Serendipity Poem by Vidya Pandarinath

Those who set out to reach
A known land came to find
A strange domain beyond the endless main
Dubious strife and strides along the beach
Caused a new map to be assigned
With rocks, rivers and greenery plain


Creating and inventing tasks have oft
Brought out unimagined a wonder -
Other than what was in particular sought -
Remedies, tools and designs aloft
Were but chance finds of splendour
And have the greater Order brought

An earnest and committed search
Failing, may to the stupendous other, lead
Casual diggers may on treasure stumble
As grinning skulls mock the seekers ' lurch;
Pleasure dawns on those who succeed
In exacting their deeds and do not fumble.

Aspired palatal relishes and sought joy
Might in insipid dislikes end
While chanced picks often raptures swell;
Pleasure thus found, never does annoy,
Flowing out of the novelty to amend
And set ample space for a spell.