Tag: Poems

  • 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…

  • My Latest Poem on Recruitment

    Every minute, every hour Every day, every week You put in the hard yards Searching for the right candidate In every portal possible Scanning tons of resumes Knowing that, by hook or crook You’ve got to find that perfect fit However, after a few hours You hit a dead end Gritting and gnashing your teeth…

  • Just Imagine Your Luck

    Just imagine your luck It is barely an hour Since you began work for the day And it is a mountain of work That needs to be completed Faster than the speed of sound That too with the accuracy of a bullet Fired from a loaded AK47 And Ting! With a beep Your laptop goes…

  • My Journey With Meat

    It has been six years Since the journey began Into an entirely new world A world full of food Food that I never thought I’d taste Even in my wildest dreams But, as the cliche goes The forbidden fruit is the sweetest Of course, the beginning was basic at best Just a bowl of chicken…

  • Oh Love, Why Do You Do This?

    Oh Love, why do you do this?Why do you evade me?I have waited and waitedFor more than 30 yearsCrushes came, crushes wentAnd then I fell in loveHead over heelsI was just 21 thenAnd doing my MBAAlas, it was one-sidedI never had the courageTo tell her the three magic wordsBy the time I finally did itI…

  • The army of rabbits

    When all hope seems lost When the world turns black When God turns his back on us And joins forces with the Devil When the roses have been replaced By the thorns beneath them When all the food in the world Turns into a pile of rotting moss And all the water Turns into sewage…

  • I deeply miss your music

    This poem is dedicated to my favourite music composer in India – Harris Jayaraj. Here goes the content: I deeply miss your music It has that charm It has that rhythm It has that symmetry Akin to the blades of a fan Whirring around, ever so smoothly Also like the gurgling of a stream Swiftly…

  • It has been a long wait

    This poem is dedicated to trains, especially Indian Railways; for I am deeply missing train travel since the COVID19 pandemic has struck. My last train trip was on February 15th 2020; between Mumbai and Pune. Here goes the content: It has been a long wait Days turning into weeks Weeks turning into months And now,…

  • You are a monster

    This poem is dedicated to the owner of the company where my best friend works. The management treats her like a slave; moreover they have not paid her the salary since June 2019 (except for January this year; that too after Loss of Pay for no reason!) !! Here is the content: You are a…

  • Why is verbal communication so important?

    Why is verbal communication so important? Are all orators saints? Hitler was a great orator But was he a decent human being? King George VI had a speech defect But he was one of the finest rulers!! Why is verbal communication so important? Glib talkers may be blessed With a truckload of social skills But…