Showing posts with label Poetry Power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry Power. Show all posts

Sunday, 31 January 2021

 

Nostalgia

As if it was life

and this is not.

Today I recall

what I never forgot.

There were a lot more roses

and a lot less thorns.

Lot more drizzle,

and a lot less storms.

Tears trickle down

my cheek. They fall

to touch sad smile,

As I recall.

The game is gone.

The players as well.

What remains are

stories to tell.

I can live by these

memories forever.

Thank you for

the best time ever.

 

~Prateek Goyal

 

Theme- the road that was taken

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The crowd thronged that way

and I like a sheep

followed them

half asleep.

The road that was taken

had abundant manholes.

The journey shook me

down to my soul.

I didn’t want to regret

but I end up doing so.

Who I thought was my friend

turned out to be a foe.

The route hasn’t ended yet

and I am contemplating a U-turn

as brimmed with regret

but already half-burnt.

My feet were terribly hurt

walking down this road.

It has become utterly difficult

to return to my abode.

More than my feet,

my brain feels pained.

Blinded by clouds

that have already rained.

This road has consumed

me like a parasite,

sucking my energy,

my ability to fight.

I fell deeper as

I jumped higher.

That road was

but a quagmire.

Where only a few stand

On many other heads

like beautiful peonies

on a deathbed.

 

~Prateek Goyal

Friday, 1 January 2016

Refugees and their message to Europe

A flash of light blazed,
And then thunder roared.
The dark clouds gazed,
And he sailed with no oars.

The raindrops have been coming down,
The bubbles going up all day
Now he is bereft of his town,
Wherein will he stay?

At the mercy of waves,
He hoped to reach the shore.
For food, he craves,
But the skies continued to pour.

Cold, hungry and tired out,
He shut his eyes filled with tears.
Though his faith was shadowed with doubt,
He fell asleep reminiscent of his dears.

 Now he found himself on sand,
The sand gave him motherly warmness.
He stepped on the long land,
And looked forward for kindness

But who knew the length of his joy,
Was as short as his age
For the helpless eleven year old boy,
The vast land had nothing but rage.

The people accused him,
For being terrorist in disguise
His eyes grew dim,
And burst into cries.

This unlucky population,
Have their lives torn apart.
Crisis destroyed their nation,
And Europe doesn’t accommodate them in heart.


O Europe! Don’t turn your back,
They beg you for shelter.
Is it too much to ask for?

Is it too much to render?

                           -Prateek Goyal

Saturday, 17 October 2015

The Legend 
- Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay




An Eminent Political Personality,
With Excellent Mentality.
A prominent Leader,
An inspiration either.
Co-founder of BJP,
Man of wonder was he.
Name is Pt. Deendayal,
He is India’s Pal.

-Prateek Goyal

Wednesday, 12 August 2015

 Keep Promises

A vital gentleman's quality,
other than sympathy or having pity.
"keep promises" is a golden rule,
whether at home or at school.
whether small or a big one,
whether you've miles to run.
but once said, you must keep,
then only sweet fruits you would reap.
it's necessary for a relationship to exist,
please understand the poem's gist,
always keep the promise you've done.
never break the trust of someone,
Ramayana also said the same.
One should have the clear aim,
sacrifice life but not the promise.
never cheat anyone to have bliss,
Once it's broken, it's hard to trust.
therefore keeping your word is must,

Prateek Goyal

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Break
When you are tired,
from daily chores.
the hectic routine,
makes you bored.

I am necessary to take,
whether for coffee,lunch or tea.
i am your dear break,
which always sets you free.

Free from dull hours,
a short joyful pause
rest in mind for intellectuals
and for speakers,rest in jaws

you must take me
or your day'll become tedious
but it should be short please
if you want to be a genius
-- 
Prateek Goyal

Monday, 10 August 2015

Stop Littering

To clean entire environment

World citizens should try; 

Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


All rivers are held sacred too, 

Why dirty them in ways? 

All lands need irrigation due, 

To raise crops with sun's rays.


The filth in holy rivers found

Defies all cleaning modes; 

Carcasses, corpses, urns abound, 

Whose stench, the water loads.


When lanes with garbage littered stare, 

With civic sense all gone, 

Made nature calls in open air, 

Diseases new are born.


To clean entire environment

World citizens should try; 

Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


The air we breathe be better clean, 

And smoke and smog be less; 

And public places must be green, 

And wear a beauteous dress.


Keep houses, neighborhoods too neat, 

Keep tidying all the time; 

Like separating chaff from wheat, 

Do this in every clime.


Effluents should not rivers reach, 

Cause harm to fishery; 

Let clean be every road and beach, 

Life shouldn't be misery.


Yet, cleanse your hearts and minds and souls, 

Avoiding heinous sins; 

Renew your aims, ambitions, goals, 

Keep clean, with common-sense.


To clean entire environment

World citizens should try; 

Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


I will keep my cupboard clean,

With every book in place.

And spend hours fifteen,

To return the nation’s grace.


I will neither spit on streets,

And neither I will tolerate.

I’ll judge cleansed as sweet,

And unclean I’ll hate.


I will maintain hygiene,

By bathing routinely.

My clothes would be clean,

And nails trimmed neatly.


It’s time to wake up,

And change unclean habit.

Better late than never,

Let’s save our planet.


To clean entire environment

World citizens should try; 

Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


Implement bio-lavatory,

And eradicate manual scavenging.

Maintain pure sanity,

The task is challenging.


Priyanka left her marital house,

Over absence of toilet.

“Sanity more vital than spouse”,

And she does not regret.


Mind poor sanitation!

As it can become deadly.

It causes anemia, malnutrition,

Directly or indirectly.


Always wash hands,

Before and after use.

A need to understand,

With no excuse.


To clean entire environment

World citizens should try; 

Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


Use fly traps and cover foodstuff,

Stay away from illness.

This is surely enough,

To make our nation bless.


Plastic bags are ,

Littering the streets.

Clogging up the oceans,

Polluting the beach.


Plastic bags are ,

Blighting the land.

And that’s why I think ,

They should be banned.


Do not use,

Plastic bags any more.

Recycle, reuse, and reduce,

And do not pay for.


To clean entire environment

World citizens should try;
 
Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


They should have never been made,

They ruined Mother Nature.

They take 1000 years to degrade,

The threat is becoming greater.


Small actions, by all ages,

Soon adds up to big changes.

In all the life stages,

Plastic problem one faces.


Next time you go to the shop,

If you’re offered a plastic bag just stop.

Think of where it might end up,

Inside the tummy of cow, seal or pup.


The school cleanliness made us charm,

But the dirtiness made us alarm.

Whenever there is dirt we go clean it, 

And we clean it we all mean it.


To clean entire environment

World citizens should try; 

Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


Our school is now spick and span,

Even the toilets, buses and those vans.

Students, Teachers helpers have cleaned

All the school as I dreamed...


Be clean, be civilized,

Do your bit for clean nation.

Value of cleanliness let’s realize,

In home, schools and railway stations.


To clean entire environment

World citizens should try; 

Polluted earth and firmament

Will make all one day cry! 


     -Prateek Goyal

Sunday, 9 August 2015

 Water World

As a blessing god gave us water,
like a lovely new-born daughter.
water is sweet water is sour,
like a new bloomed rose flower.

then human began to use,
the use became over use.
then it transformed into waste,
hardly the water is left to taste.

rapidly increased demands,
the world is in our hands.
water is need of the day,
'save water' all we say.

we have to be water wise,
'value of water' let's realise.
the pure water is very less,
none of the lake is now fresh.

water washes over my hand,
water slips away like sand.
water is man's best friend,
but can't survive till the end.

everything relies on water to stay alive,
without it nothing would survive.

 Prateek Goyal