Categories —> Family

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6. Mother


A tribute to mothers, especially mine - "lights that guide us through the dark".


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7. Son


On myself, this tells a personal tale of my youth.


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10. Infants


About babies and how they can soothe our hearts. For my mother Uma.


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12. Brother


For my dearest friend whom I see like a brother.


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13. Cousins


A plea to cousins to treat each other well and accumulate good memories of "mischievous deeds and healthy fun".


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29. Inspire


For my mother - "with her at my side, the battle of life to fight, saves me from danger, my anchor in any plight"


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33. Sivam


Devotional - For Mahakala and Mahakali (the Primal Aspects) - Lord and Queen of TIME. "reveal themselves they do to a few - seers and saints in every hue - to instill in us a sense of direction - to stay the course".


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41. Maa


On the death of my grandmother Vasantha whom we used to call Maa.


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42. Music


For my grandmother again - that carnatic vocalist of yester year. "music was in you its what gave your life soul - soul that rang true as a melody in a bowl".


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49. Go Back


I was thinking about my father and how often we'd like to "Go Back" in time, especially when as we grow, we find relationships with loved ones strained.


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55. What Time Remains


A somber reflection on death. "Precious is each minute and content he - Who fills each one with sixty seconds - Worth of distance run".


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56. Friends Oughtnt Fight


When I fought with a dear friend and asked "[Is there] No setting aside our cloak of bitterness?- Can you find it in your heart to forgive? - This madness that is my despair confounded".


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64. Angels


On the strain in relationships. "Why do we lose so consistently - When there's angels among us - Seems everything weve ever known is here - I never wanted it to die". That last bit from GnR


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67. All My Loving


Begins by addressing Tracey, a future love, but becomes an address for this friend I fell out with.


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104. Superman


Wondering if I can ever be as cool as my father. "As time and again I realise he is the best of us - What can I say except papa I'll do my best in life".


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131. Kiss And Make Up


Small bit of prose written on my father's last birthday


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145. Oh Father


After losing my father


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165. Father


Heaven knows I try to make you proud of me.


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190. Pliable


All i have to beis pliable at a well-wishers touch.


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196. Mothers Love


Me the apple of her eye,she certainly my tether.


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198. Ace


Has a year passed since from our midst you bid adieu.


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201. Bless Me


Bless me father for i purport to build a field of dreams,i wish to srve with arms wide,so grant me your grace.


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206. Someone to watch over me


"I'm glad you won me over as you stood the test of years... I now let go of my fears and grow up, enriched by my tears"


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215. Namazi Senior


It wasn't till the last four yearsthat i spoke of being broken upon the rocks of life,was when i sensed your strength.


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218. One


One day I hope to understandwhat it is to be a father and also to take the loss of your near and dear ones and not be devastated.


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220. My Papa Never Said


There's things I never learnt to say or see but papa, I am grateful for all that I got from Thee.


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234. Going the distance


let your dreams hold sway,be prepared to go the distancefor then will life have deep resonance.


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235. Time


Touch and tasteeach feeling and I promise you'll find that life is worth living.


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248. Footsteps


A touching poem about my mother and how I ask her to "Grant a poet his place in dreaming of tomorrow"


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301. Knit Knit


About knitting memories inthe tapestry of lives,this poem tells of granny who lived through ww II but whose spirit remained unconquered till the end and who left me a number of things each of which rekindles a treasured moment


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353. Uma


Another realization with regret that I can be a better son / nephew instead of neglecting / being gruff and terse. Ends with an imperative to "drop what your doing and show family LOVE not fuss"


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466. Amma


I think of the years stretching in front of your grandchildren and know, that they will carry your spirit fierce through all their laughs and tears.