Category: Poetry

  • Doing Recruitment Without Naukri.com

    A poem dedicated to my boss for expecting us to do Recruitment without Naukri.com. Here is the content: You want us to work hard We have been doing that For the last five years In case you haven’t noticed You want us to achieve results Again, we’ve been doing that Maybe not every quarter But…

  • See How Times Are Changing

    As the signal changes colour From red to green The guard waves a green flag And the Assistant Loco Pilot sounds the horn A deep and beautiful melody Which seems to arise Right from the heart And pulls you into a trance Such that, the only thing you want to hear Is this intoxicating horn…

  • A Day Where Nothing Has Gone Right

    Every day need not be good As we all know There is no rose without a thorn So, if you want good days You have to take in the bad days as well However, today is an exception That has proved the rule So far, nothing has gone right Everything I have touched Has turned…

  • How Low Can You Sink?

    Poem dedicated to the owners of the organisation where my best friend worked till yesterday; they treated her like a slave and didn’t pay her the salary for most of the time that she worked. They even made her exit painful and denied her the full and final settlement. Here’s the content: How low can…

  • Still Looking For A Break

    What a whirlwind the last one month or so has been A gargantuan project Which nearly blew us out of our minds And gave us a few sleepless nights Followed by another project Albeit a smaller one But no less challenging And yet again It was something Which required us to break our heads over…

  • Will I Ever Get A Break?

    As a massive project finally ended After hours and hours Days and days And weeks and weeks Of burning the midnight oil And sacrificing a lot of things Including some precious sleep I had a normal weekend For the first time In what seemed to be light years However, it was as ephemeral As a…

  • A rollercoaster ride finally ends

    Poem about a massive research project that has finally ended. Here is the content; there are some Harry Potter and Julius Caesar references: Ever since this project began I have been on my toes Working day and night Sacrificing a truckload of things I hold dear Including even some much-needed sleep It has been one…

  • Project Blues

    Poem dedicated to my struggles with one of the biggest projects of my life. Here is the content: Work, work, work That’s all I do these days No time to relax No time to unwind No time to watch TV No time to read books No time to play games No time to exercise And…

  • A Confession To My Family

    I am truly sorry And I say this From the bottom of my heart What I did was unacceptable And I’m not making any excuses I ask only one thing from you That you hear me out fully You may be tired of hearing this But it is the cold reality That my brain is…

  • I Have Been With You

    This poem is dedicated to my Acer One 14 laptop that I’ve been using since September 2017. Here’s the content: I have been with you For more than four years And there hasn’t been a single moment When I’ve not had to tear my hair out From its very roots Right from day one You’ve…