Collective Denial | Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Poems › Collective Denial Collective Denial They have always won Never ever lost Anything And convey that to the world Loudly, subtly, indirectly In person, at gatherings And on social media With a belief strong In their own deceit Deep inside their souls Tired, stretched thin … Read more
Dwarf – A Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Dwarf by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar This poem was written as a reflection on the recurring futility and senselessness of war, inspired by the ongoing conflicts between Israel and Gaza, the escalation involving Iran, and the prolonged Russia–Ukraine war. Despite the shifting actors, borders, and causes, what remains tragically constant … Read more
War & Peace Peace is an illusion An abstract art Appreciated by many Bought by kings and his generals At an exorbitant costs They hang it in their living rooms For the guests to gape at Each one interpreting it once And again twice or thrice On learning about its price War is better they … Read more
Few lines on the ongoing war in Middle East and Ukraine where people from both sides are suffering Basement/Underground No sun or it’s rays Peering from curtains That don’t wave On windows that don’t exist In a place Where no light or sound does ever reach It’s the mobile alarm That wakes people from sleep … Read more
It’s a new year and we have hopes of netter days it might bring. But looking at the wars, rising ignorance inspite of information available on fingertips, the hardening of beliefs and the rising “us verses them” phenomenon, I feel, that if there was a single soul for all the humankind, it would be thinking … Read more
Holes In The Ground Bullets find their targets With ease Missiles carrying bombs Flatten buildings Digging big holes in the fields While There are many who dig Smaller holes For their departed Sons, husbands, brothers and parents While the world watches Taking sides Egging them on, to fight Providing supplies To blast bigger holes And … Read more
After the fatigue of the pandemic came the Ukraine war, exposing almost every nations double speak, the sorry state of economy, the ever widening gap between the “have’s and have nots” and then the mayhem caused by gunman in US, and one is left with a question “ what is it ?” What is it … Read more
Peaceful Humans We humans are a peaceful The kindest lot Among all beings Who run or walk Tender sensitive Caring to the extreme That we fight many wars In search of peace ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
Bullet There’s a bullet somewhere Being cast in a mould To be packed and shipped To faraway worlds By feverish hands Working hard To earn their life And daily bread Dimly aware Where it may end For target practice In a firing range Or blast a hole in Someone’s skull ©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
These lines are written in response to a prompt by https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/03/15/three-things-challenge-903/ The prompt was to write something which should include the following three words courier, delivery and front. Cargo There was once just A single postal service Then came the couriers With their cargo trucks Ocean crossing fleets of Huge containers ships They delivered packages … Read more