Mesmerising Night She tiptoed on the terrace On a moonlit night Her flowing dress Swirled behind With a sublime dancers grace Her face awash In a dreamy glow Saw a moon in the sky And a moon below Beaming from her face Dizzy whirlpools Dimples on her cheeks Spread fountains of mirth And a elfin … Read more
Your Face The way you smile That twinkle in your eyes When you speak with me Rarely sometime Keeps me alive during the days In silence of nights Dreams blossom and rise Where every flower has With your lovely face ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
Convey Don’t know if I, empty my mind To the lonely silence of the night Will the gentle winds, carry it far Reach that place, wherever you are To whisper, in your ears It’s kind of late, you might have slept Will they enter, in your dreams Convey everything, that I feel If not, at … Read more
She is much more She is divine Yet real in many ways Almost see a halo Circling her face Smiles like a goddess Laughs like child Walks with grace Yet howls in pain Can kill like a tigress Jumps like a hare Scratches like a cat When she’s insane She’s all that And so much … Read more
Unending Search In moments that felt like years A strange new taste flirted with lips Tongue went on edge Eager to sense Flavours lips whispered to it A distinct fragrance Subtle and faint Blossomed to wane Gone before one could savour it A glance at that face That dimmed the crowd Shining bright amongst it … Read more
अनंत जन्म रात्री कधीतरी झोपेत, वळली मान अर्धवट उघडलेल्या डोळ्यानी पाहीले उशीवरून वाहणारे, ओघळ मायेचे हळूवार गोंजारणारे, एकटक पाहणारे ओळखीचे तरी नवे वाटणारे ते डोळे निशीगंधाचा सुवास धूंधावणारा आसपास तरंगणारा, त्याचा भास आभास गालांवर पाकळ्या, सुकुमार चाफ्याच्या ओठांचा गुलाब, अर्धवट उमललेला बोलू का नको, यांत कोठेतरी गुंतलेला मी ही स्तब्ध आठवत नाही, कदाचीत श्वास रोखून … Read more
Clouds of hope A flock of sheep Floats high in the sky Sun for a moment Stops, blasting fireballs Baked earth sighs, with great relief At fleeting respite, from the heat A timid breeze, sensing it’s chance Kisses the leaves, makes them dance Evening arrives, a bit too early To catch a glimpse Of the … Read more
Triple Rainbows There were two rainbows, in sky In moments a third one, just materialised A ring under two, that arched across Never in dreams, could have imagined that Hills were green, streams ran astray River that followed, had dancing waves Felt something unique, was in the air So stopped our ride, for a longer … Read more
Flower of Paradise Show up sweet flower Where have you been I’ve searched the garden All shrubs and trees Even asked butterflies If they have seen Beautiful colours Brighter than their wings Asked honey bees They’ve gathered from it The sweetest nectar Heavens could dream Asked the wind Has it sniffed anywhere A whiff of … Read more
Your smile Your smile comes nowadays Once in a while Not like yesteryears When they rained, day and night It’s not me But the world, that’s to blame That’s how I try to Absolve myself And hang in there and wait for it For they do even now Make butterflies And a tingle in the … Read more