My Shores – Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home > Poems > My Shores My Shores Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Arriving again and again in gentle waves, your memory washes over softly and overwhelms the sand of thoughts tightly packed, trying to protect my shores. I surrender myself gleefully, watch the surf create art distinct, dramatic, … Read more
Home » Poems » flame flame By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar • November 22, 2025 • English flame never thought I would dream again though now things have changed your presence today feels different unlike yesterday there certainly was static and ensuing sparks whenever paths, ours did cross even for a few moments. and I cradled my … Read more
That Cloud in My Sky — Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Poems › That Cloud in My Sky That Cloud in My Sky It’s not the clouds that pour, sprinkle their heavy load, their thunder and their lightning adding to my misery and cold, that stay etched in my memory for long. There’s that solitary one … Read more
You | Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Poems › You You ©️ Shashikant Dudhgaonkar The moon leans close and nudges gently, awakening dreams that lie dormant within. It breathes life into them; feelings surge forth, like fountains of coloured light, rising in a soft crescendo, of a thousand violins playing alive, as if the … Read more
What You Can Do To Me — Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar | Shashi’s Verse Shashi’s Verse Home › Poems › What You Can Do To Me What You Can Do To Me By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar · August 18, 2025 A verse on love, longing, and a dance that continues in memory. Explore more poems, or … Read more
Your Always-On Smile — Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Shashi’s Verse Home › Poems › Your Always-On Smile Your Always-On Smile August 16, 2025 · by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar A free-verse reflection on how the memory of a smile rekindles joy in a weary life. Your Always-On Smile Someone placed a flower wild on my dull, dreary, … Read more
Glass of Water – A Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Glass of Water By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar You had come home for a while and gone Didn’t stay for long Had a lot of work you said And I accepted Though reluctantly Kept watching as you crossed the threshold And disappeared from my sight Completely Didn’t close … Read more
Her Eyes – Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Her Eyes by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar I try to see in your eyes Many a missed sunsets Search for many full moons And starry skies Millions of waves that I missed watching As they rushed to embrace the shores Many flowers that bloomed and wilted Many days that were … Read more
Icing on the Cake – Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Icing on the Cake By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar I imagine you moving around Teasing me touching me And the moment I try to touch Fade away gently in the surrounding air
Seashell We don’t meet much often Rather rarely You always say When we speak on phone We should sit down sometime And speak When and where You fail to convey It doesn’t occur to ask When I am completely lost In listening intently Don’t know if I hear your words Or your voice And it … Read more