Category Archives: Rhymed Reflections
My Country
This is my country, and I am proud Said a man in a voice that was too loud. And another said, that of course is true, But sometimes I like to say this too: My country is much larger still. I’ll tell you why, if you will: Canada is my country too, And every …
A Visit to the Taj
From New Delhi we took a car, on a bright and sunny day. Our goal was to drive to the Taj all the way. Past crowded streets and traffic thick we reached at first, not last, The Grand Trunk Road where vehicles moved both slow and fast. Cars, trucks and bullock carts, and rickshaws motorized, …
Disaster in Japan
Life-destroying disasters arise from Nature’s periodic whims such as hurricanes and earthquakes. But there are also calamities that result from social injustice and iniquities, fanatical beliefs, racial and religious tensions, and the like. Reflections on these matters are certainly stimulating and clarifying when we are in the comfort zone of home and hearth, but when, …
REFLECTIONS OF A MOSQUITO
I know not from where I come, I know not where I go. But I like the muddy waters And the filth where I grow. A tiny egg it breaks up, And a wriggler I become, When I fly and flap my wings, To you it’s just a hum. When I suck your salty blood, …
Ode to 2011 on 1-1-11
Oh year with a very cute number With a first date, that we’ll all remember. It’s not just one followed by one But one, then one, then one-one. What you have in store, no one can tell. Who can hear the chimes, ‘fore you ring the bell? But “Welcome,” with all my heart I say, …
Ode to 2010
Ode to 2010! Adieu, adieu, two thousand and ten! Your life will be done exactly when Amidst cheer and noise and festive light The last clock on earth strikes twelve tonight. You’ll be gone for ever like every year So of dying or ending have no fear! You will be in different memory-nooks And stored …
20. Crime and Punihsment
1. Pity the man who once had fame; Which, having lost, now lives in shame [1]. 2. Punishment follows not always the crime; Save when one is caught in time [2]. 3. Religions say that somehow We’ll pay for the wrongs that we do now [3]. 4. Lawyers’ wits are what decide The outcome when …
Variety in Religion
5.IIb SPECIFIC RELIGIONS 1. The Judaic faith has this to say: They’re true to God who His laws obey! 2. The message of Christ is short indeed: Be kind and helpful to those in need. 3. They call themselves devout Jains Whose faith feels for all creatures’ pains. 4. The Buddha’s wisdom may be seen …
Rhymed Reflections
On couplets: Couplets are a common form of poetry. Always in two lines, they are also governed by the usual rules of prosody. I was first attracted to couplets as a teen upon reading Tirukkural: an amazing collection of two lined wisdom that adorns Tamil literature. Later in life I came to know about the …
The Bear-Scare
Michael was a thinker clear Who spoke of Man and Mind. He was gentle, he had no fear, He was good, calm and kind. He saw the world as scientists would: As rules and laws and reason. All is Nature, bad and good, Each with a cause and season. Joy and sorrow, hate and love …
