Poems to Read, Enjoy and Learn

Poems to Read, Enjoy and Learn

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

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  O Beautiful Butterfly

  Beautiful, beautiful

  Purple, violet, red

  Spotted and varied

  Butterfly, butterfly

  Little Rishu does say

  Come and play

  Butterfly, butterfly

  Like you 

  I want to fly 

  Very, very high

  And view 

  Beautiful flowers

  And playing kids

  Who oft skids

  While running

  Playing in the garden

  O beautiful butterfly

  Come and take me high

  High above in the sky

  O my sweet butterfly, butterfly

  {This poem was written on the children day on seeing my little nephew playing in the garden.} 

  A Short Love Story

  Started with meetings and greetings

  Talked a lot in few sublime seatings

  When I asked her name

  She told very soon

  My name is moon

  I asked what do you want and why

  She told me with a shy, sky

  My dream is to fly so high

  When I asked when you will meet next

  She remained silent and later text

  During the dawn of Doomsday

  I thought and pondered all day

  She had told with eyes filled of tear

  I asked from what you fear my dear

  She expressed the consequences of love

  I thought she must have experienced love

  Wanted to know who hurt her feeling

  The last question shattered my dreaming

  I enquired her whom do you hate

  She responded without any late

  It's you and only you

  Go out of my life and view

  The love story ended in few days 

  I am penning it in a mood of craze

  {Poem written during stay Patna, Bihar in the December of 2003} 

  Dream Dream Dream

  Dream dream dream

  And dream untill dream come true

  Life is nothing but dreams

  Some accomplished, some unfinished

  Some dreams are trifle, some cherished

  You are nothing but a result of dreams

  Dreams, dreams and nothing but dreams

  A dream of someone

  Or a dream of your own

  Dream is not what you dream while asleep

  Dream is what that don't let you sleep

  You live for dream

  And you die for dream

  Your unattained desires are dreams

  What you all desire are dreams

  You can't accomplished unless you dream

  What you accomplished was a dream

  The law of attraction and power of passion

  All say dream, dream and dream

  {Published in Annual Magazine of NOSPLAN- Organisation of the Students of Planning in January,2012 by the same poet.} 

  Beauty of a Woman

  The beauty of a woman lies in her silence

  Rather than her speech 

  The beauty of a woman lies in her patience 

  Rather than her inquisitiveness outreach

  The beauty of a woman lies in her experience 

  Rather than her age

  The beauty of a woman lies in her veil for awhile

  Rather than her face 

  The beauty of a woman lies in her submission

  Rather that her dominance

  The beauty of a woman lies in her smile 

  Rather than her laughter

  The beauty of a woman lies in her abode

  Rather than her adventure

  The beauty of a woman lies in her offspring 

  Rather than herself ever

  The beauty of a woman lies in her heart's spring

  Rather than in skin cover

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  60-Years of Indian Democracy

  60 years of Indian Democracy

  Getting matured from infancy

  Our democracy the emblem of sovereignty

  Freedom, equality and fundamental rights

  It does guarantee

  In the world of autocracy

  Or the rule of aristocracy

  India is a land of diversity

  Unity in plurality

  Indian democracy survived and revived

  Many other failed and perished

  The sustenance of Indian democracy

  Lies in handling issues with delicacy 

  Collaboration and consensus building

  The social and pluralistic thinking

  Rule by people, for the people 

  Through the representatives of people

  Our democracy got matured 

  In news it get featured

  People are now more participating

  Great future we are anticipating

  Long live our democracy

  We will foil any conspiracy

  Against the sovereignty of the nation

  Unity and integrity of Great nation

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  {This was written after celebrating and commemorating the 60 years of Indian Democracy this year.}

  Design a Design to Redesign a Design

  When we talk about design

  Or think about design 

  Then we design

  Our thought to present our design

  And the design is something which is designed 

  To serve a design

  I first encountered the word design 

  When I saw designs long ago; 

  Probably during the first class of painting 

  When the thought go melting

  In standard first or second 

  But the real concept of design got designed 

  During our studios exercise on design

  Design is a pervasive in design concept

  It is something which helps precept

  Many students during the first few days

  The concept is a mere haze

  And you need training to look through it

  The thoughts get kindled and lit 

  Of studio they wonder what is design 

  And why this design don't get aligned 

  With the design of the faculty

  Rather they say it's faulty

  They keep on telling improve your design 

  Or redesign the design to suit the design 

  They have designed in their mind.

  I sometimes feel that design is a good concept 

  To make us to think more before drawing lines to design 

  And this helps in later parts of the life 

  When you get to know about the intellectual property right

  And the laws governing the copyright

  Our Guru Google and friend copy-paste 

  Has made our life so simple and devoid of taste

  That even for design we don't bother to design 

  Our thought to evolve a unique design 

  A design that can design your destiny

  In internal and external design jury is bad to design 

  If you can't design out the essence of my small note on design

 
; I think the design of my thoughts on design 

  Can help you in designing a better design

  You might have heard that faculty say that Mr X design is good 

  Or Mr Y's design better that Mr Z's design

  But I feel that design is design

  It is your design outlook that decide the design in design

  Simple or complex design is design

  Design is like dream which keeps on changing every other night

  A true and successful designer must be a good dreamer

  Only then he can keep evolving the design 

  To suit the changing interest in design

  Like dreams which are involuntary design is also

  Design should be self-explanatory

  And for you good and satisfactory

  And Last but not least I would say design your design

  Not for the sake of design 

  But for design that will design the destiny

  Of human settlements very large or tiny

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  {Written in 2012 by the poet for a friend Sitanshu Raj for his upcoming project of literary collection of the perception of Design} 

  Chilling wind in Summer Night

  Nature is most mysterious of its kind

  In the summer night, chilling wind

  I wake and walked on the terrace

  Of the SPA Hostel, a place

  Where I usually walk during morning

  During the early morning

  Or better say late night

  I see the sight in the sky

  Above so high

  Wind is blowing

  Incessantly with air gushing

  Through the tiny pores of shirt

  Touching the tender heart

  The wind is chilling but

  It doesn't hurt

  For it is relief from summer heat

  Summer and no more sweating

  The weather is of high rating

  Change in the moon of nature

  The changing nature of the nature

  A few hours ago it had rained for a while

  The wind was not so strong and agile

  Adding to the chill few rain drops fall

  Intermittent drizzling occurs

  During this late hours

  Surrounded by dimming light

  Chilling wind in summer night

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  {Written on 17 April,2012 during my stay at School of Planning and Architecture hostel at New Delhi from a real experience of nature's bounty} 

  The First Rain of Monsoon

  In the month of May

  The Summer does sway

  The first rain of Monsoon

  The drizzling started very soon

  The weather is so pleasing

  In the evening

  The breeze is blowing

  the leaves are hovering

  At the tender touch of rain drops

  Rain is good for upcoming crops

  The nature get rejuvenated

  Spirit of living life elevated

  Water in the form of rain

  Never goes in vain

  Whether India, England or Spain

  People wish rain to come again

  Pouring in the valleys, raining in the plain

  The thirsty Earth values the rain

  After the rain sky is clear

  The shining leaves become dear

  Listen to the music of nature

  New melody of every creature

  Flattering of the leaves together

  Soft gargling sound of water

  Enjoying the rain with pleasure

  Writing poem on beauty of nature

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  {Written on 12 May,2012 on experiencing the soft touch of first drizzle of the Monsoon in Delhi. The weather was unforgettable and moments cherishable.}

  Falling Girl: Helping Boys

  A girl fell down from the 20th floor

  A boy caught her on 15th floor

  And asked her will u hug me? 

  She replied, of course, not

  The boy dropped her and does see! 

  She was caught on the 10th floor

  Again held by a boy, strong and firm

  Asked for a favour to confirm

  He asked her will u kiss me? 

  She replied no, at instant

  He dropped her too and gave a glance

  She prayed for a last chance

  The luck favoured her

  A boy held her on the 5th floor

  She immediately said

  Getting cunning and clever

  She tried to tell a lie

  Ok I will hug u and kiss u

  The boy dropped her

  Saying this you bad girl better die

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  {Moral of the Story: All boys are not same. Be what you are not pretend}

  When Womanhood dies in the Necropolis of Prostitution

  Question arises on us and our sovereign social institution

  When womanhood dies in the necropolis of prostitution 

  Swindling activities supported by some men

  Time again and again by men insane 

  All sorts of crime making and breaking economies

  Men having mind of sick physiognomies

  The structural connotations might go deep

  Can't be washed off the stain on the mental map

  No matter how profusely you weep

  She always feel enfeeble and handicap

  The system of justice does great injustice

  People come to notice but no real justice

  Can be done to reverse the action

  Aftermath of heinous action

  Mal-functional maligned genetics

  Dead in beauty or the aesthetics 

  That draws in the attention to your beauty 

  With the best appreciated and secured duty

  In the despair nothing to say but gape

  Opportunity to condemn has given the name-rape 

  Rape has been a volatile issue in ethics and moral

  Momentary pleasure, mundane and corporal

  When the women have the freedom to drink sip after sips 

  Get boozed down every weekends being betrayed in relationships

  Stress in jobs, insecurity, family issues

  Pray for once and legacy continues

  Get drunk and get enjoyment or screwed 

  As an unofficial prostitute, she is viewed 

  No chance of retake, life is not picture-motion

  She finds someone who could cater to her emotions

  This kind of woman is also threats for any society

  Freedom is given to both men and women from government

  Right is right but there is responsibility and duty

  But everybody has their respective government inside

  Whether you expose, get exposed or hide

  It's all depend on the your dream and scheme

  How strong or weak one is with his/her beliefs and self-esteem

  Question arises on us and our sovereign social institution

  When womanhood dies in the necropolis of prostitution 

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/346571

  Aim in Life

  Everyone in this world

  Young and old

  Rich or poor

  For sure

  To succeed in life

  Must have a aim in life

  For

  A man without any fixed purpose

  Serves no use

  And it's like a ship without radar

  Drifting here and there

  Near and far

  At the mercy of the winds

  Lives life and life ends

  Powerless to control its course

  Philosophy of life without a discourse

  A person having no aim in life

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  Aim is something which to guide your actions

  Regulate your conduct and reactions

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  (शशिकांत निशांत शर्मा ‘साहिल') 

  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/340271

  The Mirror- True Reflection

  Mirror, mirror, mirror

  You are a source of horror

  Reminder of the hour

  You reflect what falls on you

  Without any resent

  Or seeking consent 

  You give response pure and true

  You keep nothing back

  Like a wise prophet

  You remind us to be happy

  Cheerful and content

  The world is like you

  It gives back what it receives

  Amazing how it conceives

  Learn from you

  How to view 

  Without any prejudice

  Virtue or vice

  You taught world

  Young and old

  How to react

  Act on some act

  {Written during the Educational Site visit Trip to Kullu-Manali in September,2011} 

  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/339543

  A Ride on Bus in Delhi

  The true nature of urban life

  Full of love and strife

  At one place you can feel the both

  Saying the truth, taking an oath

  Travelling in the bus

  You will feel the joy and fuss

  Life full of hustle and bustle 

  In the bus, you do get tussle

  When you get a seat

  You sit and smile

  You feel the treat

  Life looks simple

  And surely worthwhile

  When you don't get a seat

  You feel the heat

  Bus gets overloaded

  And often crowded

  Making your journey miserable

  Running fast to keep pace

  Use the AC bus advisable

  And feel the openness of space

  Urban life is not easy

  Everyone is a bit busy

  With friends, children and wife

  The true nature of urban life

  A ride on Bus in Delhi

  Demonstrated it clearly

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  {Written on 11 May 2012 while travelling in a crowded Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) green bus and then opted to jump in to the Red AC bus to get respite.}

  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/347291

  Arise Awake and Keep Walking

  Arise awake and keep walking

  Unless and until you reach your destination

  Strive to excel from morning to evening

  Nothing is beyond your determination

  Journey of life is so exciting

  A bit of inspiration and a lot of perspiration

  Path is full of thunders and lightening

  Relish on your accomplishment

  Reading, writing and thinking

  Success in achieved, segment by segment

  Develop the power of listening

  To the inner voice of enlightenment

  Arise awake and keep walking 

  Unless and until you reach your destination

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/346571

  Introspection

  The best means for self help

  Inner peace and growth of self

  Introspection, its introspection

  Looking to self to find reason

  Liberating the self from prison

  Prison of Selfishness

  The mess of ideas and nothing less

  There is always a safe way

  Mould your ideas, mind is like clay

  Create an idol of your choice

  Listen to your deep inner voice

  Imagination has great power

  The great feat is done in an hour

  Keep away from counter accusation

  Listen to elders and peers suggestion

  Think before you react

  Act in the true spirit of act

  When the intention is pure

  You can be sure

  Of the subsequent consequences

  Avoid before it become offences

  Introspection is an art

  To learn you must start

  Introspection is also science

  The science of conscience

  For introspection, you don't need silence

  But a mind ready to look through lens

  The lens of reason and unbiased thinking

  Looking from others perspective and weighing

  The acts and deeds you accomplish

  Introspect results before you finish 

  Shashikant Nishant Sharma

  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/346571

  Little Moments of Life

  How little things

  Matters in life

  You will recall

  When life becomes

  Full of many a strife

  When you are lonely

  And silence prevails

  Then only

  The moments of joys

  Long forgotten

  Get unveiled

  Slowly

  The old memories

  Get revealed

  Time spent

  With children and friends for ever

  With wife, beloved and lover

  Little moments

  Make life great

  The moments of gratitude

  And unyielding attitude

  You remember

  Your follies

  Smile on some

  Regret on other

  On reaching altitude

  And gaining aptitude

  Little moments of life

  Seem more important

  Than all achievements

  After travelling through plains

  And valleys

  Of the field of struggle

  Life is full of battles

  Some with values

  Great and little

  The moments long spent

  Get surfaced like ripples

  On the floor of ocean

  The ocean of our lives

  So deep and profound

  Unexplored as it's abound

  Little moments of life

  Have more importance

  Than years of existence