Monday, February 2, 2009

"No words" for Poetry

I want to write a poem,

I realise its been long,

I am trying to pen down points ..

.. but they are all scattered like dropped coins!

I thought let me shake-awake the poet in me-

So I read some of the best poetry ever:

Wordsworth, Blake, Shakespeare, Kipling.

I have nothing left, they have covered everything!


Nature, Women, Society -

Everything stands covered!

Love and pain; Gain and loss;

Kings and kingdoms; Beauty and lust.


If there were a universal box of ideas,

A repository created when the world formed ...

I regret I am born too late;

There seems nothing left for me and the generations to come!

6 comments:

Poornima Sunkara said...

A different thought to write a poem - just to say there isnt "nothing" to write about...

Tim Bombadol said...

Very nice, as usual!
:-)

Priya said...

Dear Poo: :)
Dear Anna: nice is a simple word, but when you use it for me, it becomes very special :)

Ashwini said...

There is so much in nothing and silence
that our world is not tired to explore!!

Good one priya :)

Unknown said...

Great Priya! I didn't expect this much from u, coz this is the first time im reading ur poem

Priya said...

Thanks Ashwini :)
Thanks Kathir :)