1/50

101. Soul

About the soul in us all - title inspired by the Clarkson book "I know you got soul". = "Our creator asks us only to be mindful of his majesty - Which is without and exceeds the universe so let him be - Chained to us"

2/50

102. Beacon

Short Romantic Poem. "... That makes my heart flutter ever so soft as at dawn - When a million buttercups open and birds begin their song".

3/50

103. Grief

A cause to reflect on another's pain. "But in my heart I think I'll always know strife - As it ruins loved ones, cuts like a knife".

4/50

104. Superman

Wondering if I can ever be as cool as my father. "As time and again I realise he is the best of us - What can I say except papa I'll do my best in life".

5/50

105. Sweetest Heart

Another Romantic Poem that caught me by surprise. "A fount of blessings from which to divine - My way forward, oh you like summer wine"

6/50

106. Mon Dieu

About that cosmic divine. "As Kala and Bhairava does He make ours - A place of surpassing beauty, enter our nests - And reveal Himself at the Kernel of Bliss" (Anandamayakosha).

7/50

107. Heal Your Heart

Poem to a loved one. "feel sweet and smooth - And complete as we set out to hew a way - Be sure to learn fast as music we do play".

8/50

108. Dear Lover

Introducing a [then] current interest to a dear old friend. "Whose smile could lift my mood, make me go around - Any obstacle that life threw at me, peace pervaded me".

9/50

109. Maia

Full of feelings, this one after accepting that we could just be friends. Maia (divine race) of Tolkien. "When do we get back to when our lives had art - As on afternoons we spoke happily with nary a care"

10/50

110. Choose Life

For a friend who was feeling low and despondent

11/50

111. Enough

First (planned) poem of the Imagine Series

12/50

112. Fight2

Another poem on Societal Liberation (Imagine)

13/50

113. Truth Beauty

For my friend and founder of the Build India Group

14/50

114. Energy Healing

Written with 2 teachers and 2 students at a healing workshop

15/50

115. Flamingoes

About 4 women in my (recent) life.

16/50

116. Thirsty

The romance continues

17/50

117. You

The romance continues

18/50

118. Rhythm

Title and opening line inspired by Air Supply

19/50

119. Sunlight

With every waking moment, I ache for you.

20/50

120. Listen

Romantic poem for a girl I was never interested in :)

21/50

121. Healed

Looking back to the past and letting go

22/50

122. Madly

Opening lines from the Savage Garden song

23/50

123. Distance

For that platonic friend of mine who suffered distance too

24/50

124. Sorrow

For my teacher's son, shortly before losing my own father

25/50

125. Friendship

A friend I've written on friendship about before

26/50

126. Planetary Healing

Another poem in the Imagine series

27/50

127. Humanity

On building a peaceful world as we find our “humanity”

28/50

128. Mark and Mandy

About 2 children, named after Enid Blyton's characters

29/50

129. Healers Creed

To find healing in this world

30/50

130. Charmaine

For a friend's mother - griefstruck her family was when she passed away in 2011

31/50

131. Kiss And Make Up

Small bit of prose written on my father's last birthday

32/50

132. Raji

For a friend's mother (2 days before her birthday)

33/50

133. Mystic River

THRK - For a friend who was abused at a tender age

34/50

134. Fresh Air

Another poem from the Imagine series

35/50

135. Advaith

For my cousin, on his birthday

36/50

136. Neelu

For my friend's son, on his 3rd birthday

37/50

137. Niha

For a friend's daughter that I used to know well 2 years ago

38/50

138. Vichu

Hope time heals

39/50

139. Thanksgiving

Thanking my father for being my beacon of hope and source of refuge

40/50

140. Inspire2

Ah, to be in love again!

41/50

141. Memory

For a past love - Yesterday I remembered you [memory]

42/50

142. Smile

It's time to get the mix right, then explode like dynamite!

43/50

143. Blood Warriors

for Charmaine, Tahereh, Patricia and Hema

44/50

144. Hugs

wishing a friend a new chapter,to make her life splendid and super

45/50

145. Oh Father

After losing my father

46/50

146. Weaverbirds

For a couple I know. Begins with some random stuff

47/50

147. Super You

DL - There it is, right on my sleeve!

48/50

148. Friend in Thee

For a newmade friend and mentor

49/50

149. A house blessing

For that couple again

50/50

150. Loss

For my friend who lost his father