He walked around; gazing occasionally at them with pride and admiration. The balloons; fitted with twinkling lights that he held in his hand were like the stars that he had always wanted to touch! #Huesoflifepoetry #Indiacollagepoetry Continue reading Stars…on an Indian City road
The past; tugged at me from behind, Begged me fervently, Implored me all throughout, To take away as much of it, As could be filled in the heart and mind. Why should we stay back in a place that we know you would never come back to? So we filled our senses And our heart … Continue reading A Walk….with the past
Moving through the narrow by-lanes of the city, He realised that he was in the company, Of life! It came to him; with a conversation that jumped out through the open window of a house, As the hum of a song Slipping through the crack in a door, As the fragrance of spices Wafting out … Continue reading In India’s cities and towns..
The wind howled and banged against closed doors and windows. Freed of the confines of silence That hangs like a heavy shroud over the sea, It longed for the company of the humans, Of life that lived and throbbed with its own intensity Within glass and concrete. Alas, the humans only saw threat and fear … Continue reading Soaring imagination
दुनिया को बताओ आज तुम्हारा पचास। भर लो दिल में खुशियों का अहसास आज तुम्हारा पचास। खेलने दो हवाओं को अपने बालों से बेहिसाब, झटक के कंधों को, छंदों को बुलाओ अपने पास, सुनहरे बालों पे सूरज कि झिलिक को न छुपाओ आज, तुम्हारा आज पचास। बे-तुक की बातों को दिल से get-out कर दो। … Continue reading तुम्हारा पचास
बहुत ही है प्यासा। बढ़ता ही जा रहा हर तरफ बाहें फैलाता गला घोंटने को है उतावला, यह शहर मेरा। कांक्रीट की यह इमारतें निकल पड़े हैं हर गलि, हर मुहल्ले, हर रास्ते, हरियाली पर कर प्रहार, न जाने किस मुकाम की है तालाश। खामोश बैठा सिसकियां भरता। दो गज़ जमीन का वह टुकड़ा। पेड़ों … Continue reading मेरा शहर बढ़ रहा
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