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
Ferris Wheel of Sleep – Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Ferris Wheel of Sleep Night comes after days exalted, joyous, or routine and dull filled to the brim with reflexive work and the absence of thoughts that ask questions uncomfortable and difficult to answer. Though insomniac, night has its perks silence, solitude, and the luxury of … 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
Home › English Poems › Civilisation on Autopilot Civilisation on Autopilot © Shashikant Dudhgaonkar For most of us, life has become a long commute between reaching office and leaving for home, between earning income and paying bills, between buying now and paying forever Between birth and death a sterile commute prolonged with care lies life, … Read more
अखंड सुर्यास्त | Shashikant Dudhgaonkar अखंड सुर्यास्त निघालो मी दूर तिकडे जेथे सुर्य उगवत नाही अंधार नाही, उजेड सूध्दा तेथे आशा दाखवत नाही आला वीट आभासांचा स्वप्ना मागे नव स्वप्नांचा आशेचे धुणे धुऊन रोज मळ काही जात नाही वीटा संपत आल्या येथे भितीं उंच थांबत नाही खिडक्यांना बाजारात सध्या कवडीचेही मोल नाही बोलण्याचा यत्न करावा … Read more
Diwali Wishes | English–Marathi Poem – Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Poems › Diwali Wishes (Bilingual) Diwali Wishes · दिवाळीच्या शुभेच्छा English Let this Diwali kindle fire and light to keep you warm and shining bright throughout the year. May it bring prosperity, and sow the seeds of joy that bloom unexpectedly, again and again, in … 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
Silence of the Silent | Shashi’s Verse Home › Poems › Silence of the Silent Silence of the Silent ©️ Shashikant Dudhgaonkar | Published on Shashi’s Verse The silent voice flounders in dark alleyways and dimly lit lanes Attics, basements, mezzanine, and stairwells are its spaces. Anonymity it seeks, not comfort, safety, or solace. Sometimes … Read more
Precious and Rare | Shashi’s Verse Home › Poems › Precious and Rare Precious and Rare Walking alone in the hills, I watched the sky herd clouds toward some distant thirsty place. The hills tried to hide, their emerald crowns. Inside the moving clouds Though in vain Rains had turned to a trickle, and as … Read more
Monday Morning — Shashikant Dudhgaonkar | Shashi’s Verse Home › Poems › Monday Morning Monday Morning By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar — September 23, 2025 Most Mondays When legs may refuse to walk One is lifted gently Prodded along the path By hope Hope energises, it inspires Though there’s something else Fear of death. That intense dread … Read more