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Dr M C Gupta
    My main portfolio contains 23 items.
Folder links are in Red   *   Other Item links are in Blue

SEVEN MONTHS IN THE USA    (E)    # 1650242:
        My experiences and thoughts regarding 3 and 2 and another 2 months stays in the USA.
PLEASE REVIEW MY PORT    (E)    # 1366051:
        These items are still waiting for a reviewer. Would you like to be the first one?
MY WINNING ITEMS    (E)    # 1240497:
        List of and links to my poems and articles that have won recognition at writing.com
[MY THREE POETRY CONTESTS]    (E)    # 1548948:
        Contains my three poetry contest on monthly basis.
[WHAT, WHY, HOW?-- articles, essays etc.]    (E)    # 1238625:
        Serious items about writing, politics, philosophy, religion, spirituality etc.
[WOMEN'S ISSUES]    (E)    # 1260811:
        Contains two folders related to women's marital and other issues.
[SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, GENDER ISSUES:pic]    (E)    # 1476016:
        Items, mainly poems, on social, political, psychological and non-sensitive gender issues.
[ON WAR / USA--poems and articles]    (E)    # 1260800:
        Contains a folder and a book on war writings, mainly poems.
[ABOUT THE ELDERLY]    (E)    # 1260958:
        Contains a folder and a book of poems about the elderly.
[NATURE AND INSPIRATIONAL]    (E)    # 1261759:
        Contains a book and a folder, containing poems related to nature, spirituality etc.
[PERSONAL & PHILOSOPHICAL MUSINGS]    (E)    # 1503272:
        Thoughts personal and philosophical.
[CHILDREN, HUMOR, LAW, MEDICAL, SCIENCE]    (E)    # 1260963:
        Contains folders and books on humor, law, medical, science, environment etc.
[ENGLISH GHAZALS]    (E)    # 1260803:
        Contains ghazals in English--a folder and a book.
[BILINGUAL POETRY]    (E)    # 1369736:
        Author's poems that he has written / translated in two languages--English and Hindi
[POEMS OF LOVE]    (E)    # 1261768:
        This contains a book and a folder, devoted to poems on love and heart.
[MISCELLANEOUS]    (E)    # 1261770:
        Contains a book and a folder of poems on varied topics.
[LINKS TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF POEMS]    (E)    # 1239789:
        Links to sonnets,odes, acrostics, poems on animals, festivals, soldiers, the deprived etc.
[HINDI POETRY गज़ल]    (E)    # 1510547:
        Contains 2000+ Hindi poems, mainly ghazals, in Hindi script
OLD HINDI FILM SONGS    (E)    # 1520624:
        Lyrics of old Hindi film songs, from 1940's onwards, listed alphabetically.
Dr. M. C. Gupta's Journal    (E)    # 1508363:
        My thoughts, all serious, on important issues and events.
MY POETRY BOOK    (13+)    # 948400:
        Poems shifted from the main port to create space for new poems
WINNING POEMS: poetry book    (E)    # 1748412:
        My award winning poems, intended to be published as a book.
THE OLD WOODEN BOX: a 1000 word story    (E)    # 1589078:
        The story of a missed treasure.
#710922:   LOVE POEMS--MISCELLANEOUS    (GC)     [Top]
Poems dealing with love in its various dimensions    (48 items)

LOVE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1689695:
        Love is basically an emotional bond, finer and stronger than sex and gifts.
IS LOVE AN OASIS?    (E)    # 1671504:
        What is love? Depends…..
CROSSING THE BORDER OF THE UNKNOWN    (E)    # 1649455:
        Traversing unknown worlds in a dream.
O MY HERO, COME: ~Pi~ Form    (ASR)    # 1642856:
        The stellar queen greets her slave and lover.
CRY    (E)    # 1544887:
        A strong heart can do nothing but cry.
ALWAYS DREAMING OF YOU--award winner    (E)    # 1462680:
        Dreams that remain but dreams.
FROZEN FLAME: a sonnet--award winner    (E)    # 1455658:
        Sublimation of unrequited love.
A LOVE TRIANGLE    (E)    # 1454661:
        The view points of the two suitors and the beloved.
A SILENT LETTER    (E)    # 1433909:
        From one who is imprisoned by self-imposed silence.
FADED ROSE--award winner    (E)    # 1426680:
        Roses fade. Memories don't.
ROSES AND THORNS:haiku-award winner    (E)    # 1426406:
        The pain of love is remembered better through thorns than roses.
MEMORIES AND THORNS    (E)    # 1426403:
        Thorns last longer than the roses.
COME TO STAY    (E)    # 1421684:
        Memories etched in heart.
WHAT IS LOVE? -- a mirage.    (E)    # 1421424:
        Love is often brittle,unreal, flimsy and unfaithful.
ONLY WORDS: award winner    (E)    # 1396903:
        Words from heart go to the heart.
PAIN AND MEMORIES    (E)    # 1390756:
        Pain, happiness and memories of lost love.
WHEN IT MATTERED: a sonnet    (E)    # 1356906:
        A time comes when things cease to matter.
ONE SIDED LOVE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1356800:
        What happens when the lover is too shy.
LOVE LOST AND FOUND    (E)    # 1355277:
        Transformation of spousal love to literary love.
LOVE WITH REASON    (E)    # 1349578:
        My love is not blind, but tempered with reason.
MY EXPOSED HEART    (E)    # 1345508:
        Every heart needs some space, even a lover’s heart.
LOVE AND HEARTACHE--award winner    (E)    # 1341119:
        Without love, what use is heart? Without heartache, what use is love?
MEMORIES--award winner    (E)    # 1264284:
        We can’t help past memories of love held back from others. Heed the present.
A BEAUTIFUL FACE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1263441:
        Beauty is skin deep.
A SONG I ONCE SANG:sonnet—Winner    (E)    # 1258091:
        A song sung once, that can’t be sung again.
SHACKLES OF LOVE: award winner    (E)    # 1251855:
        Self-inflicted bonds of love
FROZEN FLAME: bilingual--award winner    (E)    # 1247019:
        Describes how Love has metamorphosed the lover/beloved--a bilingual poem
BLUE SKY AND DARK SHADOWS:sonnet— winner    (E)    # 1245854:
        Memories of the past, retained by one of the lovers
THEN THERE WAS NOTHING--award winner    (ASR)    # 1242207:
        The unknown love
PRESUME NOT: award winner    (E)    # 1241793:
        Built on Shakespeare’s Famous Quote:"Presume not that I am the thing I was."
LOOK FOR ANOTHER DATE    (13+)    # 972060:
        Lovers with different attitudes towards sex decide to part company
HE FELT THE SHADOW: acrostic--a winner    (E)    # 971203:
        Departed wife’s soul visits the husband.
WHAT'S LEFT    (E)    # 968615:
        Without the loved one, life has no meaning.
VAMPIRE LOVE    (E)    # 961605:
        A vampire falls in love with a young girL.
TOO FAR    (E)    # 956986:
        Sauntering too far from the world of love
SILENT SMILE    (E)    # 956111:
        A silent smile that haunts long after the love is gone.
I WON’T ACCEPT DEFEAT    (E)    # 956098:
        Convincing of one’s love, while the lover accuses of not returning the same
SEA WOMAN    (E)    # 885675:
        Why the sea is like a woman?
SILENT ECHOES    (E)    # 885652:
        Echoes of old love.
FROSTY LOVE    (E)    # 873121:
        A poetic note on sanctity of faithfulness in marriage as pre-requisite for pure love
STORM--award winner    (E)    # 846919:
        Love, whether we lose or win, raises such a storm within.
LOVE’S WARMTH    (E)    # 783022:
        Memories of love lost
FIRST LOVE    (E)    # 748721:
        Unforgettability of the first love, etched in the heart for ever.
MY HEART    (E)    # 739938:
        The lover feels helpless before the heart.
LIFE WITHOUT YOU    (E)    # 717953:
        Memories of the spouse who is no more.
LONELY LIFE—a ghazal    (E)    # 717107:
        The lonely lover tells the beloved that his life is a void that only she can fill
MEMORIES--a ghazal    (E)    # 715911:
        Memories of old love rekindled.
HASTA LUEGO--award winner    (E)    # 712329:
        Beloved bids farewell to the lover called to the battlefield.
#711808:   WOMEN'S ISSUES IN GENERAL--poems    (GC)     [Top]
Poems dealing with women's concerns ,including gender and social issues    (29 items)

THE GIRL IN THE MALL    (E)    # 1508825:
        [The girl with the paper smile had suffered a fate vile.]
DON’T HURT A WOMAN    (E)    # 1455605:
        Woman was meant by God to be held by man in partnership, not bondage.
CAN’T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE    (E)    # 1453553:
        A woman comes to know of the true nature of the lover.
AND I COILED UP INSIDE    (E)    # 1452942:
        Once cheated, a woman braces herself.
AN EMPTY WOMAN    (E)    # 1452937:
        Kids gone and the husband no more, emptiness fills a woman’s life.
A WOMAN SCORNED: a sonnet    (E)    # 1409186:
        Hell knows no fury like a woman scorned.
MEN, WE ARE NOT WEAK    (E)    # 1404101:
        Women’s retort to manly taunts.
CRAZY MEN: award winner    (E)    # 1403200:
        Men are prone to say that women are crazy. Here is an alternate viewpoint.
ABUSE    (ASR)    # 1400170:
        A hapless child, ravaged.
DON’T MEDDLE WITH A WOMAN    (E)    # 1394848:
        An advice to all men: hold a woman in awe and respect.
THE IMAGE OF WOMAN: a sonnet    (E)    # 1371488:
        There are many aspects of womanhood. Which is the most distinctive?
DON’T MAKE ME A WOMAN: a sonnet— winner    (E)    # 1364286:
        Feelings of many women in a male dominated world.
GENDER STRIFE: Lune poem- award winner    (E)    # 1276727:
        The battle of sexes, in five lunes.
SEND ME TO HELL: a sonnet    (ASR)    # 1272834:
        Better send me to hell than to earth as a woman next time—a woman’s prayer
SILENT WOMEN    (E)    # 1272773:
        Poem depicting silence of suffering women, with a reference to Hillary Clinton.
ADAM AND EVE: award winner    (E)    # 1260407:
        If this world ends and Adam and Eve are born again.
A PROSTITUTE’S CHILD--award winner    (13+)    # 1241577:
        Conversation with a child, whose mother takes to prostitution to support him.
INDEPENDENCE    (E)    # 950718:
        Woman's resolve to claim her independence.
THANKS MOM--award winner    (13+)    # 900629:
        What an aborted girl says to her mother!
GENDER WAR    (E)    # 886239:
        Men and women alternately love and fight each other--a reconciliatory perspective
ASSAULT: award winner    (13+)    # 770963:
        Thoughts of a woman assaulted.
GENDER FRAUD    (18+)    # 752700:
        The voice of universal womanhood--protest against unequal treatment
AN ODE TO WOMAN    (E)    # 748690:
        Woman, not man, was made in the image of God. Her lower status is rooted in religion.
A LIFE GONE    (13+)    # 746272:
        The agony of a mother who has aborted.
KISSING THE TEARS--award winner    (E)    # 742852:
        Love a woman? Kiss her tears.
WOMEN AND MEN    (E)    # 734584:
        Women are different from men, who find them difficult to understand
MAN’S INJUSTICE    (E)    # 712730:
        A woman laments about a man's world where women rights and feelings are trampled
LAKESIDE MEMORIES: award winner    (E)    # 711810:
        Describes the painful memories of a girl who has lost her love.
UNDERSTANDING WOMEN    (E)    # 711048:
        Tells how difficult it is to understand women, howsoever one may try
#712380:   INSPIRATIONAL & SPIRITUAL:award winner    (E)     [Top]
Inspirational and spiritual items, including those touching on fate and soul.    (116 items)

PICK UP THE DICE: a sonnet- Award Winner    (E)    # 1686588:
        Sitting and thinking does not take one anywhere.
CASTING STONES: editor's choice    (E)    # 1645410:
        Let us not cast stones on others from our black holes.
THE MESSAGE OF LEAVES    (ASR)    # 1637993:
        The leaves fall and rise again, thereby giving a message to man.
BRING ON THE NEW YEAR    (E)    # 1631627:
        Praying to Lord to bring peace in the New year.
WHERE AM I?    (E)    # 1619469:
        The experience of death, being transported to a different world.
PLAYING THE GAME    (E)    # 1595577:
        The game of life must be played as per the rules.
GIVING AND LIVING    (E)    # 1593142:
        What somebody gives depends on him. How we live out life depends on us.
AMENDS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1591559:
        A pasted sorry or a smile, if not sincere, can be quite vile.
TIME MARCHES ON: a sonnet--Editor's pick    (E)    # 1583725:
        Time never stops. Don’t regret the lost moments. Move with time.
OPEN THE WINDOWS    (E)    # 1580757:
        Mind is like a parachute. Keep it open. Learn from others.
HOPE    (E)    # 1573257:
        When everyone has given you up, don’t give up hope and faith in Him.
MEDITATION    (E)    # 1564518:
        Description of a meditational experience.
AS WATER FALLS-- award winner    (E)    # 1539192:
        Rocks can be melted by water.
BARTERING WISDOM: a sonnet    (E)    # 1538923:
        Some march ahead where angels fear to tread…..
INTO THE NIGHT I WANDER--award winner    (E)    # 1518559:
        The corporeal sojourn over, the spiritual starts.
LET THE STAR GUIDE ME    (E)    # 1503233:
        When I am lost, His star guides me.
THE MOUNTAIN ROAD: award winner    (E)    # 1499444:
        Which road to choose? The one up the mountain or the one down to sea?
SLICE OF PAIN: award winner    (E)    # 1498070:
        Pain and gain always remain. Let not pain cause disdain.
THOUGH ALL MAY SEEM LOST: haikus--winner    (E)    # 1474009:
        Don’t lose courage and faith. Things will change.
ONLY MYSELF TO BLAME: a sonnet    (E)    # 1471712:
        I squandered what I had and spurned the poor. Now that I am spurned, why blame others?
AN ODE TO TIME    (E)    # 1467954:
        Time heals wounds and absorbs pain; only pleasant thoughts remain.
CRAVE HIS BLESSINGS    (E)    # 1466845:
        On being asked by a friend to wish and bless her on her birthday.
STARLESS NIGHTS:sonnet, bilingual winner    (E)    # 1465947:
        When nights are dark, it’s the inner light you ask.
NEVER SAY DIE: award winner    (E)    # 1463412:
        In face of adversities, keep the head high; never say die.
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM    (E)    # 1463351:
        Seek knowledge from the books, wisdom from wise. Even if old, don’t them despise.
WHEN THE PATH IS LOST: haikus--Ed-pick    (E)    # 1462657:
        When it’s dark, look inward; you will be taken forward.
THE ONWARD MARCH    (E)    # 1460847:
        About others' barbs and pinpricks.
SHADOWS OF DARKNESS--award winner    (E)    # 1459684:
        When life is dark, He shows the light.
HEARTS AND SPACE SHIPS: a sonnet--winner    (E)    # 1455681:
        Rather than launch spaceships, men should launch kindness in their hearts.
HAVE DREAMS AND FAITH    (E)    # 1455667:
        Dream and strive to achieve the dreams, shunning pleasures, having faith in Him.
DREAMS OF FUTURE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1455662:
        Live in the present, not the past or the future.
EXPECTATIONS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1455624:
        Others have their own problems. Try to help them rather than seek their help.
CONQUER THE SELF    (E)    # 1455600:
        It is more important to conquer oneself rather than others.
DREAMS ONCE SHATTERED: another sonnet    (E)    # 1453786:
        Dreams once shattered need not shatter the heart.
DREAMS ONCE SHATTERED: a sonnet    (E)    # 1453692:
        Dreams may be shattered. But don’t stop dreaming.
BREAK THE FAST    (E)    # 1453211:
        Forget what is past, though sad. The present is here. Plan for the future.
BE UP AND RUNNING: a sonnet    (E)    # 1453007:
        The fruit of action comes to those who act.
WHAT IS LIFE?—a double nonet    (E)    # 1449782:
        The futility and utility of life.
THE PATH OF PEACE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1443181:
        Anger is like an acid that corrodes the vessel in which it is kept.
LIFE AND DEATH    (ASR)    # 1441989:
        What is real—life or death? Is one bright and the other dark?
LIFE IS NOT DARK: a sonnet--Editor's pic    (E)    # 1435984:
        Don’t despair, have a heart. Aft tonight, new day will start.
SAND IN MY HANDS--award winner    (E)    # 1434358:
        The slipping sand.
SHOULD I?    (E)    # 1429044:
        Should I live more? If yes, how?
DIVINITY AND DIGNITY: haikus    (E)    # 1427207:
        Haikus of divinity.
LITMUS TEST--editor's choice    (E)    # 1427153:
        Mahatma Gandhi's litmus test.
JUDGE NOT    (E)    # 1427145:
        There may be much good in those whom we judge.
ALBATROSS--award winner    (E)    # 1425969:
        A conversation between the poet and albatross of "Rime of the ancient mariner".
PASSER-BY    (E)    # 1421694:
        We are merely passers-by, passengers towards a destination.
WHAT IS LIFE? A WISP OF WIND......    (E)    # 1421440:
        Life is a wisp, a wave, a kite, a bubble.......
A ROAD GOING NOWHERE--award winner    (E)    # 1415446:
        A road paved with desires can't lead to contentment.
CLOUDS OF GLOOM: award winner    (E)    # 1415063:
        In adversity, don't be despondent. Repent your follies and the inner voice will guide you.
DON'T BE ATTACHED: a sonnet    (E)    # 1407813:
        We will quit this world one day. Why be attached to it?
WANT AND HAPPINESS: haikus--award winner    (E)    # 1400780:
        Wants tend to increase. Happiness comes when want goes.
DARKEST NIGHT: a sonnet--award winner    (ASR)    # 1398045:
        Thoughts about the night of death.
WHY CONFORM?    (E)    # 1380437:
        Choosing between the world of men and the world of God.
IS THERE SUCH A MAIDEN?    (E)    # 1380356:
        In giving is true happiness, in suffering pleasure.
DO GOOD AND BE BLESSED: a sonnet    (E)    # 1373600:
        Man can wash off his sins by doing good deeds.
DON'T BLAME THE FATE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1373048:
        What is within our power is to do good. Fate will take care of itself.
THE PATH OF DUTY--ruba'i    (E)    # 1371607:
        One must do one’s duty, regardless of the consequences.
ZEROING IN ON THE TRUTH:ABCeDarius, wins    (E)    # 1369059:
        The secret of happiness in life is to curb desire.
GAIN OR LOSS?    (E)    # 1369032:
        A look at the gains and losses of life.
WHAT IS LIFE?    (E)    # 1366172:
        Different answers to the eternal query.
HE MADE MAN IN HIS IMAGE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1365888:
        If He made man in His image, why despise men?
CHRISTMAS: a cinquain--award winner    (E)    # 1364134:
        Christmas calls for reflection, not mere jubilation.
HAPPY NEW YEAR WISHES: acrostic--winner    (E)    # 1363208:
        Wishes for a happy New Year abound. Do they help?
I HAD ONCE LOST ALL HOPE    (E)    # 1363068:
        Losing hope and regaining it.
DECEPTION    (E)    # 1359862:
        The hold of religion on man.
FRUITS OF DECEIT: a sonnet    (E)    # 1357644:
        The web of deceit engulfs the one who deceives.
HALLOWEEN: a sonnet (Editor’s choice)    (E)    # 1356843:
        The departed spirits visit us on this day.
HALF GLASS SYNDROME—a sonnet    (E)    # 1356807:
        Learn positive thinking. Count your blessings, not your sorrows.
DEATH, DON’T BE PROUD    (E)    # 1353076:
        A challenge to Death.
THE ROAD OF LIFE: a sonnet—Editor’s pick    (E)    # 1345887:
        The road of life must be traversed, though hard it be.
DIWALI    (E)    # 1345399:
        Greetings on Diwali.
DIWALI, FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: award winner    (E)    # 1345379:
        The story of King Ram and the biggest Indian Hindu festival, Diwali. A Naga Uta poem.
GOOD INTENTIONS: award winner    (E)    # 1345325:
        Which is better-- Healthy body? Calm mind? Good intentions? Good deeds?]
WHAT DREAMS REMAIN    (E)    # 1344975:
        Let dreams be shattered, but not you.
AS LONG AS WE KEEP DREAMING    (E)    # 1307167:
        Dreaming means living.
WHEN FRIENDS TURN INTO FOES: a sonnet    (E)    # 1304448:
        When friends turn foes and all is dark…………
WITHIN MY OWN SELF: award winner    (E)    # 1303979:
        What I found cluttered up in my mind.
DO NOT TAKE AWAY MY SONG    (E)    # 1280971:
        Even a recluse has a desire.
EMPTY MASK: a sonnet    (E)    # 1280918:
        All of us wear a mask all the time. Why not discard it?
SURRENDER TO THE SILENCE    (E)    # 1279620:
        One must learn to listen to the silent inner voice.
WHITHER MY SOUL    (E)    # 1278283:
        Should I bother where my soul will go?
THE NEST: a haiku--award winner    (E)    # 1274557:
        Parents should build the home and nurture the children, but not hold on to them.
THE SAINTLY MIND:a chronos--award winner    (E)    # 1272728:
        What should the mind of a saint be like?
IS THERE A GOD: a chronos    (E)    # 1272724:
        Upon existence of god
LIVE EACH DAY: a sonnet--award winner    (E)    # 1271487:
        Begin each day afresh, with new hope and faith.
LIFE WITHOUT RELIGION    (E)    # 1265655:
        The hypocrisy of religion
WHAT I CANNOT SEE    (E)    # 1254052:
        We often don’t understand our own self.
SAVE TIME    (E)    # 1250824:
        Time flies. Save it before it is too late.
A PLACID LIFE    (E)    # 1245675:
        My life may not be hectic, but its path is serene.
EASY LIES    (E)    # 1242240:
        Once lying comes easy, the head gets uneasy.
AN ODE TO MUSIC: award winner    (E)    # 1238528:
        Nature’s music is its eternal language, scripted in the calmness of the mind.
SHOW A HAPPY FACE    (E)    # 1238465:
        Should we show the real face or the happy face?
HEAVEN AND HELL--award winner    (E)    # 974788:
        We assign ourselves to heaven or hell, as per our own deeds.
TURN OF FATE—a sonnet    (E)    # 974098:
        Happiness is a state of mind, often independent of externalities.
HAVE FAITH AND HOPE:an acrostic- winner    (E)    # 962440:
        Don’t lament that life’s glass is half empty. Have hope and faith that it will be full.
ONLY FOOLS LIKE ME—a sonnet    (E)    # 960127:
        It is foolish to be distracted from the righteous path in the face of ridicule
ABOUT SUICIDE—a sonnet    (13+)    # 952004:
        Who determines the final moment--He or man?
GOD’S WAYS:tsunami-sonnet, winner    (13+)    # 951997:
        God brings change in ways unknown. Our logic may fail; our faith should not.
THE FINAL MOMENT—a sonnet    (E)    # 951992:
        When the angel of death wins. My first sonnet.
THE MORTAL DREAM: acrostic—award winner    (E)    # 948429:
        The poet dreams that he is in the grave. And, he muses…….
WHEN THE DAY IS DONE-Award winner    (E)    # 948408:
        Thoughts in the evening of life, when the day is done.
EMPTY PAGES    (E)    # 925926:
        A poem about the empty pages in the book of life
FAREWELL:a ghazal--Award Winner    (E)    # 918948:
        Reflections and realization after decades of worldly sojourn
LAST WISH    (E)    # 885240:
        My only wish as I complete my sojourn.
THE VOICE WITHIN: Editor's choice    (E)    # 876814:
        Don't despair silence. Background noise removed, inner voice becomes audible.
TIME WILL TELL    (E)    # 871614:
        Life is full of uncertainties. Worrying is no use. Better surrender to the will of God.
TRAVELER    (E)    # 842414:
        A message for the traveler on the path of life
AN ODE TO PATIENCE:editor’s choice    (E)    # 760599:
        Virtues of patience at various phases of life
AN ODE TO DEATH    (E)    # 749405:
        Death brings peace and takes us to God--why be afraid of it?
AN ODE TO PAIN    (E)    # 746321:
        Pain teaches tolerance. None can become a good human being without experiencing pain.
SOMETIMES    (E)    # 745268:
        Reflections on life's successes and failures, laying them all at the feet of the Lord.
WHO IS GOOD OR BAD?--Editor's choice    (E)    # 742319:
        Futility of judging others as good or bad.
AN ODE TO MY MOTHER--award winner    (E)    # 742307:
        A real dream describing how the spirit of my mother dying 12000 miles away visited me
A THOUGHT    (E)    # 733806:
        One looks back on one's life of struggle and sacrifice, shunning pursuit of pleasure
#712869:   THOUGHTS OF THE ELDERLY--poems    (E)     [Top]
Poems describing the thoughts of those in the evening of their life    (37 items)

SOLD TO DEATH    (ASR)    # 1686517:
        The saga of old age.
LONELY OLD MEN    (E)    # 1658198:
        Old men are often lonely, helpless and silent in their suffering.
POLLUTED WORDS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1547928:
        When the young pollute, the old quit.
SHALL I THERE BE PERCHANCE AGAIN?    (E)    # 1546449:
        The old village road, remembered in old age.
SHADOWS: a sonnet--award winner    (E)    # 1544050:
        Shadows of gloom, haunted by memories.
A TIRED GAME    (E)    # 1499649:
        What is life but a tired game, in pursuit of name and fame?
WISHING FOR DEATH--award winner    (E)    # 1483880:
        An old man feels it is no more worthwhile to live.
THE BEREAVED—a sonnet    (E)    # 1469477:
        The grief of one bereaved is tended best in loneliness.
A DISTANT MEMORY--award winner    (E)    # 1414939:
        Memories of the lost life partner.
GETTING OLDER BY THE MINUTE:award winner    (E)    # 1404657:
        As I get older, I wait for His call, walking His path.
ROAD TO WINTER    (E)    # 1396728:
        Travelling on life’s one way street.
WINTERS OF LIFE: a sonnet—winner    (E)    # 1396725:
        Winters in various stages of life.
EMPTY CUP: a sonnet    (E)    # 1368049:
        When life’s cup is empty and can’t be filled.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, THROW ME A PENNY    (E)    # 1362224:
        A poor old man, wishing happy new year.
MAKING WAY FOR THE YOUNG: a sonnet    (E)    # 1356705:
        It is true that the old have to make way for the young.
WHY I LIVE?    (E)    # 1349505:
        Why I live, for whom I live, why should I live at all?
WHAT YOU MEANT TO ME    (E)    # 1291436:
        Memories of one gone.
AN OLD MAN’S SAGA    (E)    # 1278063:
        Don’t be wary of the old. They want to give. Take it.
MY TODDLER DAYS    (E)    # 1277627:
        An old man is not much different from a child!
SUMMERS AND WINTERS: a sonnet---winner    (E)    # 1267190:
        Winters in the winter of life are harder than in the summer.
INTO THE VOID    (E)    # 1260396:
        Preparing for exit from this world.
THE SONNET OF THE OLD    (E)    # 1258841:
        The old are slow but sharp.
BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS: a sonnet-award winner    (E)    # 1258530:
        A birthday does not bring much of a cheer to an old man.
SOLACE    (E)    # 950869:
        Musings about youth in the evening of life.
FINAL MOMENTS—a ghazal    (E)    # 900768:
        The growing feeling of growing old
OLD MEN    (E)    # 857380:
        Mild satire about the way the young perceive the old
HEAVENLY COUPLE    (E)    # 857374:
        Husband and wife meet in heaven.
WINTER OF LIFE    (E)    # 785349:
        Thoughts in the evening of life.
PHANTOM DANCE    (E)    # 765181:
        The spectre of an old man in his last moments
HAUNTED MANSION    (E)    # 761432:
        Ruminating musings of old age when the heart is an abode for ghosts of memories.
LONG WALK HOME    (E)    # 754196:
        Prayer to God in the evening of life.
FINAL GOOD BYE--a ghazal    (E)    # 731677:
        No more woes or desires are left at the end of life, except getting the peace of the Lord.
LIVING FOR MYSELF    (E)    # 726598:
        Having lived a life for others, one decides it is time to live for oneself
GONE WITH THE WIND    (E)    # 726150:
        Memories of a life partner.
EVENING OF LIFE    (E)    # 725567:
        Memories, loneliness, infirmity and the call of death, in the evening of life.
DISTANT SHADOWS    (E)    # 718607:
        Dark shadows of thoughts in the evening of life
AN OLD MAN’S WISH    (E)    # 712830:
        A father beseeches Death to pay him a visit.

#719450:   MISCELLANEOUS--mostly poems    (13+)     [Top]
Contains miscellaneous poems that do not fit in other folders.    (71 items)

HINDUSTAN: an acrostic--award winner    (E)    # 1619171:
        Rise of India or Hindustan is truly a historical event.
THE WISE AND THE FOOLS    (E)    # 1606082:
        God, give me the former, spare the latter.
SLOW DOWN    (E)    # 1747860:
        Slow down. Give yourself respite from purposeless rat race.
ROBIN HOOD: a sonnet—award winner    (E)    # 1689605:
        [Why Robin Hood is remembered till today.
I AM AN ILLUSION: award winner    (E)    # 1671844:
        I am just an illusion, a mirage, a shadow. The real me is my soul.
Michael Jackson    (E)    # 1644783:
        Remembering the king of music.
ON THE BIRTH OF A GRANDSON    (E)    # 1638816:
        Sent to a friend when he became a grandfather.
THE OWNERS ROBBED    (E)    # 1638039:
        America thrives on graves of the past.
SORROWS    (E)    # 1595317:
        A litany of woes.
SILENCE    (E)    # 1595133:
        The shades of silence.
LET THE DOGS KEEP ON BARKING: ed's pick    (E)    # 1593298:
        The caravan goes on………….
LORDLY POSTURES    (E)    # 1592098:
        Some people, and nations, believe they are way above others.
LORD, MAKE ME A BUFFOON    (E)    # 1590751:
        A bully hurts. A buffoon tickles.
VACATION: an acrostic--winner    (E)    # 1573319:
        Vacation: when and where?
WHILE IN ROME, BEHAVE AS……    (E)    # 1568627:
        A mild reminder to a Western tourist in India.
THE CARAVAN MOVES ON: a sonnet    (E)    # 1551446:
        It’s better to let the barking dogs bark.
FOOLS AND JESTERS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1551407:
        No mean is the role that fools and jesters play.
FIGHTING A FOOL    (E)    # 1542522:
        While dealing with a fool, discretion is the better part of valour.
SATAN IN MY SOUL: award winner    (ASR)    # 1520616:
        A soul marked by Satan.
THE BOAT OF LIFE    (E)    # 1520426:
        Let not the rocking of the boat knock off your confidence.
WISHING NEW YEAR: a sonnet    (E)    # 1508793:
        Wishes for 2009, as shadows seem to be darkening.
SITTING BETWEEN TWO STOOLS    (E)    # 1503269:
        Acts of fools know no limits.
WORSE THAN A BLOKE    (E)    # 1503257:
        It’s wiser not to hold out as expert in areas of one’s ignorance.
IN DEFENCE OF FOOLS    (E)    # 1488509:
        Dislike folly, not fools.
NEVER ARGUE WITH A FOOL    (E)    # 1488327:
        Wisdom lies in avoiding fools.
THE STEEL SOLDIER: a nonet    (E)    # 1476263:
        The steel frame, too, has soft dreams.
PLEASE TELL ME MY FAULT--award winner    (E)    # 1475543:
        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)    # 1475321:
        Let’s all celebrate. We are now eight.
SARAH PALIN    (E)    # 1473932:
        She has looks. Does she have what it takes to be the US Prez?
HAUGHTY KINGS: a ballade    (E)    # 1456781:
        The naughty ways of haughty kings.
FLUTTERING DREAMS    (E)    # 1455644:
        Dreams that came and went.
AT THE GRAVE    (E)    # 1452949:
        At the grave of the loved one.
JUDITY    (E)    # 1450276:
        Judity A. Buxton, the WDC author I admire most.
GHOSTLY DINNER: a limerick    (E)    # 1450189:
        A ghostly encounter.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT    (E)    # 1450163:
        All come and go empty handed. The greatness is illusory, even for Alexander.
MY ADDICTION    (E)    # 1449501:
        The addiction of a geek.
E-MAIL RUBBERS AND PRANKSTERS    (E)    # 1441882:
        About list members who rub in the wrong way, almost compulsively.
AN UNSUNG HERO--award winner    (E)    # 1438788:
        A tribute to the unsung heroes, whose sweat propels the country forward.
THE BIRD AND THE BLIZZARD    (E)    # 1423984:
        Birdly instincts.
A WORLD WITHOUT A SUN    (E)    # 1398925:
        Life in a dungeon.
MOMENTARY SOLACE    (E)    # 1389008:
        Moments of solace in a grieving heart.
CLEOPATRA: award winner    (E)    # 1378496:
        The glory, power, loves and intrigues of Cleopatra—a historical perspective.
LIKE DRIFTING SNOW    (E)    # 1355237:
        Fleeting memories.
MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS    (E)    # 1307479:
        When they are on their own, different people have different thoughts.
SHE WOKE WITH A SMALL CRY:acrostic, wins    (E)    # 1302649:
        Dreams and reason
LOUDER THAN A SCREAM: acrostic--winner    (E)    # 1300693:
        Complexities of love
SWEET SIXTEEN    (E)    # 1300489:
        Who knows who will marry her?
FLYING MACHINES: award winner    (E)    # 1299723:
        Solo flights against air currents.
DEAR ANONYMOUS    (E)    # 1284569:
        Pleading against sending anonymous hate reviews that are maliciously low rated.
MY MOST FAVOURITE TOY    (E)    # 1283288:
        A modern, versatile, multipurpose toy; a toy for ever.
SISTER'S DAY    (E)    # 1281609:
        [About the Indian festival of Rakhee, celebrated as the Sister’s Day
AN ODE TO INDO-PAK CRICKET: award winner    (E)    # 1278248:
        The story of Indo-Pak cricket match, 2004
WRITING DOT COM    (E)    # 1274188:
        About wrting.com being the best site for authors
AN ODE TO GANDHI    (E)    # 1272741:
        An ode to India’s saintly political leader, the architect of India’s freedom
GANDHI    (E)    # 1272595:
        In remembrance of Gandhi, the architect of India's Independence
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT    (E)    # 1246837:
        A poem expressing gratitude to one’s savior, written without using the letter E
WAR CEMETERY: award winner    (E)    # 975401:
        At the grave of the unknown soldier
MOUNTAINS--award winner    (E)    # 969983:
        About those lofty, serene, eternal giants!
IF I WERE A MAGIC WAND    (E)    # 969561:
        How I would feel if I were a magic wand!
HUMAN MONSTERS: an acrosti--award winner    (E)    # 969311:
        Of those having a human body but no heart, who have bartered their soul to the devil.
THE LIVING DEAD: an acrostic-- winner    (E)    # 968309:
        A soldiers' cemetery is a temple of living souls.
YESTERDAY’S NEWSPAPER--award winner    (E)    # 959384:
        Moral support to the yesterday's newspaper, on its feeling discarded
A SCRAP OF PAPER    (E)    # 959349:
        A paper wish! A piece of paper finds itself in the hands of a dame.
BROKEN HEART—a ghazal    (E)    # 953079:
        An English ghazal writen within the classical parameters of this form of poetry.
MANGO--award winner    (E)    # 931081:
        About the most famous, tasty and exotic tropical fruit, Mango.
WHEN I THINK OF ENGLAND    (E)    # 920698:
        A trading company colonised India with the connivance of the English Crown
EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST    (E)    # 900795:
        Though East and West are different, West must not be belligerent.
PENSIVE THOUGHTS    (E)    # 899704:
        Thoughts occurring to the poet on seeing a young girl brooding alone in the woods.
DREAM MERCHANT    (E)    # 869007:
        Poet as a peddler of dreams!
WRITER’S BLOCK    (E)    # 844479:
        Introspections of a writer (or,rather,of his pen)
AN ODE TO CRICKET--award winner    (E)    # 842366:
        An ode to cricket [India is one of the eight countries that play test cricket]
#726630:   HUMOR, SATIRE, PARODY    (E)     [Top]
A few humorous or satirical poems    (12 items)

A DOG’S PERSPECTIVE    (E)    # 1373136:
        How a dog might view man.
NOISY JOHN: a limerick    (E)    # 1450202:
        Farts can be really loud!
A TO Z OF CHILDREN: an abcedarius poem    (E)    # 1413833:
        Kids smiling and shouting, unmindful of their warts, farts and zips.
SPOUSES AND DOGS    (E)    # 1411476:
        The difference between a spouse and a dog.
CONCEITED GREATNESS    (E)    # 1404633:
        Greatness lies in being simple, not complex and elusive.
MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL    (13+)    # 1401427:
        A dialogue between the queen and the mirror.
MY FAVOURITE TOY--award winner    (E)    # 1266096:
        A toy,which has made me its own toy.
DREAM PRINCE    (E)    # 1240283:
        A lovely dream
MOVE ON:)--Award Winner    (13+)    # 1240273:
        Move on in life and enjoy. Don’t fret about avoidable problems and issues.
FOLLY—a ghazal--award winner    (13+)    # 956113:
        Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise—the happy world of fools!
HUSBANDS AND DOGS    (E)    # 883961:
        Do husbands lead a dog's life? How does a husband compare to a dog?
FAILURE IN LOVE--after Goldsmith    (E)    # 733627:
        A serious parody patterned on Oliver Goldsmith's poem "Woman"
#730507:   SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, MEDICAL & LEGAL    (E)     [Top]
Items related to science and legal issues, including medical, health & environment    (27 items)

WHY WONDER?—An acrostic    (E)    # 1666644:
        The world faces the prospect of global warming due to pollution.
MATHEMATICAL KIDS    (E)    # 1673506:
        Finish your maths. homework, lest the children in India make you starve!
THE APPLE OF GRAVITY    (E)    # 1577995:
        If I were that apple!
MAN’S SELFISHNESS    (E)    # 1538663:
        After polluting earth, man is set to abandon it.
MY MOODS    (E)    # 1484368:
        The swinging moods of a person having a bipolar trait.
DREAMER’S WEB: a sonnet    (E)    # 1468533:
        The poet, the eternal dreamer dreams, though bleak the future seems.
DREAMS    (E)    # 1453623:
        The value of dreams.
DOCTORS, PATIENTS AND LAWYERS    (E)    # 1421350:
        Doctors provide service but are threatened by negligence suits.
NATURE: a double acrostic    (E)    # 1413785:
        Unless the AIDS epidemic somehow retracts, man's future is at stake.
I REMEMBER WHEN…..--award winner    (E)    # 1398518:
        When there was less “progress” and less pollution.
AN ODE TO THE COW: a sonnet    (E)    # 1380382:
        In praise of the cow, a motherly symbol in Hinduism.
THE FAT LAZY BOY: award winner    (E)    # 1367626:
        What happens when we eat too much and work too little: a poem without letters I,M and N.
HEALTHY DIET: a sonnet--Award Winner    (E)    # 1345883:
        What is natural is healthy.
A MEDICAL DATE: award winner    (E)    # 1291309:
        A blind date gone awry.
WHITHER SCIENCE?    (E)    # 1281310:
        A critique of the direction science seems to be taking.
EUTHANASIA    (13+)    # 1272172:
        Underlines the case for euthanasia or mercy killing.
TELEPORTATION--award winner    (E)    # 1267101:
        Possible consequences of teleportation—pleasant as well as unpleasant!
A DIET OF NEGLECT    (E)    # 1263519:
        Neglected diet means neglected health.
BLEEDING EARTH: award winner    (E)    # 1244170:
        Man ought to nurture earth as it is nurturing man, but is bleeding it instead.
REAWAKENING NATURE: an acrostic--winner    (E)    # 1243138:
        [An acrostic built on the words: REAWAKENING NATURE]
COLOUR BLINDNESS--award winner    (E)    # 1242191:
        The unseen suffering of a colour blind person
AN ODE TO LAUGHTER: a sonnet--winner    (E)    # 1242144:
        There is much to laughter. There is scientific proof it peps both mind and body
BRAIN WAVES--award winner    (E)    # 1240761:
        The brain receiving waves from outside may be a scientific reality
QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY: award winner    (E)    # 1238924:
        Immortality of man, though not his physical body, may be achieved this century
AN IRONICAL LIFE    (ASR)    # 953347:
        Written in the wake of Terri Shaivo episode. Should life be propped up artificially?
NUMBERED DAYS    (E)    # 950891:
        Thoughts about a patient on death bed
FIVE FACES OF MARTHA: award winner    (E)    # 950744:
        Thoughts of the doctor, nurse, husband, insurance agent and lawyer when Martha dies.
#853528:   CHILDREN'S CORNER    (E)     [Top]
Poems for children    (18 items)

A HILLY SLIDE    (E)    # 1756378:
        A little child’s fantasy.
CHILDREN AT PLAY    (E)    # 1483805:
        It’s fun to watch children playing!
WORK AND PLAY: a sonnet --award winner    (E)    # 1483800:
        The importance of play for children.
CHIDREN PLAYING: a sonnet    (E)    # 1483619:
        Watching children at play.
MY NAME IS JACK--a nursery rhyme    (E)    # 1421815:
        A nursery rhyme for Jack to chyme.
CUNNING TURTLE: A BALLAD-Editor's choice    (E)    # 1417069:
        A fun poem for children. How the turtle got his bride!
MOM, SON AND DAD    (E)    # 1401367:
        Mom and son assess the dad.
THE DOG, FROG AND THIEF:a sonnet--winner    (E)    # 1394176:
        A funny sonnet for children.
WONDER WOLF    (E)    # 1391219:
        A child, wolf, rabbits and doll.
BEAR DANCE    (E)    # 1386349:
        About a child and a bear.
THE WITCH AND THE VIKING    (E)    # 1381368:
        A magic tale.
THE RAT AND THE CAT    (E)    # 1349185:
        How the rat tamed the cat.
A DANCING DOG    (E)    # 1246934:
        I wish to have a dancing dog!
SIT IN MY LAP    (E)    # 952325:
        A child and his / her cat
BA, BA, BLACK SHEEP    (E)    # 855570:
        Old nursery rhyme in new form (a parody)--for today's self assertive children
JACK AND JILL FLY A KITE    (E)    # 855269:
        The well known Jack and Jill poem, but, without breaking of crowns
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB    (E)    # 853523:
        The frog prince story, grafted on Mary and her little lamb
FROG PRINCE    (E)    # 851223:
        Children's poetry--the famous Frog Prince fairy tale
#855536:   WOMEN'S ISSUES--MARRIAGE    (E)     [Top]
Poems on marriage--it affects women in a way unappreciated by men    (31 items)

SILENT CRIES    (E)    # 1517174:
        Cries unheard that stir and cease.
BEYOND REASON’S CALL    (ASR)    # 1510839:
        There comes a stage when reason loses appeal.
ABUSE AND AFTER    (E)    # 1466067:
        A wife abused emerges victorious.
THE SEVEN SINS--award winner    (E)    # 1459790:
        Advice to damsels, so as not to alienate their spouses or boyfriends.
LET’S TAKE A DIVORCE    (E)    # 1453579:
        Spouses in unhappy marriage contemplate divorce.
WIFELY REVENGE    (ASR)    # 1385024:
        A wife,driven to desperation against violence, plans revenge.
SPOUSAL LIES: award winner    (13+)    # 1363053:
        What the husband says-- to her and to himself.
I AM OF NO USE--award winner    (E)    # 1356626:
        Thoughts of one who has seen abuse.
I WAIT AND WAIT AND.........    (E)    # 1246907:
        The unfulfilled wait for a kiss
LYING NEXT TO A GHOST    (E)    # 1244271:
        A marriage gone sour is like a thorn in the side.
WHAT IS LOVE?    (E)    # 959730:
        What does a wife want in love?
PAIN AND TEARS    (13+)    # 956102:
        A woman’s woes of marital pain and tears, suffered for the sake of children
BUTTERFLY    (E)    # 898435:
        A wife, or a child, in a restricted environment--a butterfly caged!
GOODBYE    (13+)    # 886664:
        A woman writes a goodbye note for her husband before taking the plunge
UNSAID WORDS    (E)    # 870902:
        Last words, from death bed, of wife to husband
VACILLATION    (E)    # 769360:
        Lover willing to reconcile with the beloved's unfaithfulness
NOOSE    (ASR)    # 767875:
        Frustration of a wife when the husband has no time or thought for her and home
SERENADE    (E)    # 767848:
        Men neglect women's emotions, often to regret later.
KILLING SILENCE    (ASR)    # 762534:
        Silence in marriage is killing. Talking, in any form, must not cease.
WALKING OUT    (E)    # 762073:
        Travails of a wife, stuck up with a writer husband whose writing has got stuck
I MISS SOMETHING    (E)    # 753583:
        Introspections of a husband--Men take women for granted. Reciprocation is essence of love.
GOODBYE, O MY DEAR HUSBAND    (13+)    # 731325:
        Wife's suicide note for her husband.
UNFULFILLED DREAM    (E)    # 729200:
        A wife's love dreams are shattered as husband cannot satisfy her or be a father
INDIFFERENCE    (E)    # 727149:
        Describes how the beauty angel develops scornful indifference after marriage.
MARRIAGE V. MIRAGE    (E)    # 726828:
        Describes the misery of a wife deprived of conjugal bliss
WHAT WORTH IS THIS MARRIAGE    (E)    # 726706:
        Wife neglected by husband contemplates divorce.
FORGIVE ME DEAR HUSBAND    (13+)    # 726687:
        wife, after all the sacrifice and pain, decides to walk on the husband
SCREAMING NIGHT    (GC)    # 726178:
        Wife married, against family wishes, to drunkard, cruel,unemployed husband rues her fate
GHOST OF LOVE    (E)    # 722467:
        Love's lament when beauty becomes a ghost of itself
TO BE UNMARRIED AGAIN    (E)    # 721965:
        Thoughts of a wife in a soured marriage.
YOU AND I    (E)    # 718642:
        Spouses love but agree to separate because of adjustment problems
#1238625:   WHAT, WHY, HOW?-- articles, essays etc.    (E)     [Top]
Serious items about writing, politics, philosophy, religion, spirituality etc.    (28 items)

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN USA AND INDIA    (E)    # 1628272:
        Medical malpractice litigation in USA is responsible for high medicare costs.
A SHORT RURAL MEDICAL COURSE IN INDIA?    (E)    # 1626094:
        A critique of the Indian government's decision to start a short term rural medical course.
[POETRY WRITING]    (E)    # 1487175:
        Articles about the art of writing poetry.
AMERICAN FINANCIAL CRISIS:14 questions    (E)    # 1478230:
        The cause and nature of the US financial crisis--14 questions answered.
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: essay, winner    (E)    # 1266080:
        What is the truth behind this favourite euphemism of George Bush?
USA AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN ISLAM    (E)    # 1238898:
        The US is partially responsible for the low status of women in Islamic countries.
ISLAM: THE MUSLIM RELIGION    (E)    # 1238658:
        Describes some aspects of Islam through the eyes of a non-muslim.
WHAT IS FATE?    (E)    # 1240236:
        Scientific approach to describe what is fate.
TWO BASIC QUESTIONS    (E)    # 962924:
        Answers to: Is there a God? What is man’s purpose in life?
FOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD--an article    (E)    # 1279918:
        [Who is God? What is his purpose? Are we his puppets? Has he a rival?]
WHO AM I?--SIX QUESTIONS    (E)    # 726296:
        Answers to questions like: WHO am I? WHENCE I came? WHY I came? etc.
HOW TO WRITE AN ARTICLE: double awardee    (E)    # 1238676:
        Ten practical tips about how to write a good article
THE INDIAN REVOLUTION: award winner    (E)    # 1238707:
        How India won its freedom
UNIFORM CIVIL CODE (UCC)    (E)    # 1749889:
        What is UCC and what the Supreme Court says about it.
ON JOINING THE MEDICAL COLLEGE    (E)    # 1711162:
        A talk delivered to medical students on their first day in the medical school.
ABC OF TERRORISM    (E)    # 1699474:
        What, when, why, where and how of terrorism.
ISLAM IS REPUGNANT TO HUMAN RIGHTS    (E)    # 1685935:
        Recent incidents of intolerance towards those opting out of the Islamic faith.
TERRORISM, ISLAM AND THE WORLD    (E)    # 1673547:
        Islam is viewed suspiciously by all, including the West, which has its own agenda.
ABOUT HINDUISM: editor's choice    (E)    # 1594495:
        Questions and answers about the nature of Hindu religion.
TALIBAN, THE FRANKENSTEIN    (E)    # 1538436:
        The vile and hated Taliban is the pampered child of USA.
DEATH PENALTY    (ASR)    # 1538013:
        Questions and answers about death penalty.
IS ISLAM THE SOLE VILLAIN?    (E)    # 1535984:
        Islam and Christianity are two sides of the same coin.
DO WE NEED RELIGION, MORALS AND ETHICS?    (E)    # 1535241:
        We need morals and ethics. Religion can be a vehicle for them.
PUBLIC / PRIVATE JOBS FOR DOCTORS    (E)    # 1513328:
        Reasons why many doctors in India prefer to work in government hospitals.
THE TRUTH ABOUT REINCARNATION    (E)    # 1486234:
        A factual and scientific discussion about the phenomenon of reincarnation.
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS    (13+)    # 1470577:
        An analytical discussion about the school and college campus shootings in USA.
TERRORISM    (E)    # 1455417:
        Author’s views about terrorism in the background of Indian experience.
HOW TO ORGANIZE A CONTEST: award winner    (E)    # 735742:
        Lessons learnt by organising contests on writing.com
#1238745:   ENGLISH GHAZALS    (E)     [Top]
Ghazals in English    (13 items)

LET THERE BE NO MORE OF IRE: a ghazal    (E)    # 1780062:
        Calm down. Let there be peace.
HIT THE BALL    (E)    # 1778100:
        An appeal to the reader to adopt a positive, bold, active approach to life.
THE MOON'S NO LONGER ABLE TO RISE:ghazal    (E)    # 1736754:
        A ghazal written to illustrate the basics of ghazal to a writer.
STAIN OF LOVE: a ghazal    (E)    # 1689801:
        The feelings of a person whose love returns after having wandered.
ROSE: a ghazal    (E)    # 1644849:
        A promise to a rose.
MISS FOLLY: a ghazal    (E)    # 1643786:
        Written for a slam poetry contest.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL.......—a ghazal    (E)    # 1549039:
        Those silken curls will be mine one day.
BLUE EYES: a ghazal    (E)    # 1414193:
        Enamoured of someone's blue eyes.
FROM LIFE ALL THAT’S NICE IS GONE:ghazal    (E)    # 1295201:
        A ghazal. Rhyme words: nice, ice, spice, vice, dice, price. Refrain—is gone.
THE PATH IS LONG: a ghazal--Editor's pic    (E)    # 1281319:
        Surrendering to the Lord at the last moment.
SHE COMES ONCE IN A BLUE MOON: a ghazal    (E)    # 1265589:
        A love ghazal, with moon as refrain and blue, true… as rhyme.
COME BACK: a ghazal    (E)    # 1238748:
        A come back call to the partner.
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE: a ghazal    (E)    # 875826:
        A ghazal in memory of Lord Tennyson's master-piece.
#1239789:   LINKS TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF POEMS    (E)     [Top]
Links to sonnets,odes, acrostics, poems on animals, festivals, soldiers, the deprived etc.    (15 items)

LINKS TO MY ABCeDarius POEMS    (E)    # 1471115:
        These are links to my ABCeDarius poems in various folders.
LINKS TO MY PANTOUM POEMS    (E)    # 1476346:
        Here are the links to the pantoums written by me.
LINKS TO MY BALLADS    (E)    # 1455251:
        Links to ballads written by me, along with a description of this form.
LINKS TO MY WINTER / SNOW POEMS    (E)    # 1396930:
        Provides links to my winter / snow related poems.
LINKS TO MY HAIKU ARTICLE AND POEMS    (E)    # 1412254:
        Links to my haikus in various folders, along with the description of this form.
LINKS TO MY HISTORICAL POEMS    (E)    # 1450154:
        Links to poems written around historical events.
LINKS TO MY LIMERICKS    (E)    # 1450216:
        Links to limericks written by me.
LINKS TO MY FESTIVAL POEMS    (E)    # 1364141:
        Links to my poems regarding festivals, along withbrief introduction.
LINKS TO MY ODES    (E)    # 1380387:
        Links to various odes that I have written, along with a note on what is an ode.
LINKS TO MY ACROSTICS    (E)    # 1301393:
        Links to the acrostics I have written.
LINKS: POEMS ABOUT SOLDIERS & PATRIOTISM    (E)    # 1362988:
        Links to poems about soldiers and patriotism.
LINKS TO POEMS ABOUT THE DEPRIVED    (E)    # 1357603:
        Links to my poems about the destitute, the orphan, the beggar etc.
LINKS TO MY DREAM POEMS    (E)    # 1455724:
        Links to my poems whose title refers to a dream.
LINKS TO MY SONNETS    (E)    # 1239818:
        These are links to my sonnets present in various folders.
LINKS TO MY ANIMAL POEMS    (E)    # 1081024:
        Links to my animal poems
#1241894:   THE U.S. AND THE WAR    (E)     [Top]
Contains mostly poems, specially in reference to the so called global war on terror.    (57 items)

AND NOBODY OBJECTED……    (E)    # 1649369:
        The West did not object when the East was bombed.
ISLAM, US & UN: 3 rictameters    (E)    # 1639013:
        The threat, the arrogance and the impotence, respectively, of each.
FREEDOM: award winner    (E)    # 1637804:
        ‘Freedom for self and subjugation for others’ is a dirty game.
GOD’S TEAR    (E)    # 1607609:
        What’s the rarest drop?
THE MAKING OF A JIHADI    (E)    # 1592252:
        Jihadis don’t drop from the heavens. Or, maybe they do. They have a cause.
REVENGE    (ASR)    # 1556037:
        The rockets hurled on civilians in the desert shall boomerang.
TRYING TO WAKE UP THE AWAKE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1537968:
        The ignorant can be taught, not the men of learning.
AVENGING THE TWIN TOWERS--award winner    (E)    # 1503297:
        Seven years after 9/11, 35000 US troops brave the mountain snow in Afghanistan.
I SERVED THE ARMY    (E)    # 1502296:
        About my uniformed years.
FOR FREEDOM’S SAKE    (E)    # 1500528:
        Some of the sacrifices that a soldier makes.
REMEMBERIG A SON    (E)    # 1490524:
        A mother and her memories.
TELL ME MUMMY    (E)    # 1480241:
        A child asks his mummy why bombs fall from the sky.
PATRIOTISM--award winner    (E)    # 1473142:
        Doubts in the mind of a veteran.
MY HEART SINKS WHEN I BEHOLD    (ASR)    # 1472973:
        My heart sinks when I behold A bomber in the sky.
MY HEART BREAKS    (13+)    # 1472961:
        Revolting heartache felt on viewing pictures of prisoners abused by US soldiers.
HEAVENLY CURSE    (ASR)    # 1465738:
        Angels curse those who drop bombs in the desert.
KISS THE DAMSEL    (E)    # 1449770:
        An invocation for the soldiers’ march.
THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH    (ASR)    # 1442109:
        Having killed the innocent for greed, US is poised to face revenge in Iraq.
DON'T JUDGE OTHERS    (E)    # 1427142:
        A plea for equality of religions and avoiding religion based war.
U. S. SOUL    (E)    # 1413800:
        An appeal and prayer for the soul of U. S. A.
BURNING FATE    (E)    # 1396547:
        The fate of Iraq and the Marines; and the real cause for the same.
THE BIRTH OF A JIHADI    (ASR)    # 1378143:
        A child in Iraq vows to become a jihadi and avenge his father’s suffering.
GOD’S WORLD    (E)    # 1377665:
        God made the world for all. Man misappropriated it to himself.
GOD’S WORD    (E)    # 1367487:
        Roots of terrorism lie in forcing religio-civilizational concepts on others.
I AM ASHAMED    (ASR)    # 1366465:
        Shame of US war. This is my first poem in free verse.
THANKS FOR NEW YEAR GREETINGS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1366212:
        My response to New Year wishes.
WMD    (E)    # 1366199:
        Bush magic can create WMD out of thin air.
US, ITS ARMY & SOLDIERS: a response    (13+)    # 1362943:
        A reader's critique and my response,with a note on the Euro-Dollar conflict v. US war
MA, DON'T CRY    (E)    # 1362916:
        A young soldier takes leave of his mother to go to the war front.
FAR FROM HOME    (E)    # 1362517:
        Doubts in the mind of a soldier in Iraq.
A SOLDIER’S LETTER TO HIS MOM    (E)    # 1362141:
        A young soldier's letter to his Mom, from Iraq.
BEING ACERBIC    (E)    # 1342340:
        Acerbity by one to another does not go unnoticed by others.
US, DEMOCRATIC!—award winner    (E)    # 1296463:
        An appeal to democratic US, defender of human rights.
WORMS OF TERROR    (E)    # 1291516:
        The terror war and the approach of the US towards it.
IRAQ WAR: a limerick    (E)    # 1281381:
        The falsehood invented by Bush to attack Iraq
CLOSED DOOR THEORIES    (E)    # 1279641:
        WMD theory developed behind closed doors was a poor excuse to attack Iraq
A SOLDIER’S WISH--award winner    (E)    # 1279523:
        [A dying soldier’s wish
MIRROR OF TIME    (E)    # 1276111:
        Organised terrorism let loose on innocents is sure to be avenged.
CHRISTMAS CALL: award winner    (E)    # 1274167:
        A US soldier in Iraq remembers Christmas and his love.
A TEAR FOR A SOLDIER: award winner    (E)    # 1271600:
        A soldier sacrificed his life and his beloved sacrificed her love.
I SHED A TEAR: a sonnet-- award winner    (E)    # 1269917:
        Shedding a tear for humanity
HYPOCRISY: editor's choice    (E)    # 1266967:
        Hypocrisy of a high- brow champion of human rights.
I THANK YOU, GOD: award winner    (E)    # 1266464:
        A thank you note to God in the background of today’s war.
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE U.S. EMPIRE    (13+)    # 1263980:
        A prediction, based upon present facts, that the US is on the path of decline.
YOU, WHITE WEST    (E)    # 1261352:
        What the East thinks of the West. (Or, why the world is critical of US and its allies)
FOOLS RUSH WHERE.........: award winner    (E)    # 1257045:
        Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
AN INTERLOPER: award winner    (E)    # 1257038:
        Role of USA in the Iraq war.
MY HEART HURTS    (E)    # 1252731:
        When the poet’s heart hurts……….
BIG PRIDE HATH A BIG FALL    (E)    # 1246175:
        Who had WMD—Saddam or Bush?
IMAGINARY ENEMIES: award winner    (E)    # 1245688:
        Some imagine WMD's and enemies where none exist.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM: award winner    (E)    # 1245400:
        The poet’s dream of a peaceful world
A DAY WILL COME: bilingual--award winner    (E)    # 1243040:
        Poem written on thirteenth day of Iraq war.
IN JUNGLE AND IN CIVILIZED WORLD    (E)    # 1242280:
        Is the present world order any better than a jungle anarchy?
HEART OF STONE: award winner    (ASR)    # 1242171:
        A soldier in Iraq speaks out his heart to the poet
TIGER: a parody    (E)    # 1242130:
        A satire on Iraq war and WMD.
I HAVE BECOME THE DEATH NOW:award winner    (E)    # 1242122:
        The effect of the nuclear bomb, recounted by Oppenheimer, quoting Gita
ARROGANT PRIDE    (E)    # 1242029:
        Pride hath a fall. And, arrogant pride hath an humbling fall.
#1260800:   ON WAR / USA--poems and articles    (E)     [Top]
Contains a folder and a book on war writings, mainly poems.    (2 items)

WAR POETRY--award winner    (13+)    # 950703:
        Poems about war in general and US war on terrorism in particular.
[THE U.S. AND THE WAR]    (E)    # 1241894:
        Contains mostly poems, specially in reference to the so called global war on terror.
#1260803:   ENGLISH GHAZALS    (E)     [Top]
Contains ghazals in English--a folder and a book.     (2 items)

[ENGLISH GHAZALS]    (E)    # 1238745:
        Ghazals in English
MY GHAZALS IN ENGLISH    (13+)    # 954326:
        My ghazals, new and old [ deleted as independent items]. A few are bilingual.
#1260811:   WOMEN'S ISSUES    (E)     [Top]
Contains two folders related to women's marital and other issues.    (2 items)

[ WOMEN'S ISSUES IN GENERAL--poems]    (GC)    # 711808:
        Poems dealing with women's concerns ,including gender and social issues
[WOMEN'S ISSUES--MARRIAGE]    (E)    # 855536:
        Poems on marriage--it affects women in a way unappreciated by men
#1260958:   ABOUT THE ELDERLY    (E)     [Top]
Contains a folder and a book of poems about the elderly.    (2 items)

[THOUGHTS OF THE ELDERLY--poems]    (E)    # 712869:
        Poems describing the thoughts of those in the evening of their life
POEMS ABOUT AGEING    (E)    # 957364:
        Poems about the old and ageing--their thoughts, hopes, pains and prayers.
#1260963:   CHILDREN, HUMOR, LAW, MEDICAL, SCIENCE    (E)     [Top]
Contains folders and books on humor, law, medical, science, environment etc.     (4 items)

[SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, MEDICAL & LEGAL]    (E)    # 730507:
        Items related to science and legal issues, including medical, health & environment
SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOR, CHILDREN    (13+)    # 957358:
        Poems about doctors, patients, health, environment,law, children and humor
[CHILDREN'S CORNER]    (E)    # 853528:
        Poems for children
[HUMOR, SATIRE, PARODY]    (E)    # 726630:
        A few humorous or satirical poems
#1261759:   NATURE AND INSPIRATIONAL    (E)     [Top]
Contains a book and a folder, containing poems related to nature, spirituality etc.    (4 items)

[INSPIRATIONAL & SPIRITUAL:award winner]    (E)    # 712380:
        Inspirational and spiritual items, including those touching on fate and soul.
FAITH, NATURE & INSPIRATIONAL    (13+)    # 959448:
        Inspirational, spiritual, religious and nature items, mainly poems.
[POEMS ON NATURE]    (E)    # 1481791:
        Poems regarding nature and natural beauty.
[DEVOTIONAL AND RELIGIOUS POEMS]    (E)    # 1481743:
        Poems praising or praying to the Lord / God; religious poems.
#1261768:   POEMS OF LOVE    (E)     [Top]
This contains a book and a folder, devoted to poems on love and heart.    (4 items)

[LOVE POEMS--SAD]    (E)    # 1480489:
        Sadness, failure, betrayal, in love; divorce, bereavement etc.
[LOVE POEMS, NON-SAD]    (E)    # 1480532:
        Poems about love and relationship that do not transmit a sad note.
[LOVE POEMS--MISCELLANEOUS]    (GC)    # 710922:
        Poems dealing with love in its various dimensions
LOVE POEMS    (E)    # 959463:
        This is one item where no description is needed!
#1261770:   MISCELLANEOUS    (E)     [Top]
Contains a book and a folder of poems on varied topics.    (4 items)

[MISCELLANEOUS--mostly poems]    (13+)    # 719450:
        Contains miscellaneous poems that do not fit in other folders.
MISCELLANEA    (13+)    # 963917:
        Miscellaneous poems which could not fit as individual items.
THE END    (ASR)    # 1755019:
        A day will come when time will stop.
ALLAH OR CHRIST?—a sonnet    (E)    # 1750183:
        A commentary on the rigid and opposing beliefs of the two major world religions.

#1279395:   RHYME-RHYTHM POETRY CONTEST FOLDER    (E)     [Top]
Monthly announcement, Detailed announcement, Past winners & prompts etc.    (5 items)

POETRY IN RHYME - RHYTHM CONTEST-winner    (E)    # 1017054:
        A monthly contest for formal poetry in rhyme and meter.
LIST OF PAST PROMPTS OF MY CONTEST    (E)    # 1420831:
        Prompts in POETRY IN RHYME - RHYTHM CONTEST from Round 1, [October 2005] onward.
SYNOPSIS FOR MY POETRY CONTEST    (E)    # 1409974:
        Written for a contest where the best item in the port had to be show-cased.
PAST CONTEST PROMPTS & WINNERS    (E)    # 1279565:
        Prompts and winners in the past
DETAILED BACKGROUND OF MY POETRY CONTEST    (E)    # 1279555:
        Details about the POETRY IN RHYME AND RHYTHM CONTEST
#1369736:   BILINGUAL POETRY    (E)     [Top]
Author's poems that he has written / translated in two languages--English and Hindi    (3 items)

LINKS TO MY BILINGUAL POEMS    (E)    # 1400137:
        Links to my bilingual poems in various folders and books.
[BILINGUAL POEMS FOLDER]    (E)    # 1401280:
        A folder containing poems translated from poems written originally in Hindi.
BILINGUAL POETRY BOOK    (13+)    # 959857:
        Bilingual poems: English poems with their Hindi/Urdu original, both in rhyme and meter.
#1401280:   BILINGUAL POEMS FOLDER    (E)     [Top]
A folder containing poems translated from poems written originally in Hindi.    (16 items)

DON’T FIGHT DAD AND MOM    (E)    # 1735195:
        [A child’s thoughts.]
SHADOW OF SILENCE--bilingual    (E)    # 1587010:
        I am not sad, just silent. Translation of a famous Hindi movie song.
TEARS    (E)    # 1552179:
        A lover's grief.
YOUR EYES: a ghazal, bilingual    (E)    # 1521007:
        Those enchanting eyes!
DON’T FORGET TO HUM MY SONG:biling    (E)    # 1500607:
        My songs are me. They are my memories. Hum my songs and I’ll be with you.
HAIL OBAMA--bilingual poem    (E)    # 1492452:
        A poem written on 9 March 2008, eight months before Obama won.
YOUR THOUGHTS--bilingual poem    (E)    # 1483520:
        Memories of the departed.
THE CAUSE OF RUIN: bilingual poem    (E)    # 1457727:
        Thoughts on being ruined in love.
DON’T CRY, MOM--translated    (ASR)    # 1453619:
        Goodbye from a son going to be hanged.
I THANK YOU MY LOVE: a bilingual poem    (E)    # 1453292:
        Finding her heart’s destination, the beloved thanks the sweetheart.
DISTANT MEMORIES-- a bilingual poem    (E)    # 1442927:
        Nature’s melody, arousing memories.
LOVELY OFFENCE--a bilingual poem    (E)    # 1401037:
        The beloved gets offended, then placated.
THAT EVENING--bilingual    (E)    # 1397362:
        [That evening and this, years............ apart].
COME NIGH ME: a bilingual poem    (E)    # 1369737:
        A love poem translated from the original ghazal in Hindi.
FANCY OR GESTURE?-bilingual,award winner    (E)    # 1280017:
        Uncertainty regarding intentions of the beloved.
WOMAN’S CHALLENGE: bilingual poem    (E)    # 1245340:
        Woman, subdued for centuries, confronts man.
#1476016:   SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, GENDER ISSUES:pic    (E)     [Top]
Items, mainly poems, on social, political, psychological and non-sensitive gender issues.    (91 items)

THE SIXTH SENSE    (E)    # 1687763:
        Women’s life and survival are influenced by their sixth sense.
THE PRODIGAL SON    (E)    # 1654182:
        A son gone astray may be lost to the world, but not to his parents.
THE MEAN AND THE MALEVOLENT: a sonnet    (E)    # 1645407:
        Some cannot help their meanness. Ignore them.
GLOWERING WAS WHAT SHE DID    (E)    # 1645091:
        Some looks are beautiful, some nasty.
MEANNESS V. SHREWDNESS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1644350:
        Being mean does not mean being shrewd or intelligent.
WHITE MAN’S BURDEN    (E)    # 1642765:
        The duty and reward of carrying the burden.
WOMEN AND SEA: a sonnet    (E)    # 1640607:
        Both share similar traits.
CRAZY WOMEN    (E)    # 1607552:
        Men think women are crazy. But, is it really so?
ASK NOT    (E)    # 1593150:
        What will the world be worth if grace, tenderness, charm and dignity are no more?
TIANANMEN    (13+)    # 1570870:
        Thousands of peaceful protesting students were killed by Chinese army on 4 June 1989.
MA’AM, PLEASE........    (E)    # 1565741:
        A beggar boy’s entreaties.
THE PSEUDO INTELLECTUALS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1553729:
        India is threatened by a breed called pseudo-secular intellectuals.
THE INTELLIGENT SENILE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1549565:
        Age is no bar for mental agility.Youth must respect the old, even the mentally crippled.
MANLY V. WOMANLY: a sonnet    (E)    # 1548192:
        A satire upon those prone to say: "Come on, fight like a man."
DINOSAURS OF IGNORANCE    (E)    # 1547803:
        Some are programmed to spread knowledge; some, to resist it.
BETTER YIELD TO FOOLS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1546394:
        When ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.
WHEN WOMEN MASQUERADE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1545660:
        Women masquerading as men degrade womanhood.
THE PAIN: a sonnet    (E)    # 1540971:
        A supplication to the Lord to ease the pain and light the heart.
WALLS AROUND US    (E)    # 1539227:
        We build walls and live in cocoons. Then, we blame others.
WHAT FIRE CAN WARM A HEART:sonnet-winner    (E)    # 1530945:
        One must not be daunted by adversity. Both joys and sorrows are a part of life.
A LITTLE GIRL’S SECRET    (E)    # 1498033:
        A secret she won’t ever reveal.
THE POOR GRANDMOTHER: a sestina--winner    (E)    # 1482019:
        The poor old grandmother in a cold, rain-beaten house, lulling the child to sleep.
CHOOSING BETWEEN A LADY AND…..    (E)    # 1480207:
        A young man who values his music and freedom would exchange these for nothing.
TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN    (E)    # 1478956:
        Provide love care and security to children, rather than worry about their overload.
WINDS OF CHANGE    (E)    # 1476902:
        Obama’s bid for presidency is an uprising of the black ferment.
EMPTY FRAME--award winner    (E)    # 1475519:
        An empty frame. In a picture gallery? In the world gallery? [The body, too, is a frame].
A HARD NUT TO CRACK    (E)    # 1474589:
        Travails of trying to argue with a fool. The fool speaks here.
WHY ASK A GIRL    (E)    # 1473685:
        Don’t ask a girl what is in her heart.
A STUDENT PICKS A GUN: a sonnet--Ed-pick    (13+)    # 1470590:
        About the increasing incidences of campus shootings in the USA.
GOODBYE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1468567:
        The sonnet of final goodbye.
AN APPEAL TO ATHLETES    (E)    # 1467591:
        Written in response to rape charges against athletes.
THE WORM IN MY HEART    (E)    # 1466081:
        The worm of depression gnawing at the vitals.
PARENTS OR FOES?-- a sonnet    (E)    # 1466015:
        Children should be allowed independence.
FACES AND FEET--a decastitch    (E)    # 1463338:
        Women’s faces and men’s feet, mean victory or defeat.
WHAT TO MIND, SPEAK OR WRITE    (E)    # 1463310:
        Think once before you speak, twice before you write, and thrice before you do either.
REASON WHY I SING--award winner    (E)    # 1458964:
        I sing to heal my soul, trying to become whole.
SOUNDS OF SILENCE    (E)    # 1457989:
        Silence also speaks.
FRIENDS LIKE YOU--award winner    (E)    # 1457656:
        Enemies are sometimes more straightforward than friends.
EMOTIONS AND TEARS: haikus--award winner    (E)    # 1455300:
        Tears deserve respect. They reflect emotions.
FOLLY    (E)    # 1454946:
        Sometimes it is folly to be wise.
DREAMS ONCE SHATTERED    (E)    # 1453677:
        Life shattered can still be lived, dreams shattered can’t revive.
DISCRETION    (E)    # 1453596:
        It’s best not to argue when discretion demands silence.
BLACK CROW    (E)    # 1453198:
        Who is blacker-- Crow or man?
“I’M SORRY”    (E)    # 1453148:
        Expressions of sorrow are often fake.
SILENCE OF THE WALL    (E)    # 1452957:
        Begging a response.
SPIKES IN HEART    (E)    # 1441961:
        Poison pearls from poisonous friends.
TWO WAY STREETS    (E)    # 1423219:
        It takes two to tango.
FOOLS RUSH IN......    (E)    # 1422101:
        It is better not to meddle in disciplines which are not our forte.
A LITTLE STEEL TRUNK    (E)    # 1414942:
        About a girl who has left her home.
WHEN LOVELY WOMAN: 26 word poem-- winner    (E)    # 1403154:
        Things have changed compared to Goldsmith's times.
BEHIND THOSE EYES    (E)    # 1399411:
        Behind those beautiful eyes…..
BARTER    (E)    # 1395117:
        How the rich exploit the poor.
HAIKU OF HUNGER: award winner    (E)    # 1394185:
        A hungry man’s dream.
HUMAN MACHINE    (E)    # 1390003:
        A human being, reduced to a machine.
IMPRISONED HEART: Boonstra brain--Winner    (E)    # 1388895:
        When mind and body are restricted, heart can’t have joy.
NO TEARS LEFT: award winner    (E)    # 1355570:
        An orphan’s tears.
FAMILY OR LIVE IN?-- a sonnet.    (E)    # 1345874:
        A live in relation is no substitute for a family.
FAMILY TIES: a sonnet    (E)    # 1345863:
        It is the family that sustains and maintains an identity.
ENCHANTING WOMEN-- each word has an E    (E)    # 1304303:
        Women lure, men endure. [A poem with e in every word].
ROSA PARKS    (E)    # 1296078:
        In memory of Rosa Parks, who started the movement for the liberation of American Blacks.
FANCY DRESS PARTY: a sonnet    (E)    # 1281098:
        The gulf between the haves and the have nots
THE COLOURS OF SILENCE    (E)    # 1263558:
        Silence is not mere non-uttering of words.
AM I A VAGABOND?    (E)    # 1252761:
        A girl forced to run away from home.
PLEASE, SIR!    (E)    # 1252752:
        A hungry boy asks for a dime.
BEGGAR    (E)    # 1252721:
        The feelings of a beggar.
DECEPTION AND LOVE: award winner    (E)    # 1250426:
        [Does one deceive others or oneself?
TIME KNOWS: award winner    (E)    # 1250418:
        It is Time that determines fate. But, does Time rule the heart as well?
LIFE WITHOUT WDC    (E)    # 1246162:
        3 Main features of WDC are: Community recognition system; Rate & review system; GP system
SHATTERED DREAMS    (E)    # 1239336:
        The hard contrast between dreams and reality
THEY DON’T MIX    (E)    # 970435:
        About the perpetual battle of sexes
LOVE AND TRUST    (E)    # 964488:
        Are love and trust the same? Which is more basic?
MR. NOBODY    (E)    # 963400:
        A street boy’s saga
LIFE, SLOW DOWN!    (E)    # 961879:
        A teenager, at the crossroads between childhood and adulthood, finds life to be too fast.
SEER OF THE DEAD--award winner    (E)    # 959476:
        Travails of a peasant who develops psychic powers of a seer of the dead
LOVE AND SUICIDE--a sestina    (13+)    # 958708:
        It is the lack of love and care that drives man to suicide
A WISE MIND    (E)    # 955228:
        Heart is more powerful than the mind
PLEASE TAKE ME--award winner    (E)    # 952113:
        A young boy beseeches a lady visiting an orphanage
NEW YEAR WISH: a sonnet--Editor's choice    (E)    # 952008:
        Why I don't send greetings. A sonnet where each line starts with the end word of the last
LONELINESS    (E)    # 900763:
        The feeling of Loneliness, a constant companion
LITTLE BUDS    (E)    # 900645:
        An ode to the innocence of children, especially the female.
HOW TO LIVE—a ghazal    (E)    # 898449:
        We should lead a peaceful, virtuous, fearless, focussed, industrious and humble life
WORDS    (13+)    # 889325:
        Words can be healing or killing. We must use them cautiously and sparingly.
FREEDOM—a ghazal    (E)    # 887289:
        Lamenting the curbs put on expression of truth and free thought
FRIENDSHIP BETRAYED-- Editor’s choice    (E)    # 883238:
        Describing how I felt when someone withdrew from friendship for no apparent reason
FANCY DRESS    (E)    # 806388:
        Fancy dress and dance is fine, but don't forget things sublime
EMPTINESS    (E)    # 765637:
        How I felt when I lost my wife
THE ROAD OF LIFE    (E)    # 761971:
        Journey along the road of life.
NOT FOR ME    (E)    # 756472:
        A heart full of pain and sorrow has no place for hope or joy.
AN ODE TO TEARS    (E)    # 746390:
        An ode to tears, without which man would not be man
WHAT IS A TEAR?    (E)    # 741790:
        A tear is more than a drop of water. It is melting of heart in heat of emotion.
NOTHING    (E)    # 719455:
        Describes the futility of being proud of oneself in a vast ocean of nothingness
#1480489:   LOVE POEMS--SAD    (E)     [Top]
Sadness, failure, betrayal, in love; divorce, bereavement etc.    (67 items)

MOMENTS I COULDN’T SAVE    (E)    # 1685658:
        Sad last moments.
A LOST LOVE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1649424:
        A love cut short by the sea.
PARTING    (E)    # 1642121:
        A lover’s parting message.
WHEN TWO HEARTS ACHE FOR EACH OTHER    (E)    # 1569159:
        When both want but hesitate.
THIS BROKEN HEART: an acrostic    (E)    # 1548925:
        Heart once broken neither unites, nor forgets.
AS I SILENTLY MOAN: award winner    (E)    # 1547096:
        Dreading the lonely night.
SLIPPING LOVE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1544397:
        [Trying to hold back love that is slipping away.]
THE LAST NIGHT    (E)    # 1540016:
        A night that still lives in my memory.
IF I HAD KNOWN    (E)    # 1539407:
        Retracing the vows.
THE LAKE AND THE MOON    (E)    # 1538994:
        What the moon’s shadow in the lake says.
WHEN I LOST YOU    (E)    # 1537743:
        When I lost you, I lost myself.
A PROMISE BROKEN    (E)    # 1537674:
        Duty versus beauty.
MOUSE AND CAT    (E)    # 1535812:
        Bonds that could not grow.
FINAL PLUNGE    (13+)    # 1510797:
        Dark thoughts.
FROZEN HEART    (E)    # 1500510:
        Aftermath of a violent breach of trust.
THE ANNIVERSARY    (E)    # 1500426:
        A decade of remembrance.
A YELLOWED LETTER    (E)    # 1500119:
        A letter found after the writer is gone.
WHY GRIEVE MY LOVE?--award winner    (E)    # 1495068:
        Departing words of the wife on her death bed.
SNOWFALL LOVE    (E)    # 1494628:
        A snowfall reminds the bereaved husband of his first meeting with his wife.
LINGERING MEMORIES    (E)    # 1490153:
        Memories of love never fade.
BROKEN BOND    (E)    # 1477416:
        A bond broken, a heart hurt, a grievance sustained; a memory forgotten, a new hope nursed.
ONCE I CAME ACROSS A GIRL: a sestina    (E)    # 1470089:
        A girl who turned from sweet to bitter.
BROKEN SMILE    (E)    # 1467975:
        Thoughts of a person bereaved.
YOU    (E)    # 1467961:
        In memory of the departed spouse.
IMPOSTER: a sonnet--award winner    (E)    # 1465337:
        Treachery in love.
FROZEN TEAR    (E)    # 1454902:
        A tear frozen in memory forever.
I MUST BE DREAMING--award winner    (E)    # 1449521:
        Dreams shattered.
LOVE’S TEAR    (E)    # 1442337:
        From where does the tear come, what message does it bring?
MELANCHOLY: editor's choice    (E)    # 1401338:
        A poem written for a friend whose fiancee had left him.
LAKESIDE DREAMS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1398535:
        Memories of shattered dreams.
BROKEN    (E)    # 1395233:
        Feelings of a broken heart.
I KEEP TEARS: editor's choice, twice    (E)    # 1388892:
        My tears, my possessions, are for me, in my heart.
WAITING UPON ONE WHO IS LEAVING:a sonnet    (E)    # 1379864:
        Written for Monty.
A FROZEN FLAME    (E)    # 1373159:
        When the flame in one’s heart is gone.
A NEW START    (E)    # 1370775:
        A love gone sour, waiting to be resurrected.
COME BACK, MY LOVE    (E)    # 1369730:
        Exhortation to the lover to come back.
RECOVERY: award winner    (E)    # 1369087:
        Recovery from the wounds of love.
BROKEN HEART--award winner    (E)    # 1355625:
        It may not have been broken if………..
HIDDEN THORNS    (E)    # 1333481:
        Thorns hidden in roses gifted reflect a bleeding heart.
THOSE THREE DAYS    (E)    # 1304355:
        The last three days with my wife.
THE PATH OF LOVE    (E)    # 1293788:
        [The path of love is strewn with thorns.]
YOUR MEMORIES    (E)    # 1272314:
        My tears are your memories.
OH, WHAT SHALL I DO WITH MY HEART-winner    (E)    # 1240741:
        Feelings in the aftermath of a heartbreak
IN VAIN I LOVED AND GAVE MY HEART-winner    (E)    # 1238731:
        Frustration in love
BURIED ALIVE IN THE SHADOW-award winner    (ASR)    # 977310:
        Memories of the last moment
SELF CONVERSATION    (E)    # 963381:
        A heart-broken lover’s conversation with self
I COULD SEE IT COMING    (E)    # 962287:
        Prediction of outcome is not difficult. What is difficult is to bear the outcome!
WHERE ARE YOU?    (E)    # 954066:
        In search of the departed
TAINTED CANVASS--a sonnet    (E)    # 953067:
        Parting of ways
BECKONING—a sonnet    (E)    # 952276:
        Beckoned by both Love and Death!
MY LOVE, DON’T GRIEVE    (E)    # 931828:
        Wife's last words to husband from death-bed
PARTING WORDS—a pantoum poem    (E)    # 919583:
        Feelings at the time of parting
MIDNIGHT STARS    (E)    # 853238:
        Looking for one's departed love in the midnight stars.
GONE    (NPL)    # 853223:
        Of love that once was
VALUE OF LOVE--award winner    (E)    # 777427:
        Value of one's love, realized too late.
MIRAGE    (E)    # 770036:
        Initially blinded by the magic mist of love, the lover wakens to reality
I CANNOT LET IT GO: editor’s choice    (E)    # 768189:
        Lover still waiting for the beloved, who has broken the heart, to return.
NAGGING PAIN    (E)    # 765600:
        A brief meeting leaves behind life long agony
WE ARE NEVER FAR APART    (E)    # 762434:
        Husband's musings about his wife, now no more
TEARS OF PAIN    (E)    # 759959:
        It is cruel to smile at someone's tears. These are born of pain.
SHADOW OF MYSELF    (E)    # 757488:
        Beloved returns to the lover after a life time of waiting but it is too late
I MISS YOU--award winner    (E)    # 739155:
        In memory of my wife.
DEW AND TEARS--award winner    (E)    # 737577:
        Tricked in love, the beloved spends the night by the window, mingling tears with dew
BETRAYED IN LOVE    (E)    # 718627:
        Lover treats non-reciprocation as right to be independent, not betrayal
DEPARTING TEARS    (E)    # 712457:
        Love that did not lead to the altar.
13: HAUNTING MEMORIES: a ghazal    (E)    # 712446:
        Describes how the memory of the beloved haunts lifelong.
CALL OF THE HEART--a ghazal    (E)    # 711894:
        Describes the thoughts of a person who has lost his love.
#1480532:   LOVE POEMS, NON-SAD    (E)     [Top]
Poems about love and relationship that do not transmit a sad note.    (67 items)

GIVE ME A SIGN    (E)    # 1692889:
        Waiting for the sign to go ahead.
OLD MEMORIES    (E)    # 1685285:
        Memories of the yester years when the world was young.
IF YOU BE MY VALENTINE: award winner    (E)    # 1643212:
        Valentine day promises.
SWEET DREAMS: Archimedes Pi Form- winner    (E)    # 1638091:
        As a maiden sleeps!
DON’T WITHHOLD LOVE: award winner    (E)    # 1538655:
        Let love flow, uninhibited.
WHAT'S TRUE LOVE?    (E)    # 1479202:
        Does it exist? Is it manifest? Does it last? Can it be found?
COME NEAR ME: a samisen    (E)    # 1469379:
        A samisen on love, with a detailed note about this form.
BIPOLAR LOVE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1465997:
        Love among opposites.
TENDER FEELINGS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1465984:
        Mutual feelings of love for each other.
MEET ME IN MY DREAM TONIGHT    (E)    # 1455712:
        A lover’s wish.
LOVE DREAMS: an acrostic    (E)    # 1455706:
        Lovelorn heart, silver dreams, moonlit sands and a Fall Holiday.
FIGHT OF LOVE    (E)    # 1455654:
        Here is a fight where the tame and tender wins!
DREAM GIRL    (E)    # 1455617:
        A dame reigns a young heart, unknown.
GET ME OUT OF THIS MAZE: Bilingual    (E)    # 1453571:
        The uncertainty of love.
TALKING ABOUT GIRLS    (E)    # 1452947:
        Two friends reminiscing about their early romances.
A MAIDEN’S DILEMMA    (E)    # 1449918:
        Choosing between a poet and a lawyer.
LET US BE GUIDED BY THE HEART    (E)    # 1449484:
        Why leave the matters of heart to reason?
A SUMMER KISS: award winner    (E)    # 1449461:
        The kiss that lasted an eternity.
DOES SHE LOVE ME    (E)    # 1437853:
        Can we know a woman’s mind?
THOUGH I LOVE YOU IN MY HEART    (E)    # 1437529:
        Love me, love my heart, not my looks.
DREAMING OF YOU--award winner    (E)    # 1424420:
        Sweet, but empty, dreams.
DO I MISS?    (E)    # 1419965:
        Hopes of love.
AS I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES    (E)    # 1415453:
        As I look, I fall and drown.
A NEW BEGINNING    (E)    # 1414986:
        We must move on in love and friendship, not be stuck in past hiccups.
WHY?    (E)    # 1391247:
        Uncertainties of unreciprocated love!
THIS VALENTINE DAY…..    (E)    # 1380358:
        A Valentine Day poem.
COME, MY LOVE    (E)    # 1362927:
        The beloved’s call to her soldier lover.
I WOULD WAIT FOR YOU--award winner    (E)    # 1362181:
        Waiting for a soldier.
THE DEPTH OF MY LOVE    (E)    # 1346183:
        Love runs deep in the lover’s heart.
THE WAYS OF THE HEART    (E)    # 1344804:
        The heart acts in ways yet unknown.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS LOVE:biling winner    (E)    # 1342804:
        A lover’s doubts. (A bilingual poem)
LIFE IS WHERE LOVE IS    (E)    # 1342017:
        Thoughts on seeing a young couple on the beach.
STOLEN KISSES    (E)    # 1278169:
        Stealing and snatching, all are fair in love and war.
MY DESTINY: a kyrielle--award winner    (E)    # 1264297:
        Destiny in love
MY LOVE: a sizain hétérométrique    (E)    # 1264011:
        Thoughts from a pure heart
MY HEART WAS ONCE BUT YOUR    (E)    # 1247056:
        The unforgettability of first love
LOOK AT ME THAT WAY AGAIN    (E)    # 959523:
        The message of love needs no words!
I CANNOT RETREAT—a sonnet    (E)    # 958639:
        Expression of true love
I FEEL LIKE CRYING!    (E)    # 956589:
        The unending wait of a girl when the lover is too shy
MESSENGER—a sonnet    (E)    # 952026:
        Message from a hesitant lover
COME MY LOVE—a semighazal    (E)    # 950863:
        Pining in love
I WISH YOU WERE ONLY MINE: a triolet—award winner    (E)    # 948444:
        A small, cute, 8 line French form
LOVE’S SUSPENSE—a ghazal    (E)    # 896341:
        Thoughts in anticipation of meeting the lover--in Ghazal form of poetry
WHAT IS TRUE LOVE    (E)    # 873023:
        Trying to answer: What is true love?
COME NIGH ME—a ghazal    (E)    # 806791:
        A love call.
HESITATION--editor's choice    (E)    # 789748:
        Man proposes, woman disposes--Thoughts in lover's mind after he has proposed.
I AM NOT YET OLD— a poem in two parts    (E)    # 778552:
        A young heart in an old frame. A love song from a gray suitor!
NATURE OF LOVE    (E)    # 775771:
        Love is a mysterious passion with a blinding force
ENGRAVED IN HEART—an acrostic    (E)    # 768567:
        Declaration of undying love (An acrostic around the name-- Sherlock Holmes)
HARVEST MOON--award winner    (E)    # 767034:
        Two young hearts at the start of their journey.
I CANNOT LET YOU GO    (E)    # 766599:
        Expression of love, pure and simple.
BENEATH MY MASK    (E)    # 763602:
        Beneath the rough mask of the lover lies a tender heart.
IF I COULD CAPTURE YOUR HEART    (E)    # 759473:
        A fervent desire to capture someone's heart
HEART OF STONE—a ballad    (E)    # 751376:
        How a stone heart is melted by a wisp of a girl.
TO BE IN LOVE    (E)    # 746142:
        Describes what is is to be in love
INSANE IN LOVE    (E)    # 739914:
        Anxieties and uncertainties of First Love
I WILL BE WAITING    (E)    # 736518:
        The beloved promises to wait for the lover so long
ONE DAY—a ghazal    (E)    # 731673:
        Assurance to the beloved that love would sustain, none can thwart it
DREAM    (E)    # 725161:
        Hesitant dreams of love!
FORGET ME NOT    (E)    # 722829:
        A 'forget-me-not' message from the beloved to the lover
MAD IN LOVE    (E)    # 722702:
        Assertion of one madly in love.
CALL OF LOVE--a ghazal    (E)    # 722451:
        Lonely beloved sends a final call to the lover.
WARMTH OF LOVE—a ghazal    (E)    # 716427:
        Lover waiting for long says that life is incomplete without the beloved
MANNA OF LOVE—a ghazal    (E)    # 716406:
        The lover in waiting for long exhorts the beloved to come soon
TRUE LOVE--a ghazal    (E)    # 716348:
        Assertion of true love by one whose beloved does not reciprocate the feelings
LOVE MESSAGE    (E)    # 712797:
        Dilemma of a young man how to convey feelings to the beloved and how he solved it
MOMENTARY KISS    (E)    # 712436:
        A kiss may be momentary, but the memory of a moment may last a life-time.
#1481743:   DEVOTIONAL AND RELIGIOUS POEMS    (E)     [Top]
Poems praising or praying to the Lord / God; religious poems.    (45 items)

TEACH ME TO WHISPER: award winner    (E)    # 1642906:
        A prayer to the Lord.
THANKSGIVING WISHES: award winner    (E)    # 1619142:
        Wishes sent to a friend on the occasion of Thanksgiving.
MY CONFESSION    (E)    # 1536311:
        The final confession.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING:acrostic-winner    (E)    # 1499808:
        Thanking God for the bounty He has given.
THANKSGIVING: an acrostic--award winner    (E)    # 1499789:
        Being thankful to Him--an acrostic on Thanksgiving.
UNPAINTED POT--award winner    (E)    # 1487810:
        A supplication to God. I am what you made. I strive on the road you gave me.
LET ME LIVE    (E)    # 1480264:
        Imploring God to let live for some more time, so as to redeem past sins.
OUT OF PRISON    (E)    # 1469468:
        A soul freed from the body prays to the Lord.
CALL ME UNTO YOU: a sonnet    (E)    # 1453225:
        As my soul quits this bodily frame, I’ll wait again for Your orders, Lord.
TO SERVE HIM IS MY FATE    (E)    # 1451688:
        Fate? No, I am happy serving Him through His children, my brothers and sisters.
ROSE AND THE THORNS    (E)    # 1449388:
        A rose prays to God.
A LONG WAY HOME    (E)    # 1427221:
        A supplication to the Lord.
A PATH TO YOU: a sonnet    (E)    # 1415380:
        I must give up my path. Help me along the new one,Yours.
A NEW PATH    (E)    # 1415097:
        Choosing His path.
HAVE FAITH IN HIM: winner-an abcedarius    (E)    # 1413872:
        An alphabetical poem in rhyme.
IF I TREMBLE....: a sonnet    (E)    # 1402701:
        Lord, if I tremble, pick me up.
LORD, BESTOW GRACE    (E)    # 1396921:
        Invoking Lord’s grace for 100 little kids who lost lives in a school fire.
HE GIVES IN HIS WISDOM    (E)    # 1380952:
        We should gladly accept what He gives, be it pleasure or pain.
WHEN NIGHT IS DARK AND BLACK AND COLD    (E)    # 1363925:
        When icy winds in a cold, dark, black night dampen the spirits, His voice soothes.
MAKE IT HAPPEN: a sonnet    (E)    # 1356838:
        My spirit is weak. Lift it.
GODLY MANIFESTATION: a sonnet    (E)    # 1356790:
        Never give up faith. True faith is truly answered.
THANKS, LORD    (E)    # 1355254:
        Nearing the end of the road.
PARADIGM    (E)    # 1345492:
        What is the paradigm of life as intended by the Lord?
JESUS, HAVE MERCY: award winner    (E)    # 1332376:
        Let there be one God, unrivalled, equally for all, not owned by a select few.
LORD MAKE ME FOLLOW YOUR STEPS    (E)    # 1287704:
        Remembering Him.
GOING NOWHERE    (E)    # 1281015:
        The path is long, the evening draws. Please help me Lord, pardon my flaws.
CHRISTMAS MESSAGES: award winner    (E)    # 1276117:
        The messages that Christmas brings.
FORGIVE ME FATHER    (E)    # 1266113:
        Thoughts after having lived a dark life.
WHAT MORE CAN I ASK    (E)    # 1265698:
        Lord, You have given me all I need.
GIVE ME STRENGTH AND PEACE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1264315:
        Praying to the Lord for strength and peace.
IN PRAISE OF ISLAM    (E)    # 1259561:
        Written in response to a comment from a friend that I am against Islam.
I SURRENDER TO YOU: Award Winner    (E)    # 1259500:
        Surrender to Him and He will save you.
DON’T FORGET THE GREATEST    (E)    # 1259481:
        Real power lies with the creator, not the creature. Why should man be proud?
A FLICKER OF LIGHT:sonnet--award winner    (E)    # 1241807:
        As I grope and falter in darkness, He shows me light and holds my hand.
YOU MUST SWIM    (E)    # 960099:
        Don’t be despondent in adversity. Have faith, surrender to Him, but carry out your duty.
RECEDING LIGHT:an acrostic--award winner    (E)    # 957311:
        Brilliance must not burn. Be modest and sing His praise.
TOO MUCH TO ASK—a sonnet    (E)    # 952054:
        Unwashable sins can be washed by tears
MERRY CHRISTMAS:a pantoum —winner    (E)    # 920350:
        Christmas greetings!
DEATH & DESTINY: a pantoum-Editor's pick    (E)    # 919189:
        Strive on God-destined path. Being afraid of death is straying from that path.
JUDGMENT    (E)    # 886752:
        An old man craves for judgment of God, defying yet the judgment of man
THOSE FOOTSTEPS ECHO IN HEARTS    (E)    # 872050:
        Footsteps of Jesus echo till this day
DIVINE LIGHT    (E)    # 869037:
        When helpless, surrender to Him and He will show the light.
MY DREAM SAVIOUR    (E)    # 768128:
        Divine dreams
THE FIRST STONE: A ballad--award winner    (E)    # 747963:
        “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.”
GODLY BLISS--a ghazal    (E)    # 722307:
        Thoughts of one detached from the world and approaching communion with god.
#1481791:   POEMS ON NATURE    (E)     [Top]
Poems regarding nature and natural beauty.    (38 items)

SUN RISING IN THE HORIZON    (E)    # 1780704:
        As the sun rises, its golden rays bathe the earth.
SUMMER HOLIDAYS    (E)    # 1688654:
        How I spent this summer—working in the hills!
I LOVE AUTUMN: an acrostic— winner    (E)    # 1642109:
        An autumn scene.
SUN’S TRAVAILS: award winner    (E)    # 1627784:
        The daily journey of the sun.
THE VILLAGE FARMER: award winner    (E)    # 1580920:
        A village farmer imbibes wisdom and sixth sense from nature.
TSUNAMI: a cinquain    (E)    # 1568867:
        The mighty force that an ocean is.
NEST: haikus    (E)    # 1497718:
        The bird builds the nest. The birdlings, for whom it is made, abandon both.]
SUMMER HAIKU: award winner    (E)    # 1464695:
        Winter gone, summer is here, and along with it comes cheer.
LIFE IS LIKE A ROSE    (E)    # 1460464:
        A rose has petals and thorns. Life has its own trials and rewards.
A SNOWFLAKE’S WISH    (E)    # 1459838:
        Where would the first snowflake of the season choose to go?
MOTHER EARTH--double winner    (E)    # 1451738:
        Mother Earth’s reproach to man.
FALSE MAKE UP: a sonnet    (E)    # 1449217:
        What would be a rose without its thorns? It’s better to be natural.
FLOWERS OF THE MIND: a link based poem    (E)    # 1419196:
        Like roses and thorns, the mind has happiness as well as depression.
ANCIENT WISDOM: editor's choice    (E)    # 1413461:
        Two aspects of nature.
MOUNTAINS: a haiku    (E)    # 1412250:
        The old mountains, tranquil and challenging.
A WINTER NIGHT    (E)    # 1402156:
        The beauty of white snow in a dark night.
AN ODE TO TREES    (E)    # 1397235:
        Trees only give. And, they give their all.
WINTER: a Malayan pantoum—winner    (E)    # 1396845:
        The winter approaching.
WINTER: a haiku    (E)    # 1395178:
        A haiku about winter.
SNOW WORLD    (E)    # 1366192:
        A snow-clad forest scene.
STATUE IN THE RAIN    (E)    # 1364399:
        Rambling thoughts in pouring rain.
MORNING WALK    (E)    # 1363778:
        A morning walk in the park soothes the sensations and refreshes the mind.
AN ODE TO WINTER    (E)    # 1355792:
        Winter, the king of seasons.
FALL TRANSITIONING TO WINTER: acrostic    (E)    # 1355786:
        The slow march of winter, and, Christmas.
WINTER’S WRATH    (E)    # 1342871:
        The drudgery of winter.
SUMMER:a haiku    (E)    # 1294681:
        The cycle of summer and snow, warm hearts and tears.
WATCHING THE SEA    (E)    # 1291825:
        The unending charm of the sea, simply sitting and watching it.
DROPPED LEAVES: a haiku--award winner    (E)    # 1264287:
        Departure of the loved ones
OF MOTHERS: award winner    (E)    # 1263454:
        Mother God, Mother Earth, other mothers—all are ignored by ungrateful man.
FALLING LEAVES: a haiku--award winner    (E)    # 1262906:
        Departure of the nurtured.
SPRING IS NEAR    (E)    # 958537:
        A poem written without making use of TWO vowels--not an easy task!
NATURE AND MAN    (E)    # 956974:
        Nature is a powerful jinnee, a friend that can turn into foe.
WATER DROP: a sonnet--award winner    (E)    # 956077:
        On the grave water scarcity in some parts of the world.
BE A CHILD    (E)    # 948717:
        We ignore nature, childhood curiosity and innocent leisure. The world is too much with us
THE THORN    (E)    # 900963:
        A thorn remembers Milton!
INNER PEACE: Editor's choice    (E)    # 775757:
        Describing the fury of rivers flowing into sea, which remains calm like a sage
AN ODE TO THE ROSE—award winner    (E)    # 759445:
        Rose, like the wearer of the Crown of Thorns, is revered because it bears the thorns.
RAINBOW    (E)    # 729197:
        The rainbow chides man for being afraid of death.
#1487175:   POETRY WRITING    (E)     [Top]
Articles about the art of writing poetry.    (10 items)

WRITING POETRY--Basic guidelines    (13+)    # 1217845:
        Practical tips for writing poetry
POETRY WRITING- DO, DON’Ts: winner    (E)    # 1345990:
        Ten tips about what to do or not to do while writing poetry.
WHAT'S A POEM?    (E)    # 1456108:
        [A poem must have flow. Rhyme adds to the quality.]
RHYME AND SYLLABLE PATTERNS--ed-pick    (E)    # 1456116:
        An article written to answer a query posed by a participant in my context.
SCANSION--the basics    (E)    # 1113617:
        What is scansion? How and why is it done?
WHAT IS POETRY?—a sonnet    (E)    # 1356771:
        Poetry is that soothes the heart.
WHAT IS A GHAZAL AND HOW TO WRITE IT?    (E)    # 712280:
        About a ghazal and how to write it, with practical examples and question-answers.
BASIC FACTS ABOUT HAIKU: editor's pick    (E)    # 1412261:
        Basic information about haiku.
HOW TO WRITE AN ACROSTIC-acrostic,edpick    (E)    # 963440:
        Do’s and don’ts & a demonstration of writing an acrostic around this title.
WHAT ARE ACROSTIC & ABCEDARIUS FORMS?    (E)    # 1413925:
        What are they? Explained with examples.
#1503272:   PERSONAL & PHILOSOPHICAL MUSINGS    (E)     [Top]
Thoughts personal and philosophical.    (71 items)

ONE DAY I WILL BE NO MORE    (E)    # 1778123:
        A poet muses about when he is no more.
ON LEAVING SIXTY NINE BEHIND: a sonnet    (E)    # 1748369:
        On completing 69 years.
DEEP INSIDE ME    (E)    # 1748265:
        Deep inside me there is an urge—to write.
WORK: award winner    (E)    # 1689464:
        Too much work and no play.
A POET’S LIFE: editor's choice    (E)    # 1688892:
        A poet’s mind is marked by constant background activity.
A MONTH IN A HILLY SIKKIM VILLAGE    (E)    # 1688673:
        A summer work-holiday, with glimpses of life in a hilly village in Sikkim, India.
INSPIRATION: a sonnet    (E)    # 1656286:
        A poet never lacks inspiration. The feelings are the inspiration.
FRUITS OF ADVERSITY: a sonnet    (E)    # 1656227:
        A life of want is better than one without it.
BALLOONS AND MOMENTS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1649892:
        They are both fleeting. Let them fly. Don’t hold on to them.
MUZZLING MEAN RATS    (E)    # 1644210:
        Why not leave a mean squeaking rat as such? Trying to muzzle it may not mean much.
WHAT IS WRITTEN ON THE WALL    (E)    # 1640488:
        It is open to us to be serious or flippant.
ON COMPLETING SIXTY EIGHT YEARS    (E)    # 1638731:
        [To Him, on this annual event.
LIFE CYCLE: a sestina    (ASR)    # 1628502:
        The cycle of life continues, just as it snows, melts, rises and snows again.
BETWEEN TWO STOOLS    (ASR)    # 1603039:
        An autobiographical account of managing between two careers--Medicine and Law.
BLUNT ARROWS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1594084:
        Arrows that boomerang hurt only the archer.
DESIRE AND HOPE: a sonnet    (E)    # 1591576:
        Why harbor desires for which there is no hope?
I WON’T BE DICTATED TO    (E)    # 1590737:
        Humility does not mean allowing oneself to be dictated to by fools and bullies.
KNOW, BUT DON’T TELL SO: a sonnet    (E)    # 1557032:
        Know more than others if you can, but don’t tell them so.
CALLING NAMES: a sonnet    (E)    # 1557011:
        Those who simply call names or abuse others, debase themselves.
THE PSI: a sonnet    (E)    # 1551450:
        The pseudo-secular intelligentsia are neither very intelligent, nor very secular.
MEN V. HORSES: a sonnet    (E)    # 1548820:
        Ways in which men are similar to horses.
FREE THINKERS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1548063:
        There are some who are prisoners of their own biased, ’free’ beliefs.
INTELLIGENT FOOLS: a sonnet    (E)    # 1547766:
        Some fools have a high IQ.
WORDS MEAN AND CAN BE MEAN: a sonnet    (E)    # 1546706:
        Choose your words carefully.
THE BODY AND THE SOUL    (E)    # 1507026:
        The master is encaged while the slave struts around.
I DO NOT WISH TO BE KNOWN: award winner    (E)    # 1500131:
        A desire to remain aloof and alone, uninvolved and unknown.
WHY I WRITE?    (E)    # 1495041:
        My approach to writing poetry.
A LIFELONG BOON    (E)    # 1490510:
        A book is man’s best friend.
INTROSPECTION    (E)    # 1475913:
        Thoughts about five years of poetry writing.
MY INTERVIEW BY tm_lvn_nurse    (E)    # 1468373:
        My interview by tm_lvn_nurse in June 2005.
LIFE DREAMS    (E)    # 1455693:
        Our dreams at different stages of life.
A WRITER'S APPRECIATION: Editor's choice    (E)    # 1455240:
        It is more important for a writer to be read than to be praised.
THE CYCLE OF LIFE: haikus--award winner    (E)    # 1454913:
        Three life phases, in three haikus.
LAYERS OF CLOUDS    (E)    # 1453237:
        Clouds of memories, some tepid, some tumultuous.
TURNING FORTY OR EIGHTY: a sonnet    (E)    # 1452902:
        What matters is how we live life, not how long we live it.
LIES    (E)    # 1451449:
        Is lie the truth?
THE DARKNESS WHERE I ROAM    (E)    # 1449873:
        Sometimes we find ourselves in a sea of darkness.
A NECK STUCK OUT    (E)    # 1443301:
        Sticking out one’s neck for the underdog.
LOVE, HATRED AND UNDERSTANDING    (E)    # 1442054:
        Love others and shed hatred, if wish to understand others.
AN EMPTY MASK    (E)    # 1441983:
        The real worth of life.
WE CHANGE WITH TIME    (E)    # 1438388:
        As life changes, we all do, and should, change.
BEAUTY    (E)    # 1421336:
        What makes a woman truly beautiful?
HOW DID I BECOME A WRITER?    (E)    # 1420603:
        A writer's autobiography.
IN PRAISE OF KNOWLEDGE: abcedarius poem    (E)    # 1413855:
        Knowledge is power. Gain it, but don't be proud of it.
KEEP QUIET OR SPEAK OUT?    (E)    # 1406906:
        Words can be useless or precious. Discretion lies with us.
A ROSE IN THE WILDERNESS    (E)    # 1399929:
        The wail of a lonely rose.
TAKE ME TO TOMORROW: award winner    (E)    # 1391198:
        Foget the past. Live each day as it comes. Be hopeful.
AN EMPTY SCREEN: award winner    (E)    # 1386387:
        The secrets behind a beautiful face.
AN ODE TO A DICTIONARY    (E)    # 1380379:
        A poet and a dictionary are inseparable.
MY INTERVIEW: conducted by Mavis Moog    (E)    # 1378477:
        Mavis Moog, WDC moderator, in England, interviewed me via e mail in May 2005.
WHETHER – ruba’i    (13+)    # 1371935:
        Whether this or that? The conflicts in the mind.
REFLECTION    (E)    # 1357535:
        What I see in the mirror.
REFLECTIONS: award winner    (E)    # 1357262:
        Reflections of various types.
DEATH, I AIN’T AFRAID OF YOU    (E)    # 1352854:
        How shall I like to die.
HOROSCOPE    (E)    # 1296023:
        The futility of being dependent on stars and horoscopes.
MY LIFE EVENTS: award winner    (E)    # 1295940:
        The ups and downs in my life
POETICAL MOMENTS    (E)    # 1294667:
        What is poetry? What is life without poetry?
A BEE IN HIS BONNET: a sonnet    (E)    # 1290967:
        About oneself, looking back.
IN PRAISE OF TRADITIONAL POETRY    (E)    # 1274925:
        The rhyme and rhythm and flow of traditional poetry impart it an indelible aura.
BODY AND SOUL--editor's choice    (E)    # 1266487:
        I am the Soul. My body is my gift. Salvation lies through good deeds done through my body
MY HATS    (E)    # 1261691:
        The various hats I have worn—a chronicle of my pursuits.
GATES OF REASON    (E)    # 1261168:
        Superficiality cannot take us far.
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES: sonnet--Award Winner    (ASR)    # 1244346:
        A bizarre memory of my early school days
INTERNET ADDICTION    (E)    # 1243582:
        Is it an addiction after all?
MY PORT    (E)    # 1242702:
        Blowing my own trumpet, reluctantly, about my portfolio. This was the contest prompt!
MY POEMS--award winner    (E)    # 1241272:
        How I write my poems, or, how do they get written.
IT HAPPENED!    (E)    # 954885:
        An unexpected result of writing poems on writing.com. A welcome happening!
THE SECRET OF MY POEMS--Editor's choice    (E)    # 954396:
        How and why I write poetry
ROSE AND THORN    (E)    # 954012:
        What the rose owes to the thorn.
AN ODE TO A POET    (ASR)    # 840505:
        Homage to a poet
AN ODE TO LETTER ‘O’    (E)    # 775118:
        An unusual thought--If I were to be a letter, which one would I choose to be
#1510547:   HINDI POETRY गज़ल    (E)     [Top]
Contains 2000+ Hindi poems, mainly ghazals, in Hindi script    (6 items)

HINDI POEMS-1, गज़ल    (E)    # 1510158:
        Hindi poems in Hindi script, mainly ghazals, Serial no. 1-700
HINDI POEMS-2, गज़ल    (E)    # 1510374:
        Second part of Hindi poems in Hindi script, mainly ghazals, from 701-1225.
HINDI POEMS--3, गज़ल    (E)    # 1510442:
        Third part of Hindi poems in Hindi script, mainly ghazals, Serial no. 1226--1775
HINDI POEMS--4, गज़ल    (E)    # 1510519:
        Book 4 of my collection of Hindi poems, mainly ghazals, in Hindi script, 1776 onward.
MAAZEE KEE PARTON SE— ghazal book    (E)    # 1576731:
        Ghazals 61-120 (Part two of my first poetry book), due 10 September 2009.
MAAZEE KEE PARTON SE— ghazal book    (E)    # 1576729:
        Ghazals 1-60 (Part one of my book, due 10 September 2009.

#1548948:   MY THREE POETRY CONTESTS    (E)     [Top]
Contains my three poetry contest on monthly basis.     (3 items)

SONNET AND GHAZAL CONTEST: editor's pick    (E)    # 1548937:
        A monthly contest for ghazals and Shakespearean sonnets.
FIVE STAR POETRY CONTEST:editor's choice    (E)    # 1471096:
        A monthly contest to reward the best poem out of 5-star poems.
[RHYME-RHYTHM POETRY CONTEST FOLDER]    (E)    # 1279395:
        Monthly announcement, Detailed announcement, Past winners & prompts etc.

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