Falls...

...not of Niagara!

Falls

Gaiety...

Gaiety


begins,
tuba blows
bubbly flows...

Rest House

Rest House

Buckingham Palace-Miniaturized

On our recent visit to the tourist attraction of House on the Rock, Wisconsin, I clicked on miniaturized version of Buckingham Palace. It was a pure delight to walk through the miniature houses exhibit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_on_the_Rock

Buckingham Palace

Spires - Shikharas

Shikharas-Spires

Pyre

Pyre

A break to myself I need to give 

A reprieve from myself I need to take 

The rescue from my obsession thine 

Lies perennial in rest of mine

charu

06/22/16

Rishi

During recent visit from my family members........

Rishi
After Playtime

Rishi's Trust

Without parents by his side

And hesitation none in sight

He grabbed my finger fore

Saying take me to a park 

To swing and to slide

And to play seek and hide

Less than mere four in age

Tad more than three in height

He looked towering from ground up

To my melted puddle self

Which I so turned 

From his unambiguous trust

That coursed through my being

As he held my finger

With his gentle fervor

                 

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Rishi's Confidence

Tiny tyke knows his cars

by mere sight. Smart!

On the way to playground

looking down at his steps

tete-a-tete he began

with himself.

I was neither privy

nor had brains to grasp

his Greek and Latin!

To distract, at birds

I pointed overhead

would you like to fly, I asked

yes, he replied.

I asked him to listen.

Did you hear a crow caw?

Yes, he says.

Can you recognize birds

by their calls; I wanted to teach.

Yes, I do; came reply, instead.

How do you know that?

I played curious

He stopped, furrowed his forehead

looked up at me

and replied condescendingly,

I know many things, Masi!

I found myself dumbfound!

                            

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Chess

Chess

The game of strategy 

I play for love! 

My name once meant 

a squire to the knight

Greatest jouster I am

master swordsman too

Once knight legendary

of round table, now of

square of squares

I may be weaker than

the bishop, perhaps

I may neither penetrate 

fortress of a castle;

Beware my king!

Protect your queen!

for I gallop at two and a half

to swiftly snatch your mate

in your final check

The game of strategy

I play for love!

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Vis-a-Vis

Vis-a-Vis

Blue Rose

Blue Rose

as alluring

as is mythical

neither grants

wishes

nor ushers 

love and youth

unattainable

If of comfort,

here is to all

its charming 

blue splendor!

charu

061516

Blue Rose

Again

Charming on its own
So it serves the life,
Neither adulations want,
Nor admirations prefer –

But if the nightingale
Doth it makes sing in love,
It then vanishes on its own,

Leaving fragrance
And in memory to live,
To bloom blue and red
Again in the spring.

-to the Blue Rose of Charu

Sadiqullah Khan
Lahore
June 17, 2016.

Blue Rose of Charu @ http://charugandhi.blogspot.com