The Tuskers

Elephants are a delight. Their huge milk-white tusks look great and they are sometimes menacing too. Their royal appearance lends grandeur to the atmosphere. It is nice to watch them. We once went on an elephant ride at Theikkady, Kerala, amidst pepper and spices plantations. It was a splendid experience. :)

Okay then! Sam brings you a poem on the gentle beast.

Elephant

Enormous yet agile

Lovely ivory tusks

Extended flexible nose

Placid tiny eyes

Hard wiry hair

Astute and majestic

Noshes coconuts, vegetation

Truly remarkable creation

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Catch ya soon! Ciao!!

Contempt

Well I’m pushing the envelope to write one more poem this month. :) Without further ado I present it!! 

Contempt

Cease a bond

Oblivious to conscience

Noting to avert

Tempers rise involuntarily

Exhibiting open disapproval

Meaning to demean

Prejudices are ingrained

Throbbing willful condescension

Written on: 27/5/11 10:40 AM

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Toodles!! Have a great weekend! :)

Anger

Anger is a very powerful destructive force. So much that it can destroy anything and everything. A person can lose for instance, his mind, friends, and life earnings in a fit of rage. A place can be victimized by the nature’s fury - a hurricane or volcano. A nation could be destroyed through a futile war, or the wrath of oceans such as tsunami. Finally the world could be thrown to non existence due to terrorism or global warming. These are all examples to illustrate the results of intense anger.

Therefore it is imperative to practice self-control and to pacify one’s anger in order to avoid total destruction. You have to be the master of your senses to experience joy. Though anger is a negative quality it too can be used constructively. For instance, if one shows or channelizes one’s anger (intensity) on beneficial purposes such as improving marks/grades at school, learning a new skill or language, et cetera it would bring amazing results. While you are waiting at a counter, or if you have been put on hold by customer service or anybody, instead of fuming over it just relax and complete your little errands in that time. Such as, read your pending mails/messages, review your presentation notes, think of a present you’d buy for your little one/friend, make a list of people you want to invite to your weekend party or just listen to your favourite music and chill out.

Now I feel like I have jabbered a lot so I’ll head back to my poetry, a haiku this time acrostic one!

Ire

It melts and erupts

Roasted crimson lava threatens

Entombed lies a city

Written on: 26/5/11

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Over the moon

For hours I could sit and watch the glowing moon, amidst gleaming stars. I adore the night sky. The stunning crescent-shaped moon and the sparkling full moon are my favourites. One gets an uncanny sense of peace and is awed by looking at that white beauty, embedded with delicate designs and mysterious intricate patterns.

No wonder then if lovers wistfully gaze at the moon and imagine their beloved’s face in it. On the mention another thing comes to my mind. They say, “Aim for the stars, at least you will reach the moon.” :) Hence dream on, aim high and be over the moon for as long as you wish! :D 

Here is an acrostic poem on being over the moon!

Over the moon

Once the elegant

Velvety skies opened

Earning me, cascading

Rain of appreciation

The victory’s stamped

History in creation

Evident joy rippling

Merriment in profusion

Ongoing orchestration electrifying

Obscuring everything else

Nothing but ecstasy

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Outpourings..

Outpourings of a bruised heart

From being a friend to jus’ another entity in the cyberspace

Folks move on real quick.

From the enthusiastic heys! To avoidance on seeing

All have chosen diverse ways.

From beautiful edifice! to f***ing edifice!

I’ve come a long way.

From believing people are genuine to they are all the same!

I have treaded a long way.

From wowing over shingles to shrugging ’em off

I’ve come a long way!

From sweet friend to bitter memories

I have endured a long way.

From shredding tears to building up indifference

I have strengthened to come a long way.

From being rejected to dismissing the jerks,

I have survived a long way.

From getting ridiculed to cracking jokes on them

I have strived a long way.

From a gullible kid to a tad smarter juvenile

I have toiled to go on.

From dazzling bright smiles to baffling dark truths

I have seared a long way.

From senselessly smitten to remorsefully somber

I have come a long way.

From the fallacious false steps to discovering strong grounding

I’ve come a long way.

From futile day-dreaming to a few steps towards pragmatism 

I’m learning to let go of the disorderly flight of shadows from past

To embrace hope and stride forward!

Written on: 17/5/11 11:30 PM

 

Think and act

How often I wish I had thought it out before making that choice. Doesn’t it happen with everyone? Impulsive and hasty decisions most often cause displeasure and resentment to oneself and others too. So take a little time to think out the various options and their consequences, in detail and then make your important decisions. It is of course easier said than done. Nevertheless one should try.

Here are my thoughts in verses on the same!  :)

Think Twice

Thoughtless decisions seldom

Have you happy

Invoking trouble, regret

Naivety flaws, however

Kneel not dear

Turn every stone

Weigh positives-negatives

Inspect and contemplate

Clarity duly dawns

Enjoy smooth sailing

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A Limerick

Hi there! Let me give you a little idea about what a limerick is.

Limerick n.  It is a short funny poem of five lines which follows the rhyme scheme Aabba. The last words of lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme and the last words of lines 3, 4 also rhyme.

It’s a little tricky and a new form of poetry for me. Given that it is an acrostic limerick, that is, a limerick as well as an acrostic. I hope I have done a fair job.

Agile

A mind has to be newly made

Greatly protected from biased shade

Its job is to deftly seek

Let it not become weak

Earning the sought after grade

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Imagination takes a flight

Though I am still a learner, writing poems gives me great joy! Rather than the outright meaning, the implicit connotations of a poem makes it more appealing and enjoyable. I have been thinking about the Acrostic Only’s prompts but didn’t have time. So I winged this one when I was waiting in a lobby! ;)

Wings

When creativity blossoms

Into awaited existence

New vistas open

Glorious impressions are

Set for eternity

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