Epitaph & Chasing Illusions | Poems by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Poems › Epitaph & Chasing Illusions Epitaph & Chasing Illusions Read Epitaph Read Chasing Illusions Read Both Epitaph An epitaph, an obituary that’s what we reach in the end. But what’s the end? What’s the journey? We never come to know not when we … Read more
For Eternity | Shashi’s Verse For Eternity Last time we had met was also the last of our moments together, and I left knowing I won’t be seeing her again. I turned back for one last glance the last one. What I saw keeps coming back, in moments of silence, on occasions of pride, in … 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
Woods Wait in Silence | Shashi’s Verse Woods wait in silence In this piece, I explore the hushed patience and rich scents of untouched woodland. If you enjoy this, you might also like Rain Over Hills, another nature poem with vivid imagery. leaves rustle with the wind, breaking the monotony of a patient stillness the … Read more
वाळवंट | Deserts | मराठी व इंग्रजी कविता वाळवंट | Deserts मराठी व इंग्रजी कविता मराठी कविता वाळवंट मोकाट कुत्री, कोंबड्या, बकऱ्या आणि देखण्या कबूतरांनाही असतो वाली कोणी ना कोणीतरी संवेदनशील आहेत बरेच समाजात अजूनही कौतूकास्पद आहे टिंगल होत असली तरी आटतो करूणेचा झरा मात्र क्षणात एका तुच्छतेने भारलेल्या आणि विखाराने तापलेल्या दग्ध रेतीत हळूहळू … Read more
Burnout | Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Burnout The myth of the weekend as a cure for exhaustion persists in our fast-paced lives. We rush toward those two days, hoping they will undo the damage of endless deadlines and to-do lists. Yet, in our race to pause, we often inflict more harm by stacking work, skipping reflection, and … Read more
missing the cooler shades | shashikant dudhgaonkar missing the cooler shades walking alongside time step for step running at its pace, the paths will widen, turn smooth and simple, oracles have spoken and still they preach yet the path beneath our feet may not have heard them. and the path’s rhythm and our own beats … Read more
हरवलेल्या सावल्या | Shashikant Dudhgaonkar हरवलेल्या सावल्या वेगात धावणाऱ्या काळासह सतत चालून वाटा रूंद होऊ लागतात रूळतात सहज सोप्या होत जातात सांगणारे सांगत असतात वेळोवेळी पायाखालच्या वाटेने मात्र ते ऐकलेले नसते कधी अन वाटेची लय आणि आपला ठेका काही केल्या जुळत नाही दिवस मागे जातात काळ पुढे पळत राहतो पेटीत जपून ठेवलेले कापडे विरतात फाटतात … Read more
A Narrow Road and Life’s Voyage – Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar A Narrow Road and Life’s Voyage A narrow road I walked each day Has widened into a highway. The distance hasn’t changed, Yet it feels less These days. Perhaps life too Is a voyage, Where broad highways run far faster Than the shorter mountain … Read more