Aniruddha Pathak Poems

Me-mine no more, worries off shore,
Mind care-free, a bird unbound;
He that wants nothing ever more,
An emperor he's uncrowned.
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Finishing tax returns one late night
Preparing I was to have sound sleep,
I heard a strange voice and stranger sight,
My heavy eye-lids were sinking deep.
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In mild twilight rain
A coy sunflower when smiled,
Sun too like a child.
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Li'le doth man know in this world to unwind,
Chasing name and fame's fake gems and jewels,
Knowing well, borrowed shine lasts but brief spells,
Few rest tuned in, to inner voice aligned,
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The best fame is one's very own,
Medium, being by father known,
Lower, known by maternal name,
Worst is to lean on in-law's fame.
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Ah to op before
Close, door after door,
To be graceful more
At life's old age shore!
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Set out to search for wicked,
I found few were so crooked;
When I delved deep unto me,
Oh, none was evil like me!
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Today is the Farmer's day
Who, works with soil
For days together toil,
Seeds of labour to lay,
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Forgive a fault or two in others,
But never those of thine, me brothers,
Advice this, of great rhyme,
Has worked for a long time,
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A girl wore a long burqua1 at work,
But look at now time's peculiar quirk,
What she said starkly strange,
B'yond any belief's range:
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