1.

My Death
I painted the canvas
with my death
the brush got struck
in few colours
probably the death
has no colours.
I played the game
of my death
the dice got struck
in few moves
probably the death
has no motion.
I planted the seed
of my death
it did not grow
even for days
probably the death
has no yield.
2.Life sculpture
The stones have become my cage
the sculptor made the face
the chisel sculpted the shape
the erect body was made
I waited for the completion
my breath inside the stone
the sculptor failed to catch
the wind blew the scrap
My life got sculpted
under the stone, encircled
the air to make it a vaccum
and the beating inside the sculpture.
3.Beautiful Bug
Black, red and white
bug had the colours in sight
natural dark unmixed black
partly covering the body
no chemical can give that red
another part on that bug
the white antennae like pearl
the crown glowing in full
no beauty can match
this absolute colour mix.
4.I
could be a beautiful woman on the earth
could be a handsome man in the world
or could even be a barking dog of that neighbour
or could also be that hissing snake there
could either be the faceless mango tree cuckoo
could be the polar bear in that calendar
or could be the teddy bear of that little girl
all could be the same
where to search the one
5.The Storm
It was painful for the trees
It was horrible for the dogs
It was unbearable for the chickens
It was terrible for the children
It was spectacular for the sun
It was breathtaking for the air
It was amazing for the sea
It was awesome for the earth
It was a sign for many lives
It was a signifier for many truths
It was a signified for many virtues
It was always a symbol for calamity
It sometimes brews in cups
It sometimes crosses coasts
It sometimes weakens in oceans
It sometimes centers in minds
6.The Mirror
The other image
The mind prefers to have
The faithful reflection
The face forgets to keep
The lie detector
The memory slips to avoid
The self trap
The icon replicates to double
The duplicate copy
The mask pretends to imitate
The identity cage
The role shuns to hold
The innumerable metaphors
To confine the truth.
7.Song of The Swan
The melodious rhythm
in the water of that
fortunate lake
The touching quiver
surrounding the space
in the favourable sky
The heartbreaking harmony
surpasses the flow
penetrating the air
The sensational melancholy
hovers the spirit
striking the pulse
The endless music
floats across the sense
to stop the suffocation
The sinking song
never ever concludes
to get buried in the soul.
8.The River from the Sky
Falling from above
on the mountains
cruising in the land
the blue waters
pouring the sweet
piercing the chaste
humbling the beast
the narrow run
to the broad passage
rising to endanger
drying to perish
adoring idol
affable deity
ushering divinity
evaporating tears
pure mixture of river.
9.The War
Not within continuing
forever beyond limits
away from minds
expressing negations
to get a series of
affirmative replies
premeditated purposes
intentional advances
deliberated confessions
thrown afar in haste
battles of clash
growing inside
anxious pressure
tensions galore
erupting in moments
to disintegrate in bits
having a memoir
of lost combats
eternal aggressions
bethink to start.
10.Breaking the Sword
Unquestionable sharpness
shattered in fragments
blunt pieces poke
the power of cut
primitive barbarism
residued in discourse
tongues to recollect
flat ends meet
to smash the hone
countless weapons
waiting to conquer
hacking each other
piling up to squander.
11.The Killings
Mortal remains
never express the cause
living organisms
run behind the course
securing the evidences
narrating the circumstances
collecting the traces
reconstrcting the moments
scrutinizing the dimensions
living the death
to free from guilt
punish the guilty
count the mortality
imagining to become
indestructible supreme.
12.The Velvet Rock
Alpine movements needed
in that swanky outfield
the rough altitudes
meandering rivers
merciless valleys daunting
vision allured through
prophecies vanished in
platitudes of collections
Sleek and shiny
ferns covering the
sturdy stern toughness
chirps filling the
eerie silent din
the fragrance of air
plenitudes the breath
chilling freshness
blossoming the cheers
Thorns beneath the gloss
hardness behind the sheen
grunts disguise the coziness
asphyxiating aroma around
secrets embedded gloom
shrivelling cruelty mushroom
abandoned abyss underneath
camouflaged mask beside
in a flash besmirched peak
cursed chasm with
boundless ultimate pinnacle.
13.Tempestuous
The wild passions
stimulate incessant
pure tumultuous rush
summoning the shift
from an anticipated
foreshadow to an obscure
paradigm of prototype
vilifying the nature
surmounting the eclipse
towards a dazzling
rainbow of lifeless
pale turbulent chaos.
14.Papyrus
The pith became the
enactment of records
memories stored
the forgettable outflow
putrid smell remains
the odour evokes past
inseparable testimony
crumbling down the proof
the tracks of reputation
the sketches of history
the kin in binary relation
the methods to be traced
so as immortal manure
stupefied in flora.
15.My doll's tears
The echolalia was sweet
not mechanical not real
inciting to babble
the luxurious sleep
motorized still complacent
rousing for solace
guised to mesmerize
playful but fairy
motivating to appeal
smooth rubberized sheath
covering the fervour
inducing the desire
cries with charm
no emotion no conscience
spouting salty tears.
16.Sepia
The cuttlefish bone skeleton
remains at the end of the street
the green blood turns to
smother the gloom inside
the dye springs into lurid
deep rooted traces to recur
the images to be shaded to
freeze the deaden and
the pigment tans the
somber browning effect
the tone goes low to
dislike the harmony that
drives the imbalance to
limitless edges nauseating
the pungent mood into
livid memory of antique.
17.Sylvia Plath's mirror
The monolith had a fine
carving with a precious gem
sparkling ornament of jade
pure translucent lucid
epitome of perfect sublime
the elegance of illusion
dissolving in exact plumb.
The frozen pallid crystal
forgetting the semblance
resonating the likeness
of the grace plunging in
the frigid tranquil pond
opaque solid gratifying
the regulatory calibration.
18.The Suicide Window
The apex of that tomb
has a very big opening
thousands can descend
within seconds to that
valley of buried dreams.
The fatal gift of life
thrown to totter of grave
brooding obscure enigma
the large void succumbs
innumerable phantasms.
The marvel of being
fantasizing the thirst
to separate the vivacious
pulsing of the beat and
the dumb to slid.
19.Eagle's Sky
A vast limitless
unending horizon
always convexed on
vulnerable chicks
tenaciously surveilling
to peck the pick
alive or dead with
regardless variance
Argus eyed sucking
by vision noosed
around the afflicted
in fine feather
astute authority
appalling legend
the characteristic
sacred wings spread
across the whole
sphere filled with
humming whirr.
20.Cat in my wardrobe
The red tongued
mouth wide opened
purring in angst
meowing at night
longing for warmth
seeking a shed
finding a case.
Will it settle
filling the deserted
puzzle to exist
titilating exchange
made the presence
lively spurns
uncaring the sting.
Suddenly vanishes
crushing the passion
pangs took away
the cheer along
pamper played
spoil sport that
bear the mourn.
21.Two ships apart
The lonely saga
of this journey
upheaved in troubled
waters and seldom
silent in deep sea
very many hurricanes
crossed without
stopping the sail.
The other voyage
full of aspirants
to partner the
solitary queen sang
the war song
dreaming up to
touch the ferry
without fail.
Racing each other
the warriors
fiercely battled
neglecting the
ravages of time
brushing aside
until the loner
wrecked in hail.
22.PUZZLE/poem = GOOD/bad
1.divine/demon=1.ethereal
2.angel/fiend=2.astral
3.gentle/giant=3.gremlin
4.virtue/vile=4.evil
5.sacred/wicked=5.wretched
6.pious/profane=6.devil
7.holy/hellion=7.hellish
23.Parody of truth
It is not real
realizing the real
lying for lie
balancing in the middle
actualizing to actual
righteous of right
authentically achieving
the authentic
not a fake
it is in between
honestly sincere
masking honesty
fallaciously fallible
fouling to falsify
emphatically certain
tentative to be
hypothetical
theoretically correct
practically wrong
completely absoulte
sulking in deception
fraudulently misleading
faithless faith
concurring to disloyal
couldn't mimic truth
nor can mock the fib.
24.Who is the King?
I am the Queen
you are my son
abide my dictum
crossing the limit
endanger your life
accept my authority
spreading your wings
searching your mate
putting me in displeasure
your soul bears
my whipping silently
accepts to derail
my son assent
my choice of bride
feel the freedom
secret ambitions
will jeoparadise
your wishes
Oh! my son
I am the Queen
submit to me
playing infidelity
placing me in shame
questions my fame
waiting for goal
breaking the rule
thinking victorious
I am the Queen
you won't be a King
cursing the sin.
25.I ama form of rubber
Ductile
malleable
resilient
all synonyms
I am molded
I am compressed.
I am preparing to fit in.
Vulcanized
synthesized
squeezed
stretched
I am tolerant.
I am submissive.
I am adaptable.
Smell
odour
burnt
acrid
I am cultivated.
I am collected.
I am dissolved.
Trimmed
fused
blended
elasticized
I am a shock-absorber.
I am a buffer.
I am latex.
26.Woodpecker's dream*
Hard barks
never easy
to drill
nor to peck
sucking sap
grabbing feast
always routine.
Soft spongy
crust and
effortless
piercing
to feed the babe
premade cavities
to dwell.
Transformed
to illustrate
deep compassion
perching on
persons and
pooped bosoms
with pitiless pride.
27.Pigeon's shadow*
Coo-o-o-ah
Coo-o-o-coo-coo-oo
the cooing sounds
loaded with metonyms
not cries may be groans
squeaking in a disgruntled
note, informing to mourn
the flight from scare
billowed on to the roof
the fake owls smother
still habitual in the nest
chased away to get dislodged
though the growing size
of the shade hound
to harass pursuing
fatal loss may be
the darkened facet.
* These two poems got published in the journal from Shimla.
28.Oh! Heaven
The venom of that
stunning snake
sour taste of acid
those drowsy pills
deadly speeding truck
roaring sea waves
anything would have
brought me here
the luxuriant dreamy
zone plush with exuberance
the purple trees
foiled fruits
honey spitting
coiled serpents
consummation stopped
senses blocked
negations never
could be witnessed
unforgettable
smell of poison
indelible shade
of damn hell
would complete
this fairyland.
29.Machine 420:Destroying Lies
Works on manual/auto mode
switch the power
Display: list of lies
History: stores fakes
Recalling: fabrication
420 hp engine
operates in
solar battery
noiseless
portable
handy
ready-to-use
How it works:
lies flying in air
soluble in water
buried in ground
deleted in second.
30.Chocolates Chocolates
I am 20
I am eating
chocolates
ice-creams
pastries
My lips have
sweet honey.
I am 20
I am fond of
pets
stray dogs
butterflies
distressed
animals
My heart has
full of passion.
I am 20
I have
twinkling eyes
turned up nose
smooth skin
sparkling teeth
I am the
emblem of beauty.
I am 20
I am drawing
attention of
boys
men
old men
dejected men
I am the
myth of love.
I am 20
I found my
perfect mate
I am caring
sharing
completing
the bliss of life.
I am
no more
adored
loved
I am
turning 40.
31.My last rites
The solemn funeral
took place in the
humid desert
trail of mourners
walked on the
thirsty hot sand.
The fragrance of
those miserable flowers
ending the path
blooming to survive
in that gloomy evening
unweighing all burdens.
Wrapped in melancholic
green shiny cloth
grounded with
comfort case
dampened soil in pit
to be laid to feast.
32.Eyes Never Met
Intuition at its peak
the vibe connected to
the other end's rage
the aura radiated
to hook-up the jag
the senses multiplied
insight became visual
full of clairvoyance
paranormal living
transcendental communique'
platonic perception
hanging in vacuum
vision submerged
in the third element.
33.Armchair rally driver
The race started with die on a roll
redundancy in driving will break
fellow chasers ganging up
the space to move on narrowing down
post to post on lookers cheering up
this run after all in continuum
the mad rush going on a dashing pace
riding the chair with at most speed
loop to loop whirling around
the velocity bouncing uncontrollably
the winning post out of sight
still the tempo on a high pitch
acceleration to gather momentum
pursuing this rash expedition
may end if the bump breaks it down.
34.Pina Bausch
1
missed this dance
These eight legs and black body
jumped in air elegantly swirling
the hum sound and the beat
perfectly cohered the rhythm
the thud had regular strokes
tracking the resonance of tone
watching the fancied jig and jog
produce volatile dizziness
from all sides from all corners
this creature flying to show
the discreet dance voluntarily
catching the whole burlesque
the punching end came as
the wings drenched motionless.
35.VIBGYOR-COLOURFUL
V
Violet vividity virtuously
vascillating vitality vaguely
visible variant virulently
I
Indigo indisposing innately
indelible indolent insidiously
inept inkling innocuously
B
Blue blowing blatantly
binding blithe blushingly
blinking blaze benevolently
G
Green grace generously
gripping grin gregariously
grooming grotesque glowingly
Y
1
Pina Bauch was a world renowned choreographer from Germany.
Yellow yoke yummy
youngling yoyo yelpingly
yearned yurt yappingly
O
Orange orb overtly
Orcus order opulently
ornate ordeal originally
R
Red rigor riotiously
raving Ran radiantly
rigid rut rampantly
36.VIBGYOR-COLOURLESS
V
Weary violaceous
achromatic lilac
bleached mauve
I
Insipid Beryl
lifeless cobalt
vapid sapphire
B
Blurred azure
dull aquamarine
blanched cyan
G
Pale emerald
lifeless leaf
faded olive
Y
Murky sun
tame chicken
lackluster canary
O
Dim flame
stained copper
sick carrot
R
Anemic blood
tarnished scarlet
prosaic ruby
37.White Bodies
The buttery sweetness
spreads in the skin
milk sheds the taste
egg tenders the zest
the pale flavour adds
luster to the entwined
innocent giggles sounding
pallid gleams of silver
Translucent ivory finish
physiques conjoining
pearly opalescent composition
lying on the snow bed
with colourless lies
innocent lily-whites
sugared affection
on a glowing full moon.
38.Autistic Smile
Smile...smile...where to smile...
through ears...no...nose...
mouth is...for...sounds...
eyes can...hear...noise
Gliding in air...no body...
flapping hands...to feel...
screaming ...not getting...ground...
belonging to space...in spaceless..
Touched...not...to be touched...
ate spice...feeling...the tongue...
cried...knowing...the agony
moved...rocked...sensed...senseless
normal...replacing...order...
abnormal...regularizing...peculiar...
populating common...in uncommon...
shutting off...connections..to connect...
39.Play ends; Curtains down
The fiery dragon
in the tranquil
of the cool garden
friend of the beast
another monster flying
upside down menacing
mercurial blow of fire
emitting around....
.............................................................................................stopping ....the discharge
.............................................................................................breathing....the smoke
.............................................................................................loosing .......the feature
.............................................................................................becoming....the weak...
That soft little angel
lying on the rose-petal bed
thinking about the creature
laughing at its overture
conditions that the barbaric
wild animal would undergo...
............................................................................................inhaling ......the flame
............................................................................................coughing....the fume
............................................................................................reducing ....the element
............................................................................................missing ......the potent
Dragon's flight to overcome
the princess turning the master
now the venom to be lost
to accept the proposal
cleaving the root would
clear the poison
friend's humiliation striking
the spongy heart......
...........................................................................................suffering.......the cut
...........................................................................................distressing....the capital
...........................................................................................crippling.......the control
...........................................................................................settling..........the chore
The beauty queen on
cloud nine modestly
assuming the brute
to run away from
agony and would not
turn back.......
..........................................................................................enduring.......hurt
..........................................................................................pretending...unhurt
..........................................................................................confining.....lame
..........................................................................................remaining.....feeble
Dragon on the death-bed
smiling to the friend
proclaiming the failure
negation of the darling
to be reborn to surrender
the whole devotion
never parting without
the adored.......
40.....in the middle....
.....to be at the center...
.....not to begin from....
.....no end till...............
.....to hang on..............
.....to dwell in the core...
.....have to balance........
.....could be halfway.....
.....going in the midst...
.....to keep equidistant...
.....neither pro nor for...
.....never to be partial....
.....always in equilibrium...
.....trying to be steady........
.....symmetrically equal.....
.....aptly unbiased................
.....rightful indifference.....
.....median of the path......
.....mean of the sum.........
41.Tiny rhyme
Fish oh! fish
swish a miss
wish on hiss
shush to hush
Push push
oh! fish
flush a blush
fresh 'n' mush
Fish oh! fish
slush the gush
slash in gash
splash the plush
Fish oh! fish
pose to posh
rush a mash
fish oh! gosh!
42.Role:Death
Death bird sitting
on the head side
hatching the list
....physical warrior...
....able liar....
....intense broker...
asking the chart
not to find the
name...
Death player planning
the moves of the pieces
always get checked
....king...
....knight...
....queen...
altering the game
not to end up in
the tag...
Death watch* ticking
any minute to grow
the numbers in abundance
....one..
....two...
....three...
rewinding the time
to stop motivation
at a term
Death poet constructing
word by word
locating the meaning
....exit
....paradise...
....sleep....
seeing the message
could only please
the content...
(*Death watch is a title of a play written by Jean Genet.)
43....evoluting the evolution..
No aim of fixedness always flexible
the oneness carried from protozoans
sluggishly moving distinct in damp
slipping in dry replicating molluscans
vertebrating the dream of uprightness
spin, jump, swim to clone chordatans
making way in soil perforating cavities
to bore, coil and drill like annelidians
personified to organize wet outpost
still growing and duplicating arthopodians
leaping from land to moisture parchments
to cover the difference in amphibians
the agility to ascend maturing into
venomous weapons tentacled to form reptilians
augmenting the multi-cellular process
to unmixed units of mammallians
all features encompassed in sensing
the sixth to feel in bones etched
to retain and double even to multiply
inheriting the characteristics deceitfully.
44...voices...verses...squeaks...
...jingle ...bell....jingle...bell..
...kye...kye...bye...bye...
...repeating and repeating...
...couldn't learn anything...
...these four corners...
...humm..always caging...
...no flight..no jump...
...the same red chilli...
...here she comes...
...big eyed parrot nosed...
...kye...kye...bye..bye...
...imbecile...imbecile...
...new word...imbecile...
...she called me imbecile...
...losing the wings...
...leaving the food...
...exhibiting the screech...
...yelling only companian...
...jingle...bell..jingle...bell...
...kye...kye...bye...bye...
45.Deluge
Pouroararencumberigouroughardust...
rivetirefflorescemiterriblexcessourust...
crucifyackicknocknotugrabearobust...
thrustrustricknowindawnedrasticrust...
...................................broken completely(the point at which)
...................................collapsed absolutely(could be a bend)
...................................crippled entirely(not to be linear)
...................................crushed totally(nothing flexible)
...................................shattered brutally(no way to see)
Ensemblelementanamountangier...
driftricklelevateruptensendanger...
steameagrerstwhileaerneatrigger...
tandemeandereapiponderipper...
...................................Jammed hardly(put into pieces)
...................................thrashed fatally(get away with)
...................................crumbled unnoticeably(stuck in place)
...................................destroyed lethally(let go out)
...................................ruined utterly(take no chance)
presumenrichaggardauntowear...
remarkillittleruditerrowhereager...
strokeasebbarrenaivelongateasier...
reverturnagutaskeenipeeranger...
46.----Tic-Tac-Toe---
Praise----------size--------------ice
Realize---------lies-------------dice
Agonize--------nice-------------mice
Pluralize------- plies------------pies
Aggrandize----dies--------------rise
Vocalize-------slice-------------voice
Antagonize----twice-------------lice
Tantalize-------trice-------------ties
Fantasize-------prize------------vice
Stabilize--------suffice----------cilice
Materialize-----splice-----------alies
Criminalize----cries-------------thrice
Penalize--------spice------------seize
Legalize--------avarice----------guise
Civilize---------rejoice----------wise
47.Daffodils fall here
Bewitchingly smooth
deer's eyes penetrating
fragrance unlimited
cheeks reflecting
soft caramel honey
lips full bloomed
youth in a platter
placing the attraction to conquerors
........................................cupids
........................................arrows
........................................pointers
vanity remains unperturbed to hold
................................................purity
................................................chastity
................................................virginity
partial exchanges
unbreaking triangles
irresistible despairs
apathetic desires
selfless selves
pleasureless bodies
without organs
belittled to withdraw on common
.......................................chaos
.......................................commotion
.......................................turmoil
48.Algae on his neck
Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...
there.......there.....
under...the...water...
in the..river..bed...
he...yea...he was...
sleeping near the...
coral rocks.....
the green seaweed...
spreading the...
whole area...
oh! its...touching...
touching him....
he was smiling...
the calm sleep...
hummm.....
the relieved feeling...
no consolation...
no cheer...
scum on to his throat...
grows on his blood...
leafless...rootless...
still...sucking..blood...
red moss....
yea...he's...
he's turning into red moss...
until...until...
the sea becomes...
red.....
49.(*I*) Tom and Jerry (*I*)
Toms, cats, felines, felids, kittens kitty, pussy, buddy, pets, this man, that man,
this person, that person, he, she, named, nameless, this doll, that cartoon...
Jerries, rats, rodents, rattus, mice, mouse, guinea pigs, hamsters, pets, this soul,
that woman, this entity, that being, that surname, this toy, that caricature...
This big tail oh o..o..o...o..o..
.........................................liat
could see from behind...........
........................................etihw
............................................gib
.........................................noem
run...run...un...n...n...................
The small one wow...................
..........................................llams
it won't see little........................
...........................................kcalb
.............................................ynit
.............................................peay
hummmm.....g...o....n....e...........
crat..ract...terry...jom...pret...pect...blacrat....whitcat....kratty...puratty...mirl...gan...manwo
kitmouse...felinerat...shebeing...
appetite s motto
urge s rule
hunger s policy
greed s dictum
drive s slogan
desire s aim
50.Jolt. Paranoia. Gangrene.
twitching of the face started
recently. It's a fit. The shudder.
convulsing with a quiver.
The jerk continued with a tremor.
contractions and relaxations or
it goes into spasm over and over.
creeping with fear in horror
worried about panic dismay.
Alarming anxiety trepidates
in memory. It's obsession. Terror.
Always mistrust and suspicion.
Hallucinations to kill the unknown.
complete decay from cerebral injury.
Amputations will leave partial
centre of brain. The magnetic
hold will go unrestrained.
erosion may not be controlled.