THE JOY OF READING

Have you ever faced the internal struggle of thoughts pulling you in different directions? Do you feel that success is elusive? Read on

Looking down and pondering deep, At the luminous brook that flows without sleep; I wondered what always kept it so strong, As it passed...

I woke up with the sun beaming bright; Till where I could see, there was only light. I embarked upon the path once more, Indifferent to...

Perry the Parrot danced on the parapet; Flaunting poise and balance, without breaking a sweat. But his sight stayed fixed, as he moved...

Mom held a piece of crystal, And moved it round and round, In a pail filled with water, As I stood with ‘Jerry’ our hound. The water had...

I took a boat to Neverland, The land of dreams, of riches, of fame; And on the way, I made some friends, A few turned foes; was it part...

Far away in a forest-land, Lived elephants many, in a band. They looked alike by and large, As if they were manufactured in a garage. But...

What are we, but a speck of dust; What can a mere speck do? It can stick to the shoe and move to rust, Or be stardust of the cosmic hue....

I looked around the meadows green, But the tree that caught my eye, Was not the one with apples red, But the one that was frail and dry....

Our siblings are our first and finest of friends. Here is a poem showering some love on them. Dedicated to my sister...

A little myna on my window came, Its crown ruffled with the July rain. Chirps and squawks, croaks and clicks, The casement switched to...

A dash of mist on a hot summer day A cup of hot coffee by the freezing bay Her presence is akin to these and more Yes, I call her mother...

There are child prodigies and there are those who are not. Not every child will excel at everything...some will always lag behind. Those...

One earth is all there is, To live, to learn, to grow; There may not be another, So mind the way you go. The sapling that grows today,...

Flamingos are fascinating creatures characterized by quirky behaviour and beautiful pink color, thanks to their diet. Did you know that...

A gallop, a leap, a stride or a pace, I shall take one or the other, oblivious to the race. But stop I won’t, for I was born to be, A...

The alarm went off before the sun could shine, I had hit on ‘snooze’ once more with a whine; As I pulled the quilt back upon my face, It...

The arid air blew once again, Across the dry, parched earth. As if whispering to it, in vain, “Be strong, there should be a firth”. Now...

She threw a letter up in the air, Scribbled with hope, drafted with flair; Only to see it fall back on the grass, For countless times,...

A wish I have, a wish so small, Of air but clean, of orchids more, Of hatred less, of laughter galore, A world we lived, but not anymore....