(21st august 2013 13 50 hrs) Context: The start of an idea to
capture the event in verse
From the womb of tomorrow,
I look out of the window.
Am I destiny’s choice,
Or do I choose my destiny.
(21st august 2013 13 50 hrs) Context: Essam is a
toastmaster from Saudi
Ere I introspect, Essam reminds me
That our lives are forever intertwined,
So the choices I make affect him
Now, and in the Hereafter.
(21st august 2013 1400 hrs) Context : A small group chatter
during a break
And then they come
Dana and John, Sulaiman and bashar
Stacy, Paddy and all,
With each breath we live out of each other,
With each thought we love.
(21st august 2013 1401 hrs) Context: Scene during the break
A cup of diet coke, Half filled from the top,
Looks on with me and seems to say
Will you fill me up or push me back from whence I came?
(21st august 2013 1405 hrs) Context: Simultaneous happenings
We all laugh together
For we know that
Whether it’s me or a cup of coke,
WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS
(21st august 2013 1405 hrs) Context : Changing
moods in a conversation-I
And now we become more sanguine
Discussing this and that-
Thoughts and feeling intermingled,
Not knowing which came from whom.
(21st august 2013 1410 hrs ) Context : Changing
moods in a conversation-II
In the moments of clarity
As in the sun through the clouds
Out of Dukes’ Convention
Dana makes a point of natural law.
Nature, law two words repeated in the same phrase?
(21st august 2013 1415 hrs) Context: Back to
the campaign action
And comes along Johnina
An angel with a message
Breaks our tangled web of thoughts
And brings us back to life and hope
(21st august 2013 1425 hrs) Context : General
Reflection
It’s easy to pen a line
All one needs is an open heart
Inebriation without substance
And ambivalence for stance
(21st august 2013 1529 hrs) Context : A
passing thought
Imagination is Truth whose Time has not yet arrived! (Imagination is Truth waiting for Time)
(21st august 2013 1741 hrs) Context : Just
before the Opening Ceremony
The ceremony opens with a sweet kiss,
A Hershey that is more than a touch , from an unknown
stranger to welcome smiles.
(21st august 2013 1745 hrs) Context: Scene at
people enter the Hall
A touch, a wink, a handshake and an embrace,
Years of struggle meeting the moment of reckoning
(21st august 2013 1747 hrs) Context: The
President Elect posing with hopefuls
With others wanting to be in the same frame
In the best of attire
The heart senses the closure of it’s
Most cherished DESIRE
(21st august 2013 1751 hrs) Context: Cut to
the background-I
And sashed on the aisles
Smiling as ever stands the volunteer
Knowing all, betraying none
THE SIMPLE TOASTMASTER
(21st august 2013 1755 hrs) Context: Cut to
the background-II
Small conversation, Big talk,
Some encouragement, Lots of patience
The stoic podium awaits, the bang of the eager GAVEL
(21st august 2013 1758 hrs) Context: The
eye-catchers
A beautiful yellow saree, that printed bright skirt
Informals to business suits, the colors splurt, and the festival
is on the go!
(21st august 2013 1759 hrs) Context: A moment
before
That pregnant moment, when it’s about to happen
That eager expectation, that undenied HOPE
(21st august 2013 1815 hrs) Context: The flag
march
And then it starts to dawn
Flags of all nations, Flag bearers sans nationality
The world is indeed what we want to make of it!
(21st august 2013 1815 hrs) Context: The
Distinguished Toastmasters parade
To be distinguished is to say, “I am Special in my own way”
And for time to come I will never ever say Nay!
(22nd august 2013 1015 hrs) Context: The Day
of the Speech Competitions
Lazy cars parked outside,
The roof of the Paul Brown Stadium,
Brings in the view from the south of the Dukes’
As all head North in our individual pursuits
(22nd august 2013 1520 hrs) Context: In
tribute to the previous nights’ informal ice-breaker
And this to you my dear Friends at Sing-Along
That you give a patient ear to my unuttered ramblings
The warmth of my wishes and the fruits of my Prayer!
(25 august 2013 0830 hrs) Context : Signing Off
Sly sunshine peering out of reflected windows,
A parting of friends, some cool, some teary,
Any sojourn breaks the heart of continuity.
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