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  • Dawn and Shine

    And today again he was awakened from his sleep Just in time to wake me up from my dream And yet again he shined all day Giving me the time to make my day And when all was done he said good bye With a smile I too waved back bye A good job done for ages unknown A good job done always without a frown But then that ended a good long day Setting stage for a whole great [...]

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  • Secret Ballot (Raye makhfi)

    Secret Ballot (Raye makhfi)

    Movie needs a variety, I believe that the fact of being stereo typed is not just for actors or directors or script writers, we as avid viewers also should not be stereo typed in what we pick to see. Be it the theme or language, so today’s treat for your eyes is the Farsi movie by the Iranian/Canadian director Babak Payami, Secret Ballot (Raye makhfi) Released in 2001 Secret Ballot tells a day in the life of a young female [...]

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  • Break from the unknown

    Unknown, unwanted, insecure and cruel The maladies of life they shrink and then grow again A glimpse of yesterday is still imprinted on today Making insignificant the future you chase While some unknown wise is calling the timid a fool The mean and unkind are lending hand to the insane While the world you knew is holding you from being astray The flying time makes you devoid of the essence of space A break from life is all you need [...]

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  • Drenched and Untouched

    He suddenly stopped and looked up; the clouds are all rounding up. It never looked it would rain and so as usual his new umbrella should be lying in his room wrapped in cozily in the same pouch it came from the shop. Last year rains were not that heavy but he drenched through out the whole season, postponing the idea of buying one. And this year he was fast to act and bought one, ‘dolly’ that’s what they told [...]

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  • For you with Love

    Trust me my love; Give your hand in my hand Close your eyes and don’t utter a word Just stand still there and breathe real slow Hear my love; for my heart calls for you I will take you tomorrow to a distant land Far away from this insensitive world And there in a hut all covered with snow I will tell you again how much I love you Now I close my eyes and try to sleep You come [...]

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  • Bear the Light in your Heart

    Make a pair of wings of your dreams That will take your life far and ahead A simple thought like the water in streams Like life it flows in a concert with the tide A tide brought up with the deeds of today That die less hard on the foils of yesterday Tomorrow is just another day for today But for you future is made this day Let the bugle sound for the day has come Where summers end and [...]

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  • Mr. Albert

    Mr. Albert

    It was on a Saturday evening that I saw Mr. Albert for the first time, talking to dad near the porch at our ancestral home in India. Holding a lantern on one hand and a walking stick on the other, a long over coat and with one shoe shining more than the other, he looked like a character from one of the old English novels I had read. As I came in Dad introduced me to him “This is Mr. [...]

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  • Moment of Truth

    Don’t get drenched when the rain pours down Give it some time and it will all settle down Don’t let the darkness frighten you now Just cheer up and lighten up for now Didn’t you hear the birds sing for you? You are lucky my maiden, love just called you Today the sea is rough and so is your mind Take some time off and let it all unwind Look who is there standing beside You know her well and [...]

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  • The Essence of Love

    You have been to me what many have only dreamt of but never experienced. I am grateful to every single miracle in this world that has brought you closer to me. Though my efforts to be worthy have made me realize that I can always love you in better ways than now. My expressions of love, though made and often mentioned by me, never fully justify the emotions that I wish to convey that are rightly the ones my humble [...]

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  • Voices of Nature

    The voices of nature we seldom hear The murmur of trees we never care The cool breeze that brings the fragrance And the scenery that puts us in a trance The flowing river that captures the sky’s glaze The dancing daffodils that we often embrace The cow and calf in the green does graze The mountains so huge make us amaze The little birds that chirp in the trees The rainbow that bestows its radiance The nature’s cup is filled [...]

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Remembering Dad & Other Poems