Aniruddha Pathak Poems

A dog barking wild at back door,
A wife yelling at the front,
Ever frantic their groan and grunt,
Which door would you rush first and fore?
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A poet, head heeding to no hard rules,
That walks tall leaning on no staff of cane,
Penchant for pen, passion with no refrain,
A student of own self, taught at no schools;
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One on one, when lips speak with one tongue,
Whisper each to each as if in ears:
O let us forever remain young,
That in love, moments-like look long years.
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Coffers spilling with gold jewels and jade—
With precious pearls and treasure deeply laid,
When loafs of bread maketh far better aid—
If hungry maws happy were to be made.
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My thoughts went to spring far from the scene,
I saw when a yellowing brown leaf
That filled me with moments of grey grief,
And my mind craved for shades of lush green.
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Placed on a pompous plate, my farewell cake
Looked as listless as my colleagues waiting to leave,
Polite words were vouched, more for goodness' sake
Than truth's, I recall that eventless eve
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Gym, not for forcing fight with the flab,
Nor yoga to tone up sagging abs,
But, for aside affair
With fitness trainer there,
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Time consumed goes beyond human cure,
Of the time yet to come one's not sure,
Kiss me, Fleeting Moment,
Gift art thou, God's present,
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When we try once, and hit that one,
A chance is it of heaven;
When we try n times hitting none,
And get it right at n plus one,
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If I can't hold NOW until the morrow,
Nor can find its seedlings in days ere gone,
Nor can trace them from time's trackless hollow,
I scarce can make it stand still on its own.
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