(A Double Haiku)

It's the day of Frigg,
The goddess of love, marriage—
Let's love, not renege!

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It's time to rejig—
Believe in kind Destiny—
Through epiphany!

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The Tree of Afterlife
(Reverse Tanka, Tanka and Haiku)

Where we used to brunch—
Beside the old banyan tree—
Ah, beneath the bench,
Are buried our memories.
How oft I revisit 'em,
In ravishing reveries:
As if my Self is humus
To your suave Beauties—
Still verdant green is thy sheen —
So long it's now been!
How I just gather
Every leaf so to treasure—
True, our love ain't brief.

//Thought for the Night//

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A Short Story in Rhyme:



On her Graduation Day, Siquafa D'Souza
Received a package of two signed Anthologies–
They were authored by a Sahil —the Known Stranger—
With full five thousand lovelorn, sweetest eulogies.

She couldn't believe her eyes— truth had become his lies,
Tears rolled down her awestruck cheeks —ah, still bloodred, blushing:
"How could he remember me for five long, long years!" 
The culmination of his cares she was seeing.


"I have fulfilled my promise this life", he had signed,
She touched his name, and whispered —"I purple you forev'r—
I rememb'r my promise of Afterlife“, she signed—
(In this life, they didn't meet once -ah, never ever). 

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Shared Genes
(A Haiku)

I've got the inkling,
Her color of eyes will match
That of my daughter's.


//Thought for the Night//

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Human Animal Harmony at the Pump
(A Story in Rhyme)

My story starts with the quenching the thirst
Of a cock, and a cat and two sparrows—
One aft'rnoon when the Sun was at its worst—
Ah, too hot it was with heat that harrows!


//Captioned//

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(A Haiku)

No adult hauteur,
Paper boats, muddy water—
Toy-brides' shorter strides!

//Thought for the Night//

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The Silent


(A Penta Tanka)

When it's deep twilight,
In the silent, stilly night,
Do you hear the voice
Of your conscience —still intact—
I love you, and it's the fact.

//Captioned//

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Darkside of the Moon
(A Double HaikuPlus)

My senses are swooned
By The dark side of the Moon
When I'm all alone—
Its bright side leaves me marooned.

It doesn't feel so right —
The shimmer of the bright side—
Gets into my eyes
To give me a tad dis-ease.

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The Silent Symphony
(A Lament in Penta Tanka)

You're Time's epilogue
And Eternity's prologue—
Though I'd nev'r thee see,
Thou art in Nature's each art—
We're together —nev'r apart.

You're the Morning breeze,
Nights's hangover to unfreeze;
You're in sunshine's breath—
To drown these distances' pain.
In rains, you're the rainbow reign.

When dusk has its way,
Your memories smell like musk;
You're like the soft Moon—
When I'm pensive—all alone
You're the sweet chants when I pray.

You're the symphony
Of Love's forever lyrics;
Till Infinity
Of your virtues I'll forev'r sing—
I feel you close sans seeing.

As long the stars shine,
The Earth revolves—day and night,
And The skies stand tall,
So long, and beyond it all—
For you I shall pray and pine.

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Just a Serious Jest
(A Double Tanka)

When I feel too low,
I just try to laugh out loud—
Like just a jester —
Ain't this irony allowed
To feel of my lows so proud?

In troth, sans a lie,
Nothing more gives me a high
When they put me down—
Who else would my nature own? —
In jest, I wear my true crown.

//Thought for the Night//

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