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So let it go, and enjoy one more doubtless day</div>
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You never know where the end of your line may lay.</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://poetryjaam.blogspot.ae/">http://poetryjaam.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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<b><u>and <a href="http://www.theme-thursday.com/">http://www.theme-thursday.com/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-39700166912315676832014-03-26T10:08:00.003+05:302014-03-28T08:56:18.845+05:30Poem 293 - The Secrets Of The Room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'Clean your room' says my mum for the fifth time in a row</div>
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With its beautiful messiness my room does sadly glow</div>
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I pick up clothes of long ago, stuff it in the cupboard</div>
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Of this hard working job I already feel bored</div>
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So much junk under the bed! Where'd those shoes come from?</div>
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From photos and shoes to an empty bottle of rum</div>
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I sweep out everything from under the stinky bed</div>
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Tired of cleaning I lie down, panting and half-dead</div>
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Room though much cleaner than before, looked much more worse</div>
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I fall asleep, forgetting my mum's warning curse</div>
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She walks in finding the room messier than ever</div>
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A tornado of words as I wake up with a shiver</div>
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This poor old boy, had to clean while skipping dinner</div>
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That day - both the junk in my room and I grew thinner</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written for - <a href="http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/">http://magpietales.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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(NOTE: I'm just 14. Sarcasm used :) )</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-18573776724717118002014-03-02T12:05:00.002+05:302014-03-02T12:05:32.397+05:30Poem 292 - Winter Days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Slippery driving, be cautious and alert</div>
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For an accident can happen through a little divert</div>
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I hate the cold, have a bad cough</div>
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Don't have the energy to have a good laugh</div>
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Throat pains, as I try to swallow</div>
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And even then my stomach feels hollow</div>
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Ah! Dear winter go away</div>
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You make my life dull as gray.</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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Written as a part of- <a href="http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.ae/">http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.ae/</a></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-30680176309082763192013-12-31T14:23:00.003+05:302013-12-31T14:23:39.741+05:30Poem 291 - Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Image link <a href="http://www.birthdaydirect.com/happy-new-year-edible-image-cake-decoration-p-36970.html">here</a></div>
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Resolutions to make, parties to attend</div>
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It is time to enjoy with many a friend</div>
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Happy new year, and a prosperous one</div>
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May it be filled with happiness and fun</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-79746014063231683122013-12-29T18:18:00.000+05:302013-12-29T18:18:51.905+05:30Poem 290 - Horoscope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My horoscope says</div>
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I'll have a prosperous year</div>
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I hope it comes true</div>
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Like the sun will rise</div>
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No doubts in my horoscope</div>
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Happy new year (to you!)</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/" style="text-align: left;">http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-75047780139116046102013-12-29T18:12:00.004+05:302013-12-29T18:13:26.542+05:30Poem 289 - Expectations - Safer Home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I live in garbage</div>
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Dirty water actually</div>
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This isn't living</div>
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Man pollutes my home</div>
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Expecting a safer home;</div>
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In the other world</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/" style="text-align: left;">http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-63744739041219643492013-12-28T00:02:00.002+05:302013-12-28T00:02:17.713+05:30Poem 288 - The Current Youth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It seems, we are the future, is it true?</div>
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And what are we supposed to do? I have no clue</div>
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Questions or riddles actually and I'm answer-less</div>
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If we are the future, the world might be a mess</div>
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With this generation, I have to cooperate?</div>
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And you expect us to wake up earlier than half-past eight?</div>
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And by telling me that we - the youth are the future makers, nice joke I say</div>
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We'll destroy it not create I'll bet any day</div>
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This generation, where technology has overtaken studies</div>
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And reading books is not as important as "hanging out" with 'buddies'</div>
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Will we change you think? I feel hopeless</div>
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We really seem to be in quite a big mess</div>
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Hopefully this will all be a big lie</div>
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I'm pretty sure you don't need to ask me 'why?'</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://www.theme-thursday.com/" style="text-align: left;">http://www.theme-thursday.com/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-20721065991743478762013-12-26T15:59:00.001+05:302013-12-26T15:59:09.603+05:30Poem 287 - Pancake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So crisp like paper</div>
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Magnificently she removes</div>
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Pancakes from the pan</div>
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They're brown as honey</div>
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Exquisite delicacy </div>
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Hot, yummy pancake</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://www.threewordwednesday.com/" style="text-align: left;">http://www.threewordwednesday.com/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-78554840625336618592013-12-23T16:45:00.003+05:302013-12-23T16:46:12.952+05:30Poem 286 - The Best Gift<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What a gift I have</div>
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In my wonderful sister</div>
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The most precious gift </div>
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Teases me a lot</div>
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But of course loves me much more</div>
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Invaluable</div>
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Helpful, loving, cool</div>
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I'm lucky to be gifted</div>
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A brilliant sister</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/" style="text-align: left;">http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-87731310472584140812013-12-16T21:14:00.001+05:302013-12-16T21:22:31.545+05:30Poem 285 - The Magic Of Childhood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These few years, I'll hopefully enjoy to the most</div>
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After school days, who'll consider me a child?</div>
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Will I be considered small enough to be scared of ghosts?</div>
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And in a few years, I won't be able to act wild</div>
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Childhood has its magic in a beautiful way</div>
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Noticed by us almost at the last moment</div>
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Wont it be too late, to enjoy childhood to the fullest on the last day?</div>
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And when childhood's almost over, you don't know where it went</div>
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You won't be able to have a snow-fight</div>
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You won't be considered innocent when you go for a midnight snack</div>
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All these privileges, just as a child, it seems to give us so much might</div>
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And when you've realised you have wasted the magic of childhood, its too late to turn back</div>
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Pillow fights, sleepovers and what not for today</div>
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This special limited offer pack of happiness and fun</div>
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Seems to be the most valuable yet shortest of joy's stay</div>
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And yet, when you notice it - childhood's almost done </div>
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Just almost done :D</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://poetryjaam.blogspot.ae/" style="text-align: left;">http://poetryjaam.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-88121692843449409472013-12-04T17:26:00.001+05:302013-12-04T18:11:07.166+05:30Poem 284 - Happy B'day Sis!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.38;">Fourteen years have passed in a day i guess</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">For all this time has been so less</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Wasn't it yesterday that we were fighting for the laptop?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">And wasn't it mummy who made us stop?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Wasn't it yesterday you saw a lizard and started screaming</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Is it really fourteen years? Or am I dreaming?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Time goes fast, but we never have the time to realise</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">By fighting and wasting time we were so unwise</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">But agree it, the amount we fought, was the best part of us</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Shouting and hitting we created such a fuss</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Fourteen years all the time we've been together - so much fun</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">I don't think we've forgiven each other for all the phan</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Akka, I love you and I cant express it</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">But I'm pretty sure you understand every bit</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Remember-?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Dropping nail polish on the floor?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Sending each other notes from under the door?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Me taking my revenge and irritating you?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Those good old days so precious and few</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Dancing around mummy - and the longest hug competition</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Thinking about it - what a wonderful vision</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Happy eighteenth Akka</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Though I've been there only for fourteen</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">I'm pretty sure your life was boring without me</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Mine would be too without you - you see?</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.38;">Happy birthday Akka...and may you have many more</span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.38;">~Gaurang Rao</span></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-10869454668687838232013-11-25T19:03:00.002+05:302013-11-25T19:03:46.856+05:30Poem 283 - Lightning <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The white bolt of Zeus</div>
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The only thing I'm scared of</div>
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In these stormy nights</div>
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Smell of excitement</div>
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More like burnt rubber</div>
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Please don't frighten me</div>
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Only rain from my window</div>
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For once I'll enjoy</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-68349299264913621612013-11-24T22:05:00.002+05:302013-11-24T22:05:53.893+05:30Poem 282 - Gratitude<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gratitude shows one's</div>
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Respect in simplicity</div>
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I wish I had it</div>
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Let me try it once -</div>
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Thanks a tonne Dear Leo</div>
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For your awesome prompts</div>
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That kept me writing</div>
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With topics so amazing</div>
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~Gaurang</div>
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<b><u>Written as a part of - <a href="http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/">http://haiku-heights.blogspot.ae/</a></u></b></div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-75618501560580483672013-09-16T00:24:00.002+05:302013-09-16T00:24:55.700+05:30Poem 281 - Carnival <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Costumes, balloons, rides</div>
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Because it's a carnival</div>
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Lets have some good fun</div>
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A ride so scary</div>
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Like at the top of the world</div>
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My heart skipped a beat</div>
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So many dances</div>
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Each different from the other</div>
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Different cultures seen</div>
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I can smell something</div>
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It's excitement in the air</div>
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Annual carnival</div>
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-Gaurang Rao</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-75386009468976211422013-09-15T18:11:00.003+05:302013-09-15T18:11:47.305+05:30Poem 280 - Escapist <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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To escape from this world, he looks in his map</div>
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He can't go somewhere far, has to be close</div>
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He sat under a tree, removed his cap</div>
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In confusion, he knitted his eyebrows</div>
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On leave he was, all alone, but glad</div>
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Job too tiring, now he needed a break</div>
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All office tension used to make him mad</div>
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Time off - dream from which he didn't want to wake</div>
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So there he was, at his map - staring</div>
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Confusion of where to go, but still happy</div>
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Some hiking clothes and shoes he was wearing</div>
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For the first time, he himself felt so free</div>
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Oh! Escapist enjoy your holidays</div>
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You can't escape for long now, anyways</div>
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¬Gaurang Rao</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-56836917054889595232013-09-15T00:05:00.003+05:302013-09-15T00:05:42.420+05:30Poem 279 - Strong Summer Heat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A strong summer heat</div>
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Most of the plants have wilted</div>
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The cactus stays strong</div>
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Flowers are depressed</div>
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The heat soaks up their water</div>
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Nature's funny game</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-80423720125171526362013-09-14T01:04:00.002+05:302013-09-14T01:04:53.433+05:30Poem 278 - River<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sliding and shining</div>
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Tirelessly, river flows</div>
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Splashing on its banks</div>
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Happily it sings</div>
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To the fish in its deep depths</div>
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A slow bubbling song</div>
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It babbles non-stop</div>
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To itself, more than to fish</div>
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Under mortal's boats</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-52867437047992711712013-09-13T01:15:00.004+05:302013-09-13T01:25:44.974+05:30Poem 277 - Superstitions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A mirror shatters</div>
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The family starts praying</div>
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Seven years bad luck?</div>
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A black cat passes</div>
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Oh! He seems to be cursing</div>
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This ill omen</div>
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She sneezes once</div>
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And in fear she waits, as</div>
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No second sneeze</div>
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Thirteen floor building</div>
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Sudden fire on thirteenth</div>
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Quite mysterious</div>
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A dog starts howling</div>
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His master feels afraid</div>
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Owners time to die?</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-9780283160357268892013-09-12T01:06:00.002+05:302013-09-12T01:09:22.456+05:30Poem 276 - Lost In His World<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lost in his world, he did not notice the waiter waiting</div>
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So many food items, but had to choose by price</div>
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Just a couple of notes in his hand he was clutching</div>
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So while choosing he had to be wise</div>
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The waiter grinned, looking at the boy lost in confusion</div>
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He coughed, to offer his help, but the boy absent-minded, shook his head </div>
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For he wanted to make his own decision</div>
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Lost in his world, still the waiters presence, in his thoughts did not spread</div>
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~Gaurang Rao</div>
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Gaurang Raohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197327991289339685noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844443702119805322.post-54782791761005727672013-09-12T00:49:00.004+05:302013-09-12T00:49:51.880+05:30Poem 275 - Ganesh Chaturthi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The puja has started</div>
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I can feel them in my bones</div>
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Some holy spirits</div>
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Smell of incense sticks</div>
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Some holy chants being told</div>
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Ganesh Chaturthi </div>
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<i>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.</i></div>
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