Ektarfa (One-Sided)

Humble Day

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stealthily slowly

walks the day

breaking silence

showing humble way

out in the lawn

crickets rasp

in cool crack of dawn

leaves rustle in rhythm

lilies sway and hum

lovers weaving sonnet

soaked in perfect radiance

nature hints poet

strumming the notes

in its own cadence

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Sweet Talks

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Butterfly

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Envelope

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Fading Trails

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Diary

Below is the English translation by my hubby Amrit Sinha :-)

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Blank, Un-filled

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you left me

without a choice

even dry leaves

have a voice

I looked back

hoping you would turn

maybe return

a glance

no, not a chance

it was your call

and all I was left with

no, not even dark

but a blank, un-filled

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Tender Winter

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I sew memories

In that winter sun

Basking in glory

As slowly embers burn

Huddled together

Bundled in awe

In grandma's cuddle

Dreams that I saw

By that wooden log

Orange it glowed

Warm stories flowed

As out snow poured

I sew memories

Sweet and bitter

Of moth smelling sweater

That lovely tender winter

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Entwined

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Autumn, Where They Flow

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From Green to Orange

Red you change

Is that Autumn

Or Nature's feign

A tint of Yellow

Breeze so mellow

Where they flow

With familiar glow

Like a painting

On a canvas

You the beauty

That's so scarce

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Call Of The Mountains

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Running  to the mountains

I glare at waving peaks

Sailing on misty clouds

Solitude that I seek

Fog plays mischief

In the winking light of sun

Embracing those glorious heights

I dare to play fear none

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Thy Photograph Tells A Tale

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Lost

Inbetween the pages
A photograph swayed
Shedding colourful memories
Where love once bloomed
Under the mango trees

Home

Far away in distant land

Photograph in a wallet

Sumptuous bits of homely food

He sought for his childhood

Separation

Under the pillow covers

Lay a photograph

Soaked in tears

There stood his husband

Smiling with pride

Somewhere at the borders

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A Haunting

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an eerie air

stuffed the room

a spooky corner

by the broom

he saw a shadow

behind the curtain

whose bloodshot eyes

tore his vein

as he stood

around the furnace

to calm his senses 

sooth his nerves

the fire ablaze

with a grotesque face

calling his name

a dark voice came

"Welcome my friend

To the house of Living Dead"

and thud he fell

with a broken head

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A Fanciful Whim

It rained that day

On a haven's bay

A soothsayer with cards

Waited on a barren yard

Those questions on his mind

With greed was he blind

He met the sorcerer's eyes

Like fire striking ice

"Oh you boy

What do you wish?

The cards on a deck

Are awaiting your pick

"But wisely choose your pick

And do not frown

As your fortune lay strewn

By the candle wick"

"'Riches' all I want

Of world and wide

As happiness to me

Is what diamonds provide"

"So be it"

said the tarot wizard

"It will rain gold

Instead of hail and cold"

With excitement he cried

Hopped and danced around

Alas what he found

His hopes down profound

Sad it was a dream

A fanciful whim

He rubs his eyes

None hears his utter cries

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Muse Of Moon

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In his silver attire

He beckoned his lover

Disguised in charm

Wrapped her in arm

With his gracious glaze

He followed her creek to creek

Indeed his favourite game

Was playing hide and seek

And just as her muse

Met his enchanting eyes

He hid behind the clouds

Not once but twice

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Story Of A Rose

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O  rose, what's your story

Thousands of verses written

in your glory

some loved and shared

some kissed and cared

and some kept secretly

in broken cupboard

some torn and burnt

In rage of hatred

and there are some

In sagas of fame

found in notebook of love game

O rose what's your story

In crimson hues of treasury

Your beauty is praised 

by young and aged

You are the beauty of a poet

An adorable piece of sonnet

In the nectar of your flare

A dream lovers share

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Drenched

drenched in rain

we kissed each other

abating the pain

that did not matter

locked in arms

the shower-cloud smiled

we make rainbows

that stretch across miles

PS: This is my first poem written in collaboration with my husband :-)


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There Lies A Beauty

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Do take a look

In a child's drawing book

Where beauty lies in art

Of innocence loaded cart

Do look above

Where dims a chandelier

Though not very familiar

Beauty mingles in warm glow

Dancing slow and mellow

Do look underneath

That soft velvet

Which kisses your feet

Beauty is in blooming greens

Of ferns and flowers

And holy riverine between

Beauty needs no definition

Its presence is in every creation

It needs a heart wise

Not just a pair of eyes

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To My Core The Petrichor

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The earth kissed the soil

Stretched its arms

To embrace the moist

Soothing my core

Oh the aroma of petrichor

And lo drenched in the

Vapours of fortitude

I roll and fall

On heavenly drops of solitude

Oh the aroma of petrichor

Sways me to a distant shore

Soaking in its fragrance

The wild bloom and glance

So happily I wish

The scent to last more

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