/*As I ponder'd in silence*/ Poetry Blog

Friday, February 17, 2017

Artylicious Mee

Over the years I have developed my deep interest in paintings as my hobby. The thing I love about painting is, you are just completely lost & consumed by what you are doing. You are so much into it that when you come back from that world, you get mesmerized to see what you have created! Some of my recent paintings!

Blooming Lake


Golden hour


Misty Romance


Rainy walk in city night


Buddha



Saturday, April 18, 2015

Shiv-Shakti

Shiv-Shakti, an epic blend of love, strength & spirituality.

Painting exhaustively these days. This one is oil painting on canvas. I think, writing is direct but painting is an abstract way to express emotions. In words, emotions are apparent. In painting, you can hide your feelings from everyone & still you know it's there! In those strokes, color blend and edges. For me, painting is being closest to my soul. ~ Artylicious

Friday, February 15, 2013

My lucky charm!


The twinkle star at night
Reminds me you're always mine
The diamond in my ring
Reminds me you're worth the million!

The red balloons on valentines day
Reminds me my heart beats for you
Purple clouds in winter sky
Reminds me our love is of all seasons!

Coffee vapours in the afternoon
Reminds me I see you everywhere 
Unstoppable smile on my lips
Reminds me you're my lucky charm!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentine day story!

Today, I met a girl with pink rose in her hand. It was Valentines day and she told me, that rose was given by her not-related-to-blood brother. She had suppressed, mysterious smile on her face. I could not understand that smile. I felt she wanted to share more with me. I smelled rose and she smiled again. She went on, saying his brother's parents were like her parents and their families were very close. They both sent flowers to each other's family. She said, his brother's brother and she were dating since school time. Before 2 years, the guy she dated passed away in one sad road accident. Tragic! My mouth was wide open hearing this. I heard something like this for the first time. Such stories we only get to see in movies. Throughout the conversation, her eyes were searching something on the earth. My heart felt for her. I took her hand in mine to console her. She looked at me with misty eyes and said, I have learned to cope up with this loss over the time. She whispered but I could hear her firm words: I will move on! I was speechless. I kept staring at that pink rose...
                                                                                                                                               ...True Story

Monday, January 14, 2013

Roam @ Night!


Sometimes it’s good to be sleepless
Sleepless in hours of silence
To unload the pack of your thoughts
Your thoughts twirl around me

In your thoughts I'm carried far away
Away in keenness to meet you in a halfway
N together we walk, walk to miles
Miles to roam before I sleep!

[They say it right, poems are never complete, they are just abandoned.
One line inspires another, and sometimes, there is an overflow of words with emotions!]

You're good news, I want to flaunt
You're a sweet dream every night I want
You're a sigh of relief after a day out 'n in
You're the missing piece I've found within
Since I looked into your eyes, I have lost in you
Listen to my heartbeats, they say I love you!

Friday, January 4, 2013

New Year Resolution!

Happy New Year!

3 days are passed since we saw the morning Sun of 2013. I look back at last year and evaluate what all I gained and lost in terms of knowledge, money, friends, relationships, love and respect. Every year, I pen down few fix set of things in my ‘To Do’ list. And today, while contemplating, I find those things, more or less, achieved or irrelevant. May be because half of those things I have really achieved and after achieving them, rests associated with them look irrelevant. Life has its own Pareto Principal. You feel like you are at the centre of the world and everything else is falling in place. They say this is the stage of contentment. The stage when you get immense peace. You get self approval and self appreciation for the life you lived. 2012 was the year of transformation for me. I transformed as a person, grew up a little more than I do on birthdays. I will not make any resolution this year. I will thank God for what all he has given to me - Love of dear ones, courage to apologize, hope not to give up, endurance, good health and enormous experiences. However, 7 things I will keep reminding myself throughout this year.
  1. Be true to yourself
  2. Work hard & prioritize
  3. Find happiness within
  4. Patience & acceptance
  5. Give respect and appreciate who influences you 
  6. Ignore negative elements
  7. You reap what you sow. Your deeds never get unnoticed, neither by people nor by destiny!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Kam... ya zyada!

Kabhi pyaar bhare alfaaz kam pad jate hai
Aur kabhi ek pal ki bhi khamoshi bahot zyada

Sath chalte chalte raste chhote ho jate hai
Aur kabhi do kadamo ka fasla bhi bahot zyada

Tumhare chehre ki hasi hamesha kam lagti hai
Chahu main usko har bar bahot zyada

Leti hu main saanse kuch kam hi aaj kal
Har saans me tumhari yaadein basi bahot zyada


Maana Eid ka chand nikalta hai intezaar ke baad
Pura nahi, aadha sahi, chahu milte raho aur zyada

Dil se kitni bhi nikle, kam hi lagti hai duaye
Aur meri har dua me jo tum hi mil jao, to bahot zyada

Muje dekhti tumhari har nazar, chahti hai aur thoda zyada
Kabhi main lagu thodi kam, aur kabhi tum lago bahot zyada

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Mirror

I know, I am not the best
But together, our life becomes a fest
I cannot not meet you again 'n again
But in each other's arms, we cannot restrain

I behave like a kid sometimes
But we understand each other’s cute love signs
While expressing love, I may get sort of words
A hug from you gives me wings of thousand birds

Without you, I feel lonely at times
But when we're together, my all poetry rhymes
I love to pull your legs a lot
But in each other's company, time just floats

I always say that you don't give me present
But with you, beautiful will be future just like present
I haven’t told you more often, how amazing lover you’re
Action say more than words, next time I’ll be your mirror!

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Without awesomeness

Life without awesomeness
Life without life
Life without my friend
After a litter bittle strife

I met many in this journey
Some gone by, some stayed
Nothing is free in this world
But this time, high price I paid!

One mistake, Friendship at the stake
Ignorance seems when you smile fake
Things between us are so out of track
I wish the same old days come back

Time spent with you was fun n festive
All those fond moments I’ll make you relive!
Our friendship is true, not a tale or fictive
I’ll not give up till the time you forgive.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Monsoon love

Blooming July
Damp Monsoon
Moon behind haze
Drops of rain
Submerged universe.

A bead
Clung to a fresh leaf
Is about to fall
Staring misty dust
In awaited thrust!

One such drip
In your eyes
Eager to explore
Inside the roaring ocean
I want to sink slowly...

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday my best friend,
Amazing times, we always spend.
Laughter and jokes are common place,
Since we built that solid base.

Special friend that I hold dear,
Always wish to have you near.
We get along, like bread with honey,
A friendship worth, much more than money.

If you stumble, count me there,
Gratitude; no need to declare.
Your thoughts are clear, in my mind,
Understanding we always find.

Happy birthday my best friend,
Accept the wishes, my Heart send
This birthday poem, is just for you,
A great big smile is overdue.

[birthday wishes from a dear friend]

Friday, February 17, 2012

Journey called 'Life'

Roads are lovely, except for turns
Walk with me till the one comes
Few more steps with trust and doubt
No promises or bind on this route

Sprinkle some sunshine, add drops of rain
Spice it up with giggle, beautify the lane
This purple morning, sweet lilac smell
Enormous Reminiscence, we’ll forever dwell

And time will fly, memories will churn
New roads to walk, new bends to turn                Some day, some bend…we’ll meet again,
                                                                                    Search for sunshine and laugh once again.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

# 4 and # 5



A couple of paintings I made last year!

Monday, January 16, 2012

a little of you, a little of me!

A little of you, a little of me
I smile and wonder how it could be,
I don’t recall since how long
You are with me so steady, so strong!

Your presence around is my happiness key
You extend the comfort beyond the sea
It is not all that I want to say,
One gaze of yours takes my breath away

It sounds like music, too good to be true
When you say I bring out the best in you
Having you by my side sets me free
O dear, your love is my poetry

I wish I can go on and on
Just like our story moves on
Forever and ever
How we are apart but still together!

No, we are not two.
You are me. I am you.
Yes I love you, more than I do.

[I know you’ll whisper, I’ll always love you.]

Monday, December 19, 2011

# 3



Tried my hand on abstract painting. You are free to interpret the message inside ;)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Nostalgia

The past untold, the time gone by
The long evening walks under the blue sky
The wisdom we shared; small things we cared,
Love fostered within and grew day by day

The excuses to meet, sms and calls
Laughter we had in the corner's coffee shop
Sudden outing plans at the last moment
Few were hit and few were flop

The trivial talks in just a random way
The toast we raised on a smallest joy
Remember those pranks we secretly played?
And the fights on 'who's gonna pay!'

That movie together we watched in the hall,
And the meal we cooked wasn't bad at all,
Bonfire. The melody. The company fine.
Together we danced on cloud number nine!

The road was twisted with many turns
But the journey didn't seem long!
Hearing the tune of unforgettable days
Today I'm composing a nostalgic song!

Saturday, January 29, 2011

no tomorrow

My bag is empty, my act is done
The lights are tired… music undone
I walk further, spotlight follows me,
And I wave at the faces I’ve never seen!

Suddenly spotlight dims a little
I smile. It suits to show a fake riddle
I think it’s time to drop a curtain!
Later, dead applause will remain,
Tomorrow I'll have to come again.

If only for a night, I don’t have to be there
No tricks, ashes, words to borrow;
In the world outside this caged stage,
All I will have is... no tomorrow!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

white silk curtain...


Moonlight

Black night

And the white silk curtain between us

The translucence and those eyes

Mirror eyes

Restless silence

Absent presence

Just a careless instance

Endless night, passing yet still

And one impulsive wave with blossom

Taking everything in its embrace

Beyond the white silk curtain,

Those eyes, mirror eyes

Still unspoken

Love, still unyielding

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

between lines...

Struggling...

between Faith and Deception

Deception

created by fear, somewhere inside

Faith

tied with a thin thread of Hope

Hope

...

that someday

this struggle will End!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Summer sky

A sweep of gold --
A slash of crimson --
Few lilac patches in the summer sky
Sunbeam gaze --
Warm breeze --
Like an artist put his canvas to dry
Grey clouds clutter when sweltering winds blow
They steal these colors to paint the next rainbow!

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Incomplete lines

What happens to incomplete lines?

Do they dry up like a plucked flower in the sun
And lose the charm?

Or do they vanish in the air like camphor
And disappear?

May be they sink in the sea of time
And never come up

Or they are just wiped out by another wave
Like the words on the sand of a shore

Or do they explode inside heart?

Friday, February 26, 2010

I feel the sun


There were some illusions I recall
May be, I didn’t know clouds at all!
Dazzling stars were playing seek and hide
But now I feel the sun from both the side

Many things I am grateful for
Once I start counting score,
A song of thanksgiving's just not enough
It deserves much much more stuff

And so the merry heartbeats sing
With the whole glad world around
Let's hear together
Voice of love in every sound!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

A fresh start!


Today I feel like nothing to say
Sitting near a window having a cup of coffee
Just want to let the sun rays gleam my face
Let the songbirds chuckle,
Let the blossom of flowers fill my heart
In the spring… want to have a fresh start!

Old memories, adieu!

Friday, January 15, 2010

# 2


Just another one from my kitty! :)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Jig-saw

Look, a child is striving here and there
To understand this new territory
Trying to interlock a jigsaw riddle
By putting pieces of life together!

He’s just nearly done
But searching for a portion
Slipped away out of focus

He will give up… go back 'n eagerly search again -
The bits and pieces of tomorrow
To make his puzzle complete!

Friday, January 8, 2010

# 1


I took a brush and paint palette in my hand after so long! Just trying to make this dull phase of life a bit interesting by experimenting with colors!
Killing Time Creatively! :)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Pebbles and the pearl

Saffron skyline was her aspiration to reach
She was walking alone, early morning on a beach
Beneath the thundering ocean wave
She found few pebbles on the shore pave

Like a child does, she made a sandcastle
And embellished it with her vivid pebble
Whispering the jingle of an old lovely carol,
Ocean zephyr was drying up her castle

Another roaring tide dragged away the fort
And her pebbles too went along to escort
Alas! She spilled her desires deep inside the ocean
But taking a back step, she found a shell open
Holding the saffron pearl in her palm, soon realized the girl
She was behind pebbles but was destined to the pearl!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The fool in me!

I love the fool in me
The one who feels too much,
Thinks too much,
Talks too much,
Sees too many dreams,
Takes too many chances,
Wins sometimes and loses often,
Struggles with mood swings often,
Loves and hates,
Hurts and gets hurt,
Promises and breaks promises,
Sings and giggles,
Laughs... and cries...!

Friday, October 2, 2009

Just free

I am free…
Free as a bird
Free from all prisons
Just as free as I was before

I don’t need to ask questions to myself
And no need to seek for answers inside
Smile has just patched up with me
‘n joy will friend me again, soon!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Solitude

I've created a small world,
My own word where stays -
My dreams and hopes, deeper in my mind
My tunes and songs, sole of their kind
My thoughts and feelings, like an eternal stream
My moods and smiles, always make me gleam
The world where I can always be me
The world where I've discovered new me!