Aniruddha Pathak Poems

Failed for long to hold
And the life fell down.
A frown on face showed,
Pride had lost the crown.
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Missing am I that rare sound of silence
Which, heard I'd only in mind, not in ears,
And ah what a unique kind of silence—
The sound coming as if from far off spheres!
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In face of countless crookedness,
The saintly shed no saintliness.
Let a cobra encircle its flanks,
The sandalwood no coolness junks.
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No good garrulous gushing sans latch,
Nor ever all glued up lips as such,
Nor is good too much rain,
Nor ever too much sun,
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Mesmerized by moon's silver,
Overawed by her,
And still in wonder,
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I recall my visits to home town,
Recall mornings and long walks down
Past a bridge and across a small river,
And that scene that sent in me a shiver:
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Travel educates,
And when one reflects
On it, it illuminates.
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Asks Kabeer how to long carry
Company of banana and berry,
One in windy air sways,
And with torn leaves it pays.
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If stone-worship helps me gain God,
I'd worship any a mount odd,
It's grinding stones that the world eats,
But no one as deity them treats.___________________________________________________________
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No, not a temple to pray
Seems what we are in search,
Nor for prayers a mosque,
Nor ever a church,
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