Gayathri Seetharam Poems

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1.
Hope For An Even Better Tomorrow

HOPE FOR AN EVEN BETTER TOMORROW
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Emily Dickinson has said,
Hope is like a bird
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2.
A Poem In Sanskrit Poetry Format

A poem in Sanskrit poetry format
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
The Encyclopaedia Brittanica website said that Sanskrit poetry consists of metaphor, simili and hyperboles. The lines are in different metric lengths.
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3.
Here's You, My Dear Departed Father

Here's you, my dear departed father
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Last night, my grieving husband informed me that my mother-in-law
Had died after a 4 year battle with an Alzheimer's like dementia
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4.
My Favourite Things

My favourite things
(Based on the song from the movie, Sound of Music)
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Mountains with glaciers
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AN ADDITIONAL POEM (written in 2015)
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Justin Trudeau has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada on Nov 4th,2015
Fittingly, since it is Remembrance Day on the 11th of Nov, he wore a poppy in his coat lapel to commemorate the early literal bed-time of soldiers
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A Ballad on Beverley McLachlin, the ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
According to Wikipedia, a ballad consists of 13 lines and is a narrative which can be sung. It has an ABABBCBC form consisting of rhymed verses or couplets, each of 14 syllables. I managed to get all of it but could not keep up the required number of syllables. But in my defence, the poet whose work has been used as an example in Wikipedia had only 10 syllables.
I would also like to say that on World Freedom of Press Day, which is today, I referred to a feature in The Globe and Mail published on Jan 13th,2018 by Fred Lum.
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7.
Black And White

Black and white
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
The USA is fighting for its civil rights
Which have been violated time and time again
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God of Darkness showed me the way through the metaphorical ignorance in the arts and literature fields along with the God of Intellect
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
I got a free sample of Dior's perfume, JOY, from the cosmetician
And it has the scent of joyful illumination of the mind
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My second set of 50 endeavours 1: Dessert dishes
-Gayathri B. Seetharam

The blue dish with maple leafs on it
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10.
A Shakespearean Sonnet On Water

A Shakespearean sonnet on water
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
Water is a precious commodity and water.org is doing good work
I think that my own alma mater could do better as far as water fountains
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