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[pradeepbindaas]

Hi

Wanna

Poem on Love...love...love.

http://pradeepvishwakarma.tripod.com/poem/


Check It Out...

[dimps]

this is my id na....princess forever kissing the
frog...

U must spend a fortune on toothpaste and mouthwash!!!!

Na rey... mei thou
CLOSEUP kartihoon...

And despite spending so much .. frog not turning into a Prince

Time to throw that frog away dimps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes nimmu - thrown the frog out - in search of a new ID now...

A single leaf which has outlasted
Its season will be trembling still.
PUSHKIN

CHILLING...but very true - good one Priya

[kesuma]

InSiDe Of Me...



Do you hate me when you look at me, because I don''t know the way I feel?
Does it kill you to think I may not be sure?
Though I wish I had your assurance
It won''t happen in an overnight occurrence
I can''t make myself feel
Only feel it
I can''t begin to play all the cards you have dealt me
And I hate that I know you have felt me, and my pain
I don''t want to hurt you
But I''m killing you softly, slowly
Eventually
Please realize I like you
I care for you
But I''m afraid to need, to love
Vulnerability frightens my soul
I''m timid to trust, cautious to reveal
All that I feel
Inside of me

~Kes~

[dimps]

Farewell

(by Lady Caroline Lamb)

"Farewell."
Ah! frown not thus--nor turn from me,
I must not--dare not--look on thee;
Too well thou know'st how dear thou art,'
Tis hard but yet 'tis best to part:
I wish thee not to share my grief,
It seeks, it hopes, for no relief.

"Farewell."
Come give thy hand, what though we part,
Thy name is fixed, within my heart;
I shall not change, nor break the vow
I made before and plight thee now;
For since thou may'st not live for me,'
Tis sweeter far to die for thee.

"Farewell"
Thoult think of me when I am gone
None shall undo, what I have done;
Yet even thy love I would resign
To save thee from remorse like mine;
Thy tears shall fall upon my grave:
They still may bless--they cannot save.

[Priya]

Na rey... mei thou
CLOSEUP kartihoon...

yes nimmu - thrown the frog out - in search of a new ID now...

And now U gonna paint the town red!!!!!

[unni]

I'm reminded of a friend who was fond of songs by Ataullah Khan and would force others to listen. Upon hearing, one buzurg victim responded, 'Lagta hai, yeh shamshaan-ghat par baith kar gaa raha hai"!

Don't you peeps have some happy/pleasant verses to share, or are we in for a thread of dirges?

[Priya]

Did write a poem in honour of U na. True, nothing pleasant but....

[unni]

Did write a poem in honour of U na. True, nothing pleasant but....

Magar happy, na?

On the lines of
"Me handsome, me clever,
Have you seen anyone better"?

Me modest, me thoughtful,

Me mostest, sabse smarter"!

[Priya]

Magar happy, na?

On the lines of
"Me handsome, me clever,
Have you seen anyone better"?

Me modest, me thoughtful,

Me mostest, sabse smarter"!

U certainly are topmost

I mean at making a boast

U don't need a mirror on the wall

Ur mind just does it all

U think Ur a rare find

I say U must be blind

Ur verses make my teeth grind

I pay U back in kind!!!!

[catch22]

InSiDe Of Me...

That's a nice piece, Kesuma. Is it written by you?

[catch22]

Farewell
(by Lady Caroline Lamb)

That's a lovely one, Dimps. Very touching

[catch22]

U certainly are topmost rolleyes

I mean at making a boast mad

U don't need a mirror on the wall sleep
Ur mind just does it all ohmy

U think Ur a rare find mellow

I say U must be blind huh
Ur verses make my teeth grind ph34r
I pay U back in kind!!!! laugh

That's hilarious.

[catch22]

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Maya Angelou

[catch22]

I Sit and Think

I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;

Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.

I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall never see.

For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.

I sit beside the fire and think
of people long ago,
and people who will see a world
that I shall never know.

But all the while I sit and think
of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
and voices at the door.

JRR Tolkien

[shivani]

Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same old Whatif song:
Whatif I'm dumb in school?
Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
Whatif I get beat up?
Whatif there's poison in my cup?
Whatif I start to cry?
Whatif I get sick and die?
Whatif I flunk that test?
Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
Whatif nobody likes me?
Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
Whatif I don't grow talle?
Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
Whatif the fish won't bite?
Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
Whatif they start a war?
Whatif my parents get divorced?
Whatif the bus is late?
Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
Whatif I tear my pants?
Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

- Shel Silverstein

One picture puzzle piece
Lyin' on the sidewalk,
One picture puzzle piece
Soakin' in the rain.
It might be a button of blue
On the coat of the woman
Who lived in a shoe.
It might be a magical bean,
Or a fold in the red
Velvet robe of a queen.
It might be the one little bite
Of the apple her stepmother
Gave to Snow White.
It might be the veil of a bride
Or a bottle with some evil genie inside.
It might be a small tuft of hair
On the big bouncy belly
Of Bobo the Bear.
It might be a bit of the cloak
Of the Witch of the West
As she melted to smoke.
It might be a shadowy trace
Of a tear that runs down an angel's face.
Nothing has more possibilities
Than one old wet picture puzzle piece.

- Shel Silverstein

All that I feel
Inside of me

.. is lovely Kesuma ..and welcome to thread, hope to read more of you .

Catch.. lovely ones indeed, specially "I sit and Think"

Dimps

I have stopped saying that the poems you read and share with us are lovely for simple reason .. it might sound cliched

Pradeep

Please also share with us what you like.

"PS: heck! I sound as if am the host here.. sorry catch "