My guru
He is so detached
He cannot open
files -
my email has
attached
Zen space
She in his embrace
He writes verses
Both in Zen space
Haiku
In a haiku I want
to encase
Feelings about your
love, but alas
I have already run
out of space!
What I love
Love the idea of a woman I sure do
And love that you are one too
And love that I am in love with you
Text
Where there is will there are ways
If there is desire action surely pays
For illness do what the doctor says
When speechless there is text message
Alas!
A relationship with
No
love to inspire
And love without
Lovemaking's
fire
Is like a soulless
beauty
With
no one to admire
Liquid
She: Oh, how you
pour
Your heart in
Things we do
together!
He:
"Pour" is the right cue
Because I am all
liquid
When I am with you!
Love and life
Love and life
What came first er
And made the other?
Future
We'll meet soon dear
It is on my calendar
That is all I can
See into the future
Poetry
He dreams up the
words
She inspires the
meaning
Poetry comes into
being
Discoveries
As they struggle to
stay close
Their fingers run
amok, making
Sweet discoveries
beneath the clothes
Kiss
Limbs writhe, bodies squeeze
Lips lock
Kiss happens in rapid flurries
Pity
To be a total stranger -
Be disregarded - is better
Than to endure idle pity of
Those who don't really care
Serpents
Entangled legs of lovers
Twist ‘n turn like serpents
Leading to unknown adventures
It rained
A spell of clear
skies
Arrived the clouds
then
It rained and it
rained
Rivers
A button here, a
hook there
Rivers meet freely
Torrential and bare
Present
Photons live in the
present
For 'em time is froze in any event
That's what Uncle Einstein
meant!
Rest
Pressure of supple thighs
Warmth of chests
Hearts rejoice restful and wise
Entropy
"Order, order" says the judge sleepy
"Yes milord" says the world loopy
Can anyone really stop entropy?
Ride
A ride of carefree intimacy
Leaves you both empty and full
Body rests, heart swims in ecstasy
Mobile
She goes to a place and he follows
Their world moves
with them
Unseen but close
You are
You are the shower
that
quenches the desert's
thirst
You are the lining
that
lights up clouds
that burst
You are the moon
that
calms the trembling
rabbit
You are the sight
that
ignites my body and
spirit
Idle dream
For time immemorial
elders
Like the Gödels, Bachs, and Eschers
Have been assigned
to answer the
Ultimate
philosophical bafflers
Now upon me it
seems has fallen
An unemployed
‘hat-wearer’ baron
Who does nothing
around the place
Man for the job! Finally the right one!
(concept provided by Raam Gokhale)
Lover's body
What an instrument!
You strum its
strings
And feel music in
your heart
Love-bird
Love is a bird
That clings to its favorite branch
As much as it takes to the blue skies
Wind and snow
Unseen air the wind
is when it calls
Except when it's the
snow that falls
And then you can
see all its glory
Twists ‘n turns,
whirls and its waltz
Adam’s apple
Adam's thoughts were surely dirty
When he got an apple for his beauty
While Eve got busy eating the fruit
He held her and did things naughty
Sensible
"You make a
lot of sense girl.
Does that make you
sensible?
Or sensual?"
"It depends", she
said, "On what
you can handle!"
Show and tell
"It is 24 July
babe - when one
Can do things 24 by
seven! 😉"
"More show
than tell dude, things
Are easier said
than done! 😁"
3 ways to be unhappy
When you don't get
what you want
When you get what
you don't want
And when you do get
what you want!
(Do you get it?! 😉)
Soon!
He: "Hay dear
when can we commune?"
She: "Wait darling
I will ping you soon"
He: "Ping me,
poke me, bite me,
Do anything but
save this buffoon!"
Hangover
My hangover still continues
So do heart's tremors and woes
There's nothing to it my dear
These are but love's fair dues
Connection
I don't need to be the only one you seek
Not one you attend to every day and week
I just need us to share something special
Not commonplace, but inviting and unique
In the dark
I picture you at
sunrise and sunset
And when the noon
makes its mark
Wish I could say
night too but don't
Recall how you look
in the dark
Feminine dimensions - 1
Countless are dimensions of the feminine
Mysterious they surely are as they are fine
Charming they are as they are curious
Every one of them is a lovely curved line
Feminine dimensions - 2
Countless are dimensions of the feminine
Mysterious they surely are as they are fine
Fortunate it is to witness their beauty and
Be blessed by their affection - warm and divine
Rain
It is the rain
It falls again and
again
It's the season of
the rain!
The lonely moon
The lonely moon attracts lovers to its lane
Passion overcomes them, they shed all restrain
And the poor moon is lonely again!
The written word
Solid and crisp,
the written word is a beauty
You can read it
back and forth, watch it aplenty
You can caress,
imprint it in your mind, unlike
The spoken word
which drifts away into infinity
Autumn fog
Thick fog comes
down the hill
Drapes the green in
morning chill
Lovers hold and
envelop each other
Under the blanket
warm and still
Blessed
She lay watching
the clear sky in the west
He held her
from behind, close to his chest
She felt warm,
secure, free, and blessed
Photo effect
Her beauty tempted
him, pulled him
To do things as yet unknown to him
She smiled and
teased without a blink
Sitting in her
picture, pretty and prim!
The sunshine
He eagerly opened
her note when he saw the sign
"What does the
sunshine do to you," said her line
"I do not know
what came first," he wrote her back
"The sweet note
of yours or the sunshine!"
(Poet's
note: Her note might be the cause of the sunshine!)
Aimless
A seeker will fulfill her mission
Tho' she may get lost in action
The true aimless are those who
Never give up home and caution
(Translation of an Urdu couplet)
The moon
The moon is round, bright and fair
With my darling tho' it can't compare
For all the hype by
artists and poets
The moon is bald
and has no hair
Silence
Silence is golden
And speech is a
burden
But from a loved
one
All words are
silken
After the night
After the night of
anxiety
The cherry blossom
pleases
The soft wind
soothes
Empty mind
The sky empties
itself fine
The river flows
full and blind
A full heart rises
from the empty mind
Marriage and parenting
Marriage AND
parenting
Causes of turmoil
and hurting
If only we saw them
instead as
Marriage FOR
parenting!
If only
Couples argue,
siblings fight
If only, for a
minute everyone might
Become a stranger, go
out of sight
Skirt
Skirt - such a
wonderful invention
Keeps the unfit
off-limits on the run
And lets in only
the worthy artist
To awaken music of
love and passion
Ouch
He and she lay on the couch
She said ouch, he said ouch
Then the couch beneath said ouch
Comforter zone
Tangled with a warm
body
Squished flesh and bone
In lover's embrace
It is adventure unknown
How can one leave
Such a comforter zone
What is Tantra
Slow unwrapping in
the main
Of a juicy gift and
then
Tight wrapping of
it again
Welcome back!
You were gone missing
But for a month it is true
Coffee Town had lost its taste
Try no matter which brew
Sorry was one and all
Even trees and the lakes
Tales of their plight
Will easily fill these pages
But, lo! You have returned
Flying a thousand miles and some
With cheer we want to say
Welcome dear, welcome!
Moist air up steep Belred*
Grey skey between
tall fir trees
Day looms heavy as
pregnant clouds
* Belred is the name of a street in Redmond
We were once
little kids
Growing on
dosa, upama and cheese
We played,
fooled n frolicked
Life was but a
breeze
As grown-ups
we knew no bounds
We roamed like
wild geese
Collecting
degrees, going places
We even tried
some biz
Now it's time
to bat steady
Not lose the wicket
and stay at the crease
On with
adventures but temper it
my friend, welcome to the fifties!
Abhay B. Joshi
2012