K.V.Srikanth's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by K.V.Srikanth  —  There are currently 141 poems total — keep up the great work!

VISA

Waiting with the rest
Nervousness at it's best
Awaiting the test
Clueless about the result


Sir name called
Didn't know their protocol
Walked to the Counter feeling tall
Came out feeling...

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PRINCIPLES

Empty your Cup
Free of thoughts past
Choiceless awareness
Non judgmental in the present
Be flexible
Fixated and Opinionated is easily breakable
There is no opponent
Self knowledge clears the confusion
Not tense but ready
Complete focus on the...

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FRIEND

First day of College
Met him in the hallway
Said hello to a fellow student
Defenition of a true friend


Apart from education
One thing in common
Exchanging information for better orientation
Taste in music laid the...

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I

Interpersonal interactions
Immediate impressions
Inbuilt intelligence
Imminent incongrunce

Intellect influence
Instant interpretation
Ideological indifference
Ironic...

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SNITCH

A sinking ship
The rat makes its trip
First one out of the disaster
An art no one should master

It speaks of character
You have none if you're a ditcher
Liar in every layer
A human being cannot go...

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DEBT

Rebirth is repaying
Karma the currency
God the banker
When will it end we wonder

Self Realization the answer
Know yourself to ponder
Nothing else to wonder
Become one with the...

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INRI

Man sacrificed himself
For the sake of mankind
His life his message
Jesus Christ son of Mary and...

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BEHOLDER

Beauty and the beholder
In sync with each other
Skin deep a perception
Not really another dimension

Reality to one
Not necessarily to the other
But reality' s nature
Is nature's...

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RAMANA MAHARISHI PART 1

Fear of death
For a boy at his fittest
Enact the role
Of a dead body on the floor

Held his breath
Faked own death
Started his quest
Never gave it a...

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PAARTING

Fostered and nurtured like a heiress
Time to part with it a natural process
Destiny of Chacobi written by the man upstairs
Handed over to a new set of parents with similar...

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FOLLOW

Question of existence
Most asked question
Questioning the existence
Mans favorite past time

An in between position
A matter if convenience
Prescience or abscence of reverence
Neither present in the...

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INTEGRITY

Honesty and oneness to an act
When is it considered to be in lack
Quality of work given a back seat or
Some one better at it completing...

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JIMBO -1991-US OPEN RUN

Flushing Meadows 91
Jimbo had a last 4 run
Out of tune in the earlier open
Had a wrist surgery done

Approaching his 39th birthday
A few days away
Started his night which went into day
Patrick McEnroe at the other end holding...

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DISLIKE

Difference of opinion
On a small issue
policy decision or
Matters in the public domain

Hate without reason
On wrong assumptions
Other compulsions
Yarn weaved to create the...

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ASSISTANT HEADMASTER

Definition of integrity
Treated everyone equally
Possessed every quality
Boon to the student community

First lessons in Punctuality
Never taken lightly
Ingrained in us permanently
Made us better citizens in...

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LORD

Taking up the duty
To protect the community
One of the three
Last resort for many

A giant snake with many heads
In the middle of the Oceans bed
His place to rest
His wife the Godess of...

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James Bond - Part 3 - The Roger Moore Years

Live and Let Die
Roger Moore 'a first outing as 007
He would go on to do 7
George Martin manager of the beatles
Scored the haunting Music
Paul McCartney sang the title song
And he could never go wrong
Jane Seymore as Solitaire
Bond girl amongst none...

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DAYDREAM

Circling around LAX
My heart not taking any rest
Excited about the best
Thing to happen in my...

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FAN

Reason or Cause
Present or Absent
Becoming a Fan of a person
Not caused by thinking but emotional content

Liking a person
Actor Musician or Sportsmen
Can be influenced
Or...

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James Bond - Part 2 - The Sean Connery Years

Dr No the first entry
Showcased the talent of Sean Connery
Brilliant score by John Barry
Ursula Andress the first Bond Girl
Set the standards for those who coveted the role
Joseph Wiseman the title character
A legend from the New York theater...

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BAGGAGE

Looking to duplicate
Personalities alternate
Entire life dedicate
Personality to integrate

Intellect and achievement
Rated high and respected
Succeeded where you failed
On a higher pedestal...

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JAMES BOND - THE FIRST HALF

Super Spy
Of the MI 5
License to Kill
Audience to thrill

James Bond character
Ian Fleming the creator
A former Naval officer
Now a best selling...

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RANDOM

Origins in the french language
A words that fits into every subject
Difficult in its understanding
Ubiquitous in expressing

The word random
Etimology in randon
Usage not random
Meaning do we fathom...

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BRAIN

Exist in the present
Future non existent
Past doesn't make sense
Solution for many problems

Anxiety the difference
Between the now and not now
By order you will never know
The point is you need not...

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CATS

Triggered as always
By the unknown in many ways
Found peace in pets
In a million years I wouldn't have bet

State of Zen
Just by talking to them
Staying in the present
Their life's biggest...

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HOMEBOUND

Lockdown created situation
Unique in its regulations
House arrest of a city
Exception given to nobody

Passing each day
Any which way
Time standing still
A lot of time to...

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IMAGE

Images and illusions
Uses as masks
Hiding true objectives
Present in most but relative

Image and Real
Dividing line
Very sublime
Doing...

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Club

A busy lane
Narrow frame
Two cars could not cross
At the same time
Chaos and confusion reigned Supreme

An obscure building
Wouldn't catch your attention
Housed a club premises
Of two varying interests
Table Tennis and...

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Obssesive compulsive disorder

Game of Tennis
Followed with Passion
Addiction or Abstenance
Inborn ingredient
Still a teenager
Unaware to decipher
Sucked into the genre
Of Obsessive Compulsive...

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Missing

Missing means lacking
For a fellow human being
Emotional weakness
Projected sadness

Mocking and joking
At people in mourning
Not real but acting
Can be no real...

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Corona cont...

Voluntary Action
Required no reason
Aware of its function
Never paid attention

An act as easy
Inhale and Exhale duly
An exercise to remain healthy
No reason or cause for...

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A die hard fan

Sunday evening
No good movie showing
Not heard of anything
At the theaters playing

Recognized a face
In a poster on the daily paper
Played a role years earlier
In a Martial arts...

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Street lights

Darkness keeps its date
Sunlight completely erased City lights bright
Nightime security
Street lights stands alone with all its...

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Dear chandra

Death s second try
To snatch Chandra Away
Failed first time
Tried again

Surgery gone wrong
Knocking at deaths door
Beat it with willpower
Legends stay on...

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Black & white

All of us are kin
Color of the skin
First differences begin
Cancerous not benign


Nature of the act
Decides on the fact
Right and Wrong
Deeply entrenched and...

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Frontline workers

No words accurate
To describe the death rate
Human lives at stake
Even breathing a grave mistake

Quarantine the patient
14 day isolation
Only available Solution
Even if jab...

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Choices

What do you do
When there's nothing to do
Ask yourself the question
Is it because of you

It always is
True to yourself
Interrogate the self
It reveals...

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Connect

Lack of emotional content
Is the very root of sadness
Loneliness the biggest cause
Nobody there to share your sorrow and Joys

Anger is the tool
Mind puts to full use
Stays on forever
Fooling us into believing
That we are angry with the...

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American dream

American Dream
Sequential in nature
Remained forever
Time of the day
Did not matter

Procedure to go
Learnt from those who went before
At the gates of the consulate
Always on time never...

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The actor

Completes the theme
Pages to remember
Delivered proper
Audience understanding clear
One step near of becoming an...

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Oxymoron

Oxymoron used frequently
Two words juxtaposing
Containing the opposite meaning
Etymology derived from Greek
Oxus and Moros
Sharp and stupid
Also an...

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Zen part 3

Samurai warrior
Met a Zen master
The gates of heaven and hell
The path I need to know please tell
A warrior but look a beggar
Said the teacher with laughter
Angry the Samurai removed
The sword from its sheath
Master replied Removal was the gates of...

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Zen part 2

Learned man in quest
Met a Master with a request
Realization and Delusion
Games played by the mind
Giving and Recieving are figments of our thinking
Truth is Emptiness and Nothingness
Master listened with interest
Took out a Bamboo stick
Struck hard...

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Zen

A pupil and his master
Walking along the banks of a river
The master observed the fish in the water
Complimented on their happy nature
You're no fish to know the reality
You are not me
To know that I don't know
Replied the...

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Great films from the greatest era

The Godfather
Story of a Gangster
Family ties explored
Wisdom in every word



One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Non conformist hero
Confronts a by the book nurse
Greatest acting seen on screen...

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Sibling

Crossing finish line
Life at its end
Thought at that time
Where do I begin

His life and his safety
Or my insecurity
Sad about his state
Or with reference to me

Money in future
Matter to ponder
Him not in the scene
How will I fulfill my...

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Silence

Violence inherent
Quality of Silence
Tests Endurance
Of real Emotions

Causes interpretations
Never stands evidence
Delivered judgements
Polarized due to...

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Zone

Zoned out
Wandering thought
Creating images
Guilt carrying carriages

8 horse stagecar
Needs a rider
Spurs to direct
Risk the carriages fall

Stranger to self
Mood in the blue
Cause and effect
Known and...

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Time

Equality its quality
Time gives us sanity
Straddling as friend and enemy
Brings in its duality

Real or a concept
Know or transcend
Philosophers have the answer
Only it seems to...

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Joint family

Yearning to grow up
Emulating the elders
Dominating out thoughts
Future security sought

Living the present forgot
Enjoying it for all it's got
Not realizing it wont last
Very soon to become the...

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Car cousins

South west bound
Driving through the backroads
Blemishes skill
Holding the steering
Colleagues and Cousins
Alternating

Alike in thought
Education and Profession
Interests the same
Character identical
Honest and...

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Woven at birth

Conflict with oneself
Duality end result
Mind Body alignment
Absent due to disagreement

Not at peace
Actions done Ill at ease
Fear about yourself
Manifests...

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Worthy of insult

Respect for oneself
Sense of self
Worth no dearth
Harmony with the world

Lack of esteem
Complex supreme
Seldom content
If nurtured malignant

Ego defines being
A conscious human
Carries negative connotation
Wrong...

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Saddle

Bottle of Gin
Another of Whiskey
Combination deadly
Weak or mighty
Takes you on a dizzy
Neat and Straight
On the Rocks
Drink of the century
Called Ginskey

The keys to kingdom
Fantasy at its Apogee
Opening the minds vault
Add some 70 s...

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Math

A subject that
Sent shivers down the spine
Not sure for others
But definitely mine

Tuition classes attended
Only goal intended
Extra hours in the table
Would make me...

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Class of 87

Grateful that thankfully
Our parents who thought similarly
Enrolled us at the Don Bosco Egmore
We couldn't have asked for more

Decision by parents
Boon for students
Bonded as friends
Past and...

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Ccr

Fogerty brothers
Join together
Rhythm Guitar the elder
Lyrics Voice and Lead the other

7 albums
Lyrics and tune
Not dated till date
When lonely your comfort mate

Cook and Clifford
Bass and Drums
Joined the band
When they were very...

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Spoilt by father

Seeds sown
Class clown
Pleasing others
Self respect
Doesn't matter



Laughing stock
Everyone flocks
Buffoon of the class
All others laugh

Teacher leads
From the front
Joined by the priests
In making...

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Table tennis part 1

Introduced to a sport
Watching from the aisles
All time greats
Accomplished great feats

Wanting to emulate
Dreams to translate
Started to play
Future in front...

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Master

Questions in the head
Mind giving answers
Just a balance in progress
Each his own witness

Takes time to realize
Minds echo doesn't materialize
Thinking not minimized
Brain trained
Answers...

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A bruce lee fan

Fans of Bruce Lee
Think they are he
Fascinated by the Speed
He is God in every deed

Fight sequences
In short frequencies
Fans in a frenzy
Cast in a spell and...

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Q & a

Questions & Answers
Identified with Examinations
Ratified with gradations
Culminating in Graduation

Turned towards life
Becomes about Realisation
Ratification and Gradation
Discarded at its...

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The game

Made the approach
Trusting the coach
Teaching the game
From its inception
The teachers devotion
For the game passion
Sets the process rolling
Day by day improving

Progress made
Coaches efforts
Match play next step
First step of mix...

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Cross

Last supper
Apostles in order
One a betrayer
God the Forseer

Washed the feet
Apostles each
Objected the act
Act of faith

Swallowed the bread
Along went the Devil
Birth a curse
No crime worse
Judas Iscariot
His...

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First day first show

First day First show
3 pm the time
Leading men
3 of them
Name above the title
Only one familiar a little

Hero of the picture
No clue for me or any other
Seats empty
Who is he...

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Deadfall

Ken Kesey & Acid Trips
On the road with the Dead
Dead Head a pride
Day & Night no divide

Mornings in Miami
Starting with a bottle ofKen Kesey & Acid Trips
On the road with the Dead
Dead Head a pride
Day & Night no...

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Calibre

Parents with Passion
Both on the different end
Arts dance and culture
Defined the mother
Sports and sportsmanship
Defined the father
Education was the common...

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First day firt show

First day First show
3 pm the time
Leading men
3 of them
Name above the title
Only one familiar a little

Hero of the picture
No clue for me or any other
Seats empty
Who is he...

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Smoking

Promise made
Cusp of Teenage
Not to indulge
In anything fatal

Spirituality and Smoking
Painstaking in understanding
Labyrinth if misunderstood
Alone you stood

Inference of god
Transcended ego
Inference of smoking
Transcended...

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Woman

Woman in Life
A matter of Pride
Sexual divide
Only in the head

Seeking a career
Striving like anyother
But only harder
Capabilities in...

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The bucket list

Unfulfilled dreams
No one an exception
Every human has some
Things they wanted to do
But never done

Reasons plenty
Usually blamed on Destiny
Convert to reality
Create the...

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Music part 3

Ennio Morricone
Collaboration with Sergio Leone
Whips And Whistles
New sound to background
Sphagetti Westerns backbone
Never left Rome
Music his home
400 plus films scored
Distinct sound endured
Many Auteurs frequently collaborated
Fan favorite for...

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Secret

Let me tell you a secret
Most contradictory statement ever
Made by the immature
Only the mature can keep its honor

Information idea or incident
From opening the soul finds its origin
Does not have a destination
Guarding it requires...

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Music part 2

The Beatles
with their Staple
Abbey road and Apple
Took the world by storm
Listening to them became a norm

Allman brothers
With or without Duanne
Greatest guitarist of all time
Second In that line
Every chord and riff
Rock music...

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Music part 1

New record released
At the store in line
Waiting time not real time
Queue line serpentine

LP in hand
Cover designed by the band
List of songs behind
Music a magic wand

Moving in circles
Made of Vinyl
Stacked in a spindle
On the...

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Sleep

Philosophy has answers
Questions about life
Not answered by life
Nightlife apart from life
Alive and Dead
Heat of the Moon
Felt in the room
Awaiting the Sun
Rays Cold filled with...

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Discover

Quality placed above
Generosity and Empathy
Ourselves and Others
Live with Honesty

Happy within your skin
Mind body and Deed
On a straight line
Benefits accrued in...

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Words

Tool to talk
Convey and Stop
Tone tells the emotion
Words mirror Class

Speak your heart
Censor the part
That will drive you apart
Because of your talk

Words spoken
Forever remain
Kind and compassionate
You win over...

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Passengers

Womb of the mother
Our creator created
By the creator
Time to be spent
Already timed
Features designed
Destination Destiny
Dated and Autographed
Only edition
Only copy
None before during or...

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You

There's beggary in the love
That can be reckoned
Replied Anthony when asked by Cleopatra If it be love indeed tell me how...

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Chess

A game of Chess
Played inside
Brain taking a side
Heart playing Devils Advocate

A 3 pound organ
Centre of intelligence and interpretation
Cognizant of the two
Makes its move

Size of a fist
Donor of the pure
Patron in nature
Makes its...

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Heartbeat

One step sideways
All it takes
Difference between
A Hero and a Coward

Time of Action
Act together
Unmindful of Outcome
Reticence Overcome

Proxy represent
Windy about Presence
Besides oneself
Defenition of...

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Coach

Mould from nothing
Baby steps beginning
Patience a Vitue
Rookie years
Figuring the prescription
Knowledge of the game
Future Hall of Fame
Every Aspirant the Same
Hopeful at the Start
Imparts the Art
Selfless in Approach
A...

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Abstain

Value given to Self
Valued except by Ourselves
In the eyes of others
Is known as PRIDE

Success as defined
By our own cognition
Unable to attain
For whatever reason
Valuation based on Estimation
Otherwise known as
LOW SELF...

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Order of merit

Name remembered
Face recognized
Act Immitated
Fact Ignored

Entry for education
Deer in a birds Nest
Education opens doors
Institutions closes them

Knowledge imbibed
Growth and Maturity attained
Rest of life
Act as...

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Thought

Traveling on the road
Never traveled before
No one after
Creation so Unique
There is no set technique

Flexibility Is the key
Keeps mind empty
Walk with expectations
Sure blow to emotions

Mind edgy
Heart heavy
Pathways empty
Nothing to...

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Competition

May the better win
Heard in Mythology
Told in a different Context
Good vs Evil

Talent and Skill
Strength and Will when
Identified with Ignoble
Faced defeat
At...

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Lynch mob complete version

Two Friends
Out for a Smoke
Share a Cigarette
Sudden desire
Share a Beer

Checked their Wallet
Counted the Notes
Money Suffice
Bike...

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Answer

Is there a path
Do we need a path
Is path part of the way
Where does the way lead
Should we follow the path
Is there only one path or many
Does way connect the paths
Does the way lead to the destination
Is there a destination
Should it be reached...

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Grateful

Living in the Past
Memory of it last
Time passing fast
Perception often Contrast

No man an island
Entire life Spanned
Ego so grand
Easily misunderstand

Midst of misery
Alone we Stand
Helping hand
God's...

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The stranger

Stone cold night
Jacket Sporting
Strolling physically
Sprinting Mentally

Nicotine urge
Smoking a Cigar
Vapors up in the air
Swimming the skies
Postcard photograph
Analyzing my career...

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Return to sender

Act or Thought
Karma ball rolling
Slowpy Rink
Good or Bad
Finds it's way back

Act of Malice
Intent intact
Dont react
Ability limited

Wish no harm
Calm before a Storm
Karma never misses
An Address
The way of the...

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Prayer

At your Wits End
In a Vicious Circle
Situation a Catch 22
When all paths are closed
There is one Path Open

Place of Worship
Pleading with
Straight face for
Almighty 's Grace

Forgiveness sought
In Guilt cought
Faith in the Unknown
Fills the...

by K.V Srikanth

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Class

Selective Vocabulary
Profanity Mediocrity
Volume in Decency
Lack of it in Tonality

Sartorial Style
Tonsorial grace
Elegance in refusal
Smile Mysterious
Laughter hidden
Glamour...

by K.V Srikanth

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Vibration

Function of Dysfunction
Error in Judgement
Emotion or Intellect
Makes us Select
Lacking in disguise
We choose
Wrong people
To Celebrate

Getting it backwards
Priorities outward
Unfair rewarded
People wrongly...

by K.V Srikanth

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Detox

Loneliness Is Freedom
The company you keep
One one you seek
Cuffs put on self

Cut adrift
External noises off
Start the search
Face the thoughts
Noises more than
On the outside
.
Contemplation Discovery
Awareness Enquiry
Judge and Jury
Face...

by K.V Srikanth

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Beacon

Sun signed out of the West
Buckling down for the East
Burning candles both sides
Presence and Absence
World decides its routine

Not even a breather
Putting its feet up
Never still
Shifts position
 Intensity...

by K.V Srikanth

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Gratitude

Pleasant past
 Rewarded Appropriately
Karma knocked
Lessons learnt
Wisdom gained
Nothing outside
Acceptance inside
Happy with your own...

by K.V Srikanth

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Earth mothers

EARTH MOTHERS


Mother and Brothers
Siblings and Cousins
Joint family system
Household member
Eleven in Number

P & S
Scarce to find
Two of a kind
Amiable and...

by K.V Srikanth

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Dreams

At the Station
Filling water
Widowed mother
Clad in White

Steam Engine
Blowing Smoke
Synchronized Whistling
A different tune
Pitch and Volume

Station Empty
Midday Heat
Eerie feeling
Mother standing
Nearby...

by K.V Srikanth

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Perception

Future outcome
Present Chaos
Past Actions
Positive Optimist
Negative Pessimist
Neutral Philosopher
Fate Consigned
Unsure Realist
Either Spiritual
Prayer Believer
Logical Rationalist
Undecided ...

by K.V Srikanth

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Navigation

Final stop
So we assume
Identify a target
Towards we zoom
Confident baby steps
First 4 questions in an exam
Solved easily
Harder it gets
Unless prepared
Stand...

by K.V Srikanth

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Black belt power

Glorified and Mystified
Liked and Loved by all
Worshipped by fans
Of Martial arts and films
Facts and Memes
Every Mans dream

Black Belts
Dan and Beyond
Multiple Styles
Ahead by...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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The heart wants what it wants

Appeal and Magical
 Womans Lure
Curriculum at School
Values at home
Seldom include

Happens to all
Age no bar
Objectified at first
Finds its place
On a to do...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Moments

Moments make the day
Solitude or Isolate
Dusk brings closer
To meet your maker

Moments make the night
In the harmony of company
Dawn one dusk less
Already defined
Finite...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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The convent

Brother had graduated
With distinction
Easily obtained
Kindergarten Admission

Already done
 Started good
At another school
With A thatched...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Bronson

31. BRONSON
Lithuania Buchinsky"s
Immigrated with hope
Land of Opportunity
Extreme Poverty
 
15 children
11th was a Son
Named Charles
Used to drink water
To keep away...

by K.V.Srikanth

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Sunshine

Birth of a new day
Erase yesterday
Gratitude prayer
Feel and Deliver
Nature will Answer
Looking into Future
Not in our radar
Be Present in the now
Thankful and bow
Hope the foundation
Law of Attraction
Will handle the Situation
All be well
For one...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 9 Views
added 3 years ago
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Symbol

Friendship Epitomized
Friends Eternal
 Ballad Born
Bakshi and Burman
Duet by Dey
Kishore in the fray
Nib and Number
Single on Vinyl
Jaidev and Veeru
Reel Names
Amith and Dharam
Real Names
Acting during Shooting
Convey Male Bonding
Bike a Bullet...

by K.V.Srikanth

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The heart is a lonely hunter

Status Update
Dawn or Dusk
First to check
No exception
Obsession Or Compulsion
Cancerous or benign
Status is mine
Mystery or Suspense
No history to prepence
Probe failed
Mystery it's not
2 playing the part
Duet in Stage
Audience none
Suspense...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Cousin

Movies a passion
Watching them an Occupation
Tape or Theater
Genre language
No barrier
Father ignited
Brother influenced
Deep yearning
Find a being
Who had in common
My passion
At theaters parking lot and hotel
Used to bump into a cousin
I...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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added 3 years ago
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Mirage

Past Mirage
Future fluid
Present Is
Life not an exam
Preparation irrational
Predictions Notional
Broken Rhythm
Order of the Universe
Expectation humiliation
Awareness Intelligent
Fear Deterrent
Sorrow ends when
Hunger starts
From unknown
To...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Dharmendra

Headmaster’s son
Skipped class
Entered theater
Life to Alter
Matinee show Shaheed
Worshipped Dilip Kumar
Like many before
 Dreamt about Movies
Like a few followed up
Won Filmfare talent Contest
Frontier Mail to Bombay
Promised film stalled after...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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added 3 years ago
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Shameless

Driven by ambition.
The final destination
Has been a fixation
There is no vaccilation
To end up an American.
Dream of Visiting
The very cause for living
Occupation can be any
To go to the land of milk and honey.
Odds they overcome
Insults we bear...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Legends

Borg and Connors
Fire and Ice
Scandinavian kid
Mid Western boy
Opposites in Personalities
Opponents in the Game
Playing hands a mirror image
Similar in goal
Immortality in Glory
Each standing in anothers path.
Inherited a Club Sport
One hundred...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Pancham

The Prince of Tripura
Prince of Music
Only child of Sachin Dev
A king amongst composers
Was born Rahul Dev
Toddler cried in 5 notes
Hence named Pancham
 Livelihood in Music
Like fish to Water
Tabla and Harmonica
Learnt playing in order
Compose...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 3 Views
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Striking thought

Content with means
Elegance than luxury
Worthy more than respectable
Refined instead of fashion
Wealthy not rich
Think quietly
Act frankly
Talk gently
Bear cheerfully
Face all bravely
Hurry never
Opportunity closer
Spiritual growth
Take care of...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Jkd

Glory in Giving
Gratitude is Gangster
Growth in Adapting
Heart with content
Mind empty
Expressing yourself
Self Constant
Image redundant
Fake it Make it
Second Nature
Process not result
Ready not tense
Dont Think Dont Dream
Spiritual insight
Will...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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added 3 years ago
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A common breed

Objectivist Epistemology Followed correctly
Ayn Rand on a grand stand
Impressed the impressionable
Idea far from noble
Followed by people
Survival the key
Results there to see
Applied to life
Ladder to growth
Ladder only a tool
Ends up the fool...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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The way

Looking ahead
Looking behind
Road ahead
Memories behind
Aware and Prefe3sent
Wallow and Past
Adapt on the highwa y
Rigid on the dead end
Sub concious clean
Optimism and Faith
Sub conscious dirty
Low esteem and self...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Mentor

Heard the name
not met the man
Knew the other thirty nine
Not presented with an occasion
Home or Station
Year book only hook
4 lines gave an idea
Became in awe
As everyone saw
Unanimous verdict
Sheer genius
Word was ubiquitous
Delivered without...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Bamboo

Survival of the fittest
Misunderstood as the strongest
Flexibility is the key
Says Master Lee
Optimism Positivity
Fuel for the heart
Past and Negativity
Opium for the brain
Do not get stuck
Opines Chuck
Worry adds and remains
Curbs growth ...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Two clowns

The High and the Mighty
Tough and Brawny
The Slow and the dead
Bereft inert and wasted
Two sides of the same coin.
Happy the haughty
Unleashes the bully,
deeming the other worthless.
Tearing the soul brutal.
Play the game of the top dog and...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Jai - veeru

We search our souls,
When we find a lacking .
Luckiest is one who finds a mate.
First thing in life,
Others can wait.
Before us we see in the movies, houses and classrooms.
Acquaintance that blossoms ,
Watered by the desire of companionship....

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Sunset

My Epitaph will read
Here lies one helluva lucky fellow
For all the times he fell drowned and buried himself,partly due to his own doings and partly due to the unknown
Still managed to have his head above water breathing ,had food on his table and...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Heaven

Four times a week
Matinee Evening or Night.
A trip to the movies .
Was a guarantee
As I call to mind.
A bijou of a place
Standing in queue
Counting the heads ahead.
Fervently praying for a seat
Looking at the marquee.
Stars name Starring in.
Ticket...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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I never sang for my brother

The younger brother must pay for the pleasures of her elder brother
Said Jane Austen.
She overshot the mark by far.
13 considered an unlucky number .the number of years between me and my brother.
Heard from my mother about his visits to the hospital...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 2 Views
added 3 years ago
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Teacher

Ignorance is innocence.
Learning is a Virtue.
One who bridges this gap,
Is the Guru.
Teacher the most revered word in the dictionary.
Shares knowledge,
An act divine.
Enlightens the mind.
Discipline Ethics Integrity
He initiates.
Lasts us a lifetime...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Path

Myriad of religions.
Unique in its philosophy.
Man gets inducted at birth.
Misconception of which ,there's no dearth.
Devotees aplenty in search of divinity.
Possessing only of Sanctity.
Every criterion has an exclusion.
Creation is no exception....

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Path

Myriad of religions.
Unique in its philosophy.
Man gets inducted at birth.
Misconception of which ,there's no dearth.
Devotees aplenty in search of divinity.
Possessing only of Sanctity.
Every criterion has an exclusion.
Creation is no exception....

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Reflection

I reflect upon my infancy living a life of fear and boredom
Had a brother who was a decade senior
Who was nothing short of a mentor
Fear drove me to the movies searching and yearning for stars
Who I found in abundance and what was absent in my soul...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Another brother

Another brother to my brother.
Addressing him as I do.
Steam engine loaded with coal
The carriages about to roll
Year was 79.
I was all of 9.
Was acquainted with Chandy
Immediately realized was life and soul .
An original at the core.
Older by...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Counterculture

Dusk of the decade.
Dynamics alternate.
Collective consciousness
On the threshold of change.
A movement had happened.
It was to stay.
That way.
Assumed wrongly.
Permanancy is chalk.
Duster enough to erase.
Decade of contradictions
Revolution leads...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

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Heaven

Four times a week
Matinee Evening or Night.
A trip to the movies .
Was a guarantee
As I call to mind.
A bijou of a place
Standing in queue
Counting the heads ahead.
Fervently praying for a seat
Looking at the marquee.
Stars name Starring in.
Ticket...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 29 Views
added 3 years ago
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I never sangfor my brother

The younger brother must pay for the pleasures of her elder brother
Said Jane Austen.
She overshot the mark by far.
13 considered an unlucky number .the number of years between me and my brother.
Heard from my mother about his visits to the hospital...

by K.V.Srikanth

 1 View
added 3 years ago
Rating
I never sangfor my brother

The younger brother must pay for the pleasures of her elder brother
Said Jane Austen.
She overshot the mark by far.
13 considered an unlucky number .the number of years between me and my brother.
Heard from my mother about his visits to the hospital...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 4 Views
added 3 years ago
Rating
Teacher

Ignorance is innocence.
Learning is a Virtue.
One who bridges this gap,
Is the Guru.
Teacher the most revered word in the dictionary.
Shares knowledge,
An act divine.
Enlightens the mind.
Discipline Ethics Integrity
He initiates.
Lasts us a lifetime...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 17 Views
added 3 years ago
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Path

The legacy he left
By example he led
His character had you imbibed right
Can walk life with...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 3 Views
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Don viswes

The legacy he left
By example he led
His character had you imbibed right
Can walk life with...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 4 Views
added 3 years ago
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Reflection

I reflect upon my infancy living a life of fear and boredom
Had a brother who was a decade senior
Who was nothing short of a mentor
Fear drove me to the movies searching and yearning for stars
Who I found in abundance and what was absent in my soul...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 4 Views
added 3 years ago
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Reflection

I reflect upon my infancy living a life of fear and boredom
Had a brother who was a decade senior
Who was nothing short of a mentor
Fear drove me to the movies searching and yearning for stars
Who I found in abundance and what was absent in my soul...

by K.V.SRIKANTH

 6 Views
added 3 years ago
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