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MISCELLANEOUS--mostly poems
Contains miscellaneous poems that do not fit in other folders.
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This contains poems on miscellaneous items. Examples are; Contest items; autobiographical or personal writings; poems that do not fit other folders etc. There is an odd letter/memo also.
Portfolio -> MISCELLANEOUS -> MISCELLANEOUS--mostly poems

HINDUSTAN: an acrostic--award winner  [E]   0.7 KB
Rise of India or Hindustan is truly a historical event.

THE WISE AND THE FOOLS  [E]   0.7 KB
God, give me the former, spare the latter.

SLOW DOWN  [E]   0.9 KB
Slow down. Give yourself respite from purposeless rat race.

ROBIN HOOD: a sonnet—award winner  [E]   1.0 KB
[Why Robin Hood is remembered till today.

I AM AN ILLUSION: award winner  [E]   1.3 KB
I am just an illusion, a mirage, a shadow. The real me is my soul.

Michael Jackson  [E]   1.2 KB
Remembering the king of music.

ON THE BIRTH OF A GRANDSON  [E]   0.8 KB
Sent to a friend when he became a grandfather.

THE OWNERS ROBBED  [E]   1.1 KB
America thrives on graves of the past.

SORROWS   [E]   0.9 KB
A litany of woes.

SILENCE   [E]   1.0 KB
The shades of silence.

LET THE DOGS KEEP ON BARKING: ed's pick   [E]   0.9 KB
The caravan goes on………….

LORDLY POSTURES   [E]   0.6 KB
Some people, and nations, believe they are way above others.

LORD, MAKE ME A BUFFOON  [E]   0.7 KB
A bully hurts. A buffoon tickles.

VACATION: an acrostic--winner  [E]   0.7 KB
Vacation: when and where?

WHILE IN ROME, BEHAVE AS……  [E]   1.2 KB
A mild reminder to a Western tourist in India.

THE CARAVAN MOVES ON: a sonnet  [E]   0.9 KB
It’s better to let the barking dogs bark.

FOOLS AND JESTERS: a sonnet  [E]   0.8 KB
No mean is the role that fools and jesters play.

FIGHTING A FOOL   [E]   0.9 KB
While dealing with a fool, discretion is the better part of valour.

SATAN IN MY SOUL: award winner  [ASR]   1.0 KB
A soul marked by Satan.

THE BOAT OF LIFE  [E]   0.8 KB
Let not the rocking of the boat knock off your confidence.

 WISHING NEW YEAR: a sonnet  [E]   0.8 KB
Wishes for 2009, as shadows seem to be darkening.

SITTING BETWEEN TWO STOOLS  [E]   0.8 KB
Acts of fools know no limits.

WORSE THAN A BLOKE  [E]   0.8 KB
It’s wiser not to hold out as expert in areas of one’s ignorance.

IN DEFENCE OF FOOLS  [E]   0.9 KB
Dislike folly, not fools.

NEVER ARGUE WITH A FOOL  [E]   0.9 KB
Wisdom lies in avoiding fools.

THE STEEL SOLDIER: a nonet  [E]   0.6 KB
The steel frame, too, has soft dreams.

PLEASE TELL ME MY FAULT--award winner  [E]   1.7 KB
You must read it yourself to picture the situation.Charm will be lost if told in advance.

IT’S BIRTHDAY OF WDC : a pantoum   [E]   1.7 KB
Let’s all celebrate. We are now eight.

SARAH PALIN  [E]   1.0 KB
She has looks. Does she have what it takes to be the US Prez?

HAUGHTY KINGS: a ballade  [E]   2.2 KB
The naughty ways of haughty kings.

FLUTTERING DREAMS  [E]   1.0 KB
Dreams that came and went.

AT THE GRAVE  [E]   1.0 KB
At the grave of the loved one.

JUDITY  [E]   1.6 KB
Judity A. Buxton, the WDC author I admire most.

GHOSTLY DINNER: a limerick  [E]   0.6 KB
A ghostly encounter.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT  [E]   1.5 KB
All come and go empty handed. The greatness is illusory, even for Alexander.

MY ADDICTION  [E]   1.0 KB
The addiction of a geek.

E-MAIL RUBBERS AND PRANKSTERS  [E]   1.1 KB
About list members who rub in the wrong way, almost compulsively.

AN UNSUNG HERO--award winner  [E]   0.9 KB
A tribute to the unsung heroes, whose sweat propels the country forward.

THE BIRD AND THE BLIZZARD  [E]   1.0 KB
Birdly instincts.

A WORLD WITHOUT A SUN  [E]   0.8 KB
Life in a dungeon.

MOMENTARY SOLACE  [E]   0.9 KB
Moments of solace in a grieving heart.

CLEOPATRA: award winner  [E]   3.3 KB
The glory, power, loves and intrigues of Cleopatra—a historical perspective.

LIKE DRIFTING SNOW  [E]   0.7 KB
Fleeting memories.

MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS  [E]   0.8 KB
When they are on their own, different people have different thoughts.

SHE WOKE WITH A SMALL CRY:acrostic, wins  [E]   2.1 KB
Dreams and reason

LOUDER THAN A SCREAM: acrostic--winner  [E]   0.9 KB
Complexities of love

SWEET SIXTEEN  [E]   0.8 KB
Who knows who will marry her?

FLYING MACHINES: award winner  [E]   0.7 KB
Solo flights against air currents.

DEAR ANONYMOUS  [E]   8.6 KB
Pleading against sending anonymous hate reviews that are maliciously low rated.

MY MOST FAVOURITE TOY  [E]   0.7 KB
A modern, versatile, multipurpose toy; a toy for ever.

SISTER'S DAY  [E]   1.5 KB
[About the Indian festival of Rakhee, celebrated as the Sister’s Day

AN ODE TO INDO-PAK CRICKET: award winner  [E]   2.4 KB
The story of Indo-Pak cricket match, 2004

WRITING DOT COM  [E]   0.9 KB
About wrting.com being the best site for authors

AN ODE TO GANDHI  [E]   2.6 KB
An ode to India’s saintly political leader, the architect of India’s freedom

GANDHI  [E]   1.4 KB
In remembrance of Gandhi, the architect of India's Independence

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT  [E]   1.1 KB
A poem expressing gratitude to one’s savior, written without using the letter E

WAR CEMETERY: award winner  [E]   1.0 KB
At the grave of the unknown soldier

MOUNTAINS--award winner  [E]   1.0 KB
About those lofty, serene, eternal giants!

IF I WERE A MAGIC WAND  [E]   1.0 KB
How I would feel if I were a magic wand!

HUMAN MONSTERS: an acrosti--award winner  [E]   1.6 KB
Of those having a human body but no heart, who have bartered their soul to the devil.

THE LIVING DEAD: an acrostic-- winner  [E]   1.5 KB
A soldiers' cemetery is a temple of living souls.

YESTERDAY’S NEWSPAPER--award winner  [E]   0.9 KB
Moral support to the yesterday's newspaper, on its feeling discarded

A SCRAP OF PAPER  [E]   1.0 KB
A paper wish! A piece of paper finds itself in the hands of a dame.

BROKEN HEART—a ghazal  [E]   1.3 KB
An English ghazal writen within the classical parameters of this form of poetry.

MANGO--award winner  [E]   1.1 KB
About the most famous, tasty and exotic tropical fruit, Mango.

WHEN I THINK OF ENGLAND  [E]   1.2 KB
A trading company colonised India with the connivance of the English Crown

EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST  [E]   8.9 KB
Though East and West are different, West must not be belligerent.

PENSIVE THOUGHTS  [E]   1.1 KB
Thoughts occurring to the poet on seeing a young girl brooding alone in the woods.

DREAM MERCHANT  [E]   1.3 KB
Poet as a peddler of dreams!

WRITER’S BLOCK  [E]   1.0 KB
Introspections of a writer (or,rather,of his pen)

AN ODE TO CRICKET--award winner  [E]   1.5 KB
An ode to cricket [India is one of the eight countries that play test cricket]