Amar Agarwala

Amar Agarwala Poems


My hollowed casket is empty
Awaiting a withered shell,
My wooden lid is askance
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I
No song I have my blessed child
No thoughts which could bid adieu,
As you travel to yonder world
...

As I passed my wicket fence
The ageing walnut tree,
Showered me with withered leaves
And said something to me;
...

No one yet knows my new calling
Now that my profile has changed,
I reside in a cemetery
A settlement prearranged.
...

I remember those summer days
When I passed by your winding lane,
Gay blossomed cottage where you lived
Vines adorning your window pane.
...

Because I could not pause for life
She kindly paused for me,
Her carriage held but just ourselves
And hospitality.
...

He owned no fabled treasures
Nor the kingdom of a king,
No horses or elephants
Nor a catapult or a sling.
...

A brook marries the river
And river the ocean blue;
The sky & winds are witnesses
Waiting by the aisle in a queue.
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Like a crow scavenges garbage
And sometimes a prey,
I too scavenge for morsels dry
That I may live a day;
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Flames of my yesters
Call out to me,
From memories old
With their lovelorn plea.
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He went to join the cedar trees
And lie under their shade,
In an old anonymous grave
That did seem somewhat staid.
...

Have been sentenced by the heavens
To keep vigil upon the dead,
Who deserted by their loved ones
Need me to care for them instead;
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THE FOG

When the night meanders down
Lonely winding pathways,
...

Wish I was an island
Snuggling an ocean blue,
In a world far away
Lost without a clue.
...

His verses are like footsteps
Of divinity upon a page,
A melody from the heavens
That only deserving souls can gauge.
...

Those fiery skies hued red and grey
And birds in silence say,
Do hark to that stillness cool
A thunder-squall's on way.
...

I veil my pains in poetry
Cover them with verses sublime,
Bury my thoughts in sweet rhythm
Urging them to waltz with their rhyme.
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A sepal, petal and a thorn
Upon a sprightly summer morn,
Dew lacing blooms, and honey bees
Soft lilting breeze rustling the trees,
...

A summer day warms up
To a Cenotaph old,
The greens waltzing in joy
For the birds to behold;
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When I pass away, my sweetheart
Do sing no dirges for me,
I seek of you no eulogy
Nor shade of a leafy tree.
...

Amar Agarwala Biography

AMAR AGARWALA A BRIEF PROFILE I am a practicing Chartered Accountant and Lawyer from the city of Kolkata. I have more than twenty four years of experience in the fields of Audit, Accounts, Management Advisory Services, Legal Draftings, Project Appraisal and Management. Have extensively taught over the past three decades, specializing in soft-skill training, besides I am a motivational speaker. Also lectured on various topics noted above, including spiritual discourses and creativity, both in the country and abroad. I am a thinker and have penned down various treatises and inspirational works, including novels, prose and poems. My literary creations include – MISSING VARRUN (Creative Fiction – Bestseller) , Blue Horizon/Horizonte Azul (Book of poems done as a bilingual project along with the Dept.of Culture, Govt.of Spain) , Astral Runner (Fantasy Fiction) , and An Awakening/Un Despertar (Play) done as a bilingual project along with the Comunidad de Hindu Ceuta & Dept.of Culture, Govt.of Spain. Recently, my fifth work titled – CALCUTTA KALEIDOSCOPE, which is a collection of short stories was published in the city of Kolkata. I also believe that creativity is the essence of existence and of life! ****************************)

The Best Poem Of Amar Agarwala

Coffin Speaks


My hollowed casket is empty
Awaiting a withered shell,
My wooden lid is askance
For I hear a death knell.

Mortal desires long stolen
They ever so dearly sought,
This life is a cunning thief
That none has ever caught.

No better mate than death one has
Yet mortals in its fear shake,
Long restful sleep it showers
Without a need to wake.

I shall embrace your tired bones
Withered by rigors of hell,
To reach the heights of heaven
Where you´ll happily dwell.

This ground below is very soft
So loving the breast of earth,
Shall let you return to dust,
For all that you are worth.

My pall bearers are now restless,
Their arduous task still undone;
Tarry no longer my friend,
The sands of time have run.

I harbor shadows that are dark
They will soothe your tired eyes,
Know sweet air was never yours
It´s sage to sever ties.

Amar Agarwala Comments

Shar Senor 02 January 2018

January 2,2018 Dear Mr. Agarwala, I was looking for a poem about the coming of winter and found your beautiful poem today. At least, I think it is yours. It was in the comments section of another poem, and now I can't find it. Here Comes Winter But I did find you. Thank you for your touching poem.

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Amar Agarwala Quotes

Begin a new page In your life, Consign to the past Your aches & strife!

WHAT POETRY DOES Sun lights up the world A lamp lights up a room But a poet's stirring verses Erases all my gloom!

THE PRIMROSE Promised a Primrose Where the pathways bend That it shall await me Until Summers' end.

Like florets spread unseen in the woods My verses unread by my love Someday their fragrance will reach her too Be it here, or heavens above.

WORDS & PAUSES More effective than words That could bring us applause, Is when in between them There is a rightly timed pause.

WORDS& PAUSES More effective than words That could bring us applause, Is when in between them There is a rightly timed pause.

LONELINESS You may be amongst a million faces Yet, emptiness and you will be one, When you share space with many But share your heart with none.

LONELINESS You may be amongst a million faces Yet, emptiness and you will be one, When you share space with many But share your heart with none.

LONELY You may be amongst a million faces Yet, emptiness & you will be one, When you share space with many But share your heart with none.

#TRUTHS OF LIFE In between bigger truths Come the tiny ones, These at times are thundering And larger than a hundred suns.

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