Dusk to dawn Life goes on. Life is a daily battle We must face without a rattle. Be strong For life is long. A life of length Needs courage and strength. Life is fun When we act like one. Life at its best Is a…

  Had we but world enough and time That cell phone out would be no crime. You could sit down and talk away, And chat, text, and Angry Birds play. But at your back you should fear Midterms, papers, and finals hurrying near. For yonder…

Eternity A place or feeling To many it could be both, We want to have serutiry We all want to know. Some crave to have enernity To save cherish our lives, Some crave it to take care Of our children or wife’s.   There is…

In this world of lies and empty smiles Of gadgets and of virtual friends Waves wash away the unwanted thoughts And bring them far to far-flung place In this world of many two-faced people And mind you they are those that rule Waves wash away…

To prompt of the fist pic hoeing beach scene- both in English and kannada piecing together what’s left of the jigsaw I sputter under a sudden wave of missing dad jODisuta murida bombeya diDhIrale usiru kaTTide appana nenapu ಜೋಡಿಸುತ ಒಡೆದ ಚಿತ್ರವ ದಿಢೀರಲೆ ಉಸಿರು ಕಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಅಪ್ಪನ…

People will still come here to wave their possums on sticks        

I am a helpless abject soul, Poisoned by my own karma. I kneel down at God’s threshold Fully aware God will surely hold. God, I have nothing to offer you, Except my being an aficionado. Knowing of your popular benedictions I ingrain strong conviction. God,…

And another tanka about expressing yearnings that cannot be spoke of. poetry is not your thing, you say as you leave I let my hand rest a little longer on you

I thought I might consider time But glitter and grime catch my eye too caught, too kind to be, “present!” subsumed in you, ardent I thought I might consider time But glitter and grime fill my eyes too caught, too blind to see Far too…

And why should we? We have everything we need right here. We never look out the window. What is there to see? The entire world is on our screen beneath our fingers. Our friends, our food Our Holy Communion are powered by a new god….