Immeasurable
My daughter
I love you,
More than
You know
How much
Of love...??
Even I don't
Know ;-)
Love is
Immeasurable
As we all know
Moods
You blossom
And you
Wither
You
Blossom
And you
Wither
Where?
From
Hither
To
Thither
(pertaining to our changing moods through the journey of life; wherever we are....sometimes we feel high, sometimes low, sometimes sad, sometimes happy and sometimes neutral - neither happy nor sad; our changing moods influence our thoughts and actions)
From hither to thither in the above poem signifies - from here (the beginning of life) to there (the end of life)
I've perceived our various moods as the various flowers which blossom and wither in the course of their life.
The Sports Channel
So
You're
Watching
TV :-)
And you
Don't
Want me
To see..?
;-)
OK
Switch
Over to
The
Sports
Channel
And I'll
Go back
To my
Poetry
As Sports
Has never
Interested
Me ;-)
(though I enjoy walking, gyming and cycling but viewing any type of TV Sports is just beyond me, I just cannot sit there watching games on the Telly; I find it very boring.)
Beautiful
There she
Goes
Looking for
Love
Draping
Herself
In a
Beautiful
Saree,
Not knowing
That men
Are not
Interested in
Love
They are
More interested
In what she's
Wearing
Beneath her
Beautiful Saree
(Theme: Satire)
Killing
Killing time
And killing
Loneliness
Both take
A lot of
Perseverance
(Theme: Retirement)
Some
Some feelings
You feel, you
Can never
Write about
Them - for,
Those
Feelings
You feel,
None can
Relate -
To them
(Theme: Feelings)
I Felt Free
When was
The last time
I felt free...??
When I was
In heaven
Asking to be
Reborn
To realize
The worth
Of feeling
Free
(based on the fact that life is full of bondage)
Eureka
Every poem
Is a Eureka
In our mind's
Meditating
Mecca
(relating to the sudden influx of poems in our contemplating mind)
Live
I want to
Live my
Life thru
You
So
Whatever
You think
Feel and
View....
I’ll write
To you
Life in all its
Colours, in
Every hue
Be it the
Misty
Moonlight
Or the
Morning dew
Whatever
Makes you
Happy or
Leaves you
Feeling blue
Whatever
You think
Feel and
View....
I'll write to you
At times,
I might overdo
But later on,
As you review
You'll realise...
Nothing went in
Vain...it all turned
Out to be so true :-)
So, till life bids you
Adieu, I'll be there
With you, and keep
Writing to you
Whatever you
Think, Feel and View
:-)
(Theme could be Telepathy or ESP)
Style
Tighten
And constrict
Your clothes
So much
That Guys
Can see your
Assets
Doesn't matter
If your body
Gasps and
Suffocates
Don't prioritise
Your health,
Prioritise the
High ratings
You'll get
For fetching
Prospective
Dudes for Dates
(Theme: Compromise)
Is all about
Catching
Attention
Look closely
And you'll know
Who's trying to
Catch -
Whose attention
;-)
(Theme: Flirting)
Take A Break
Take a
Break
Take a
Breather
Smoke a
Cig =~
Oh, what a
Breather...!
(Theme: Satire)
Written after observing many men and women taking breaks from their busy work schedules by standing outside their homes and offices to smoke cigarettes as many UK properties are fitted with smoke alarms.
Who's He?
Let me
Not take
Credit
For all
What I
Write, as
He's the one
Who dictates
All what I write
Who's He?
The devil
Or the god
In me who
Holds my
Copyright!
;-)
(I've always felt an invisible force that makes me write my poems because there are times when my mind draws a complete blank - nothing comes out however hard I try but sometimes with just a little effort, words start flowing....and then I realize that 'invisible' one is at work - whether he is the devil or the god - that depends on whether people find my pieces of writing devilish or godly :)
Disabled
Physically
Disabled
Mentally
Disabled
Emotionally
Disabled
Disabled
We all are
In some way
Or the other
(Theme: Weakness)
Living
Living
In a
Culture
Of formalities
You become
So formal,
That if someone
Interacts with you
Informally, you think
He's abnormal ;-)
(Theme: Culture)
Fresh
Fresh
Morning air
He thinks
He'll choke
That's why
He surrounds
Himself with
Cigarette
Smoke...
(Theme: Satire)
Written after observing a man lighting up his cigarette on his morning walk
Bollywood
Nowadays
Bollywood
Songs
Are all about
Falling on
Each other's
Bodies
As if
That is what
Love is all about
Falling on each
Other's bodies...
Society
If you keep
Thinking of
What will
Society say,
You'll never be
Able to write freely
Try thinking of
Yourself without
The society's say,
Your words will
Start flowing freely
(Themes could be Inhibition / Expression)
Rebirth
This new
Lease
Of life
Will be
Taken
Away
So might
As well
Make the
Most of
Every day
Till
Death
Decides
Our final
Day
(Theme: Purpose)
Something
There's
Something
About his
Writing...
That touches
Me so deep...
That my
Eyes try
Hard not
To weep
(dedicated to our Dear Hafeez Ji)
Your Eyes
Your eyes
Take me
To a world,
Where I get
Lost in your
World, becoming
Blind to the world,
I see you and only
You
(Theme: Love)
They Know
Chronicling
Our lives
Wherever
We go
So that
After death
Us they know
(thinking of all the blogging and confessional writing that goes on around the world, leaving bits 'n' pieces of us for posterity to remember us)
Women
Women
Are tired
Of showing
Their bodies
But I'm
Wondering
If men
Are tired
Of seeing
Their bodies
;-)
Seems Impossible
(Theme: Show)
Pester
Don't
Pester
Me with
Cooking
I won't
Cook !
As I'm
Busy
Making
Friends
On
;-)
LOL :D
(based on the observation that nowadays Housewives spend more time on Facebook and have less time to cook ;)
Virtual
All these
Virtual
Friends
Of yours
Disappear
In their
Virtual
Worlds
When you
Need help
With the
Real problems
In your world
(pertaining to the 'convenience' of social networking wherein we make lots of convenient friendships, to make ourselves seem popular, but in times of need, many of these virtual friends desert us and then we get to know our real friends who stand by us)
All Poems - Copyright © Aparna Chatterjee 2014
Photo of Rupashri clicked by Aparna Chatterjee
Bollywood Image sourced from Santa Banta dot Com
