The bridge across forever...

Who am I?

2011-09-05T17:31:00.000-07:00

On my wife's hand,
Lay a certain band.
A dash of crioline,
An invention of mine.

Who am I?

2011-08-30T14:46:00.000-07:00

Of to London, she sat on the train...
And suddenly it snapped, in her brain,
For most unknown, if not for little Alice,
You would neither see the fire nor the chalice!

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Who am I?

2011-08-25T14:19:00.000-07:00

In a certain book, lay a certain face,
Swiped from google in a daze,
She is bright and sunny;
A known berg in this ocean honey!

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Silver Lining

2011-08-21T15:56:00.000-07:00

Shades of grey,
Reminiscence, I fall prey,
Echoes I hear,
Voices of people, dear.
The wheel moves on,
As crests n’ troughs fall on!

I’m tossed above
I glide, I rove,
I wish by me,
The dear would be,
A quest, in the dark, I'am mining,
Searching for my silver lining….

- ഴൊഎ ക

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The Neighborhood Walk

2011-08-21T15:53:00.000-07:00

A stroll through the walkways,
Of CP’s residential plots,
During lazy summer days,
Waiting for luck to turn, in the lots

Carpets of green, such beautiful lawns,
Fireflies that fly, their glow so green,
My friend beside me, tall and brawn
Hidden a kiddish fear to most unseen….

A stroll through the lone railroad,
Through the gentle breeze of the outskirts,
A deer or two amidst croaking toads,
The township ahead, teak trees that skirt,

My friend beside me, we walk,
Reminiscence of the Drews and the Fives,
Chattering as we walk the talk,
Amidst bda complexes and bee hives…

A stroll through the pines and cedars,
Through the streets of Shillong,
Over the hill, the road meanders -
Whispers within me, this is where I belong….

My friend beside, we walk walk and walk,
Just like old times on every trip,
My Dad rants and I listen to the talks,
Dowsed in reminiscence the stories drip….

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Stuck In A Metro

2011-08-21T15:51:00.000-07:00

I watched the baby wail,
And wondered why?
Maybe he knew,
Something was wrong….
The train had just left, the station,
Now it stood still, suspended,
The little girl in pink shorts,
Sucked on her thumb,
And tried in vain, to sleep,
Something was wrong,
Her brother irritated,
Yelled at his mom,
Helpless, with her tiny tots,
And a truck load of luggage,
She stood, stuck!
In a crowded metro;
Something was wrong,
“This train will be on hold”
Came the conductors voice,
For the tenth time in a row,
The lady by the door fretted,
Panic-stricken she watched,
Something was wrong….
The lady by the door,
Rescheduled her flight,
She wouldn’t make it
Something was wrong,
Soon someone noted,
Not one train passed by,
The tracks next door lay wasted,
Something was significantly wrong,
The little girl in pink shorts,
Wondered aloud, if the train started,
Would I choke on my bubblegum?
Stuck in the metro, high above
I watched, the road below,
83, Cherry Hill…There goes my bus,
So close and yet so far….

- ഴൊഎ ക

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The Shoe

2011-08-21T15:50:00.000-07:00

As she flipped through the pages,
Amidst random poses,
And random faces, of strangers,
The Shoe… caught her eye!
A little too familiar,
For the quotidian glance,
A little too blemished,
For the common man,
Highly insignificant,
Amidst mundane glances,
The Shoe… caught her eye!
Is it the same? The Shoe…
The mind wanders,
Memories from time immemorial,
Tied to a string, trickle by,
Comfortably in a cane chair,
In a black cotton shirt,
Sat its owner, miles away,
Quite so in oblivion,
The Shoe… caught her eye!

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Trapped In A Soap Bubble

2011-08-21T15:48:00.000-07:00

The world around seems
Beyond my reach,
If I flutter,
I’m afraid, it will break,
The iridescence,
That catches,
The child’s gleam,
A make-believe feel,
That masks reality!
I scrounge for relief,
But no one sees….
A thin film separates,
My world, from yours,
But a world of difference,
To perspectives it lends…
Varied hues, random colors,
A soul that wanders lay,
Trapped… in a soap bubble.

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Grad Escapades - Fall’08

2011-08-21T15:45:00.000-07:00

The car glides through
Skyline drive,
The valley beneath,
In hues of yellow and orange…

Herding the girls,
The car meanders;
Through the mountains,
Beneath, the sky-blue sheath….

Shenandoah Valley,
Here I come,
Make way for me, Oh-
“Beautiful Daughter of the Stars”

A time of glee,
Through the lonely breeze,
The scent of purity,
Amidst, falling leaves….

A time of glee,
Through winding roads,
Amidst dark brown trees,
And golden leaves….

A time to cherish,
For years to come,
Of skyline drives,
And grad escapades….

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Whispers

2011-08-21T15:43:00.000-07:00

The journey was placid,
Through the meadows and
The lush green countryside,
The bus moved smooth….
Greenery all around,
Under a light blue sky -
But the wind carried,
A melancholy tone;
The mother spoke on,
Words of wisdom,
Of years passed on,
The daughter lay sorrowful,
A heavy head on a heavy shoulder!
The clock ticks on,
Soon it will be November,
As festivities buzz around,
Few know…. reality as is –
The clock ticks on,
As all cling on, to hope,
Things will be fine,
An assurance to pacify,
The heavy minds, sigh!
Things will be fine,
The wind whispers by...

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Racing against time…

2011-08-21T15:41:00.000-07:00

As I walk throu', breezy,
The corridors of Georgetown D.C,
At Benetton, the manequin,
Adorning a shining sequin,
Stares right throu' me,
She seems, far too free..

A posh dress she wears, pretty,
The look, persnickety,
A wish that wanders by,
An inner voice, that lets it die...
A thin line, known to few,
Of affordability, I chew...

Reality as I see,
Unseen, a tone of dree,
Quite different to thee eyes,
Engulfed in a sea of lies,
A smile that hides it all,
The pillar still stands, tall...

Racing against time,
I walk throu' my prime,
My oobleness killing me,
Chained I wanna break free,
As everyone around; seek,
The answers, far too bleak,

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Caged, The Canary Flew

2011-08-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

Eight years ago in Nov,
He brought the Canary home….
Sweet and smart she hopped,
In the cage, relieved;
Through high tides and low,
She sang to him, Tra-la-la la-la…
Ms. Chirpy chirp, she was,
Until he walked, with his girl;
Stories galore he would rant,
Of cousins near and dear,
Of kiddish crimes,
And cohorts of the prime,
Of witty rustic tales,
And magnum opuses,
Stories of the Sicilian mafia,
The plethora of games and wars,
Debates of unconventionalities,
Of struggles against the crowd,
Until one day, The Canary flew,
Stoned and hurt,
By his nonchalance….

- ഴൊഎ ക

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The Liverpool fan

2011-08-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

Here is to the something, somewhere, sometime man,
With a treasure trove of witty remarks,
This guy never ceases to amaze his fans.
The brain-child behind most larks,
Who would have known, this quite Liverpool fan;
Was the one behind all the pranks,
Utterly hilarious at all times, this young man,
Is but the one who tops the mischief ranks…
Young at heart and joyous in life,
With a few goals to his credit,
He, who stands my nicknames, generous and rife,
Is indeed my dear friend with all the merit.

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Tiny Pearls

2011-08-21T15:33:00.000-07:00

Over the years I worked hard in my garden,
Tendering to my little lilies and the roses,
And when the snow storm came,
It wiped my little garden away clean…

With the storm came the depression
Survival, a challenge for me-
And my little garden paid the price,
No more little lilies to smile at me…

The bees would buzz through,
Wondering where the flowers went,
If only I could, get my tiny pearls back?
I could smile and dance like I once did.

This one day, I had a guest…
The little angel who flew into my garden
Back to where it belonged, came my smile
And I knew my lilies could dance along…

This is for you my little angel,
Wonder what my garden would do,
If you hadn’t, wandered through…
Wonder where you found my smile…..

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Who am I?

2011-08-20T19:46:00.000-07:00

From Chicago to Queens,
Jurisprudence was one of his beans!
With Hooker and Hale,
Beyond milkyway, lay a certain tale...

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Who am I?

2011-08-19T17:46:00.000-07:00

Little know for her poetry;
Better know in-relation to a certain chemistry;
If gooberz rings a bell,
The stars would definitely tell...

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Who am I?

2011-08-18T01:56:00.000-07:00

Strumming on a broomstick at fifteen,
Later a fender stratocaster in his days of sheen..
Through his purple haze,
This cherokee is known to many a face..

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The Dandelion's Journey

2011-08-17T17:29:00.000-07:00

The dandelion floated, with the light April breeze,
Tossing and bouncing amidst the cherry trees,
It watched the little girl prancing,
And a little boy behind her livelily dancing...
A humming bird flew by,
The woman sat alone, with an expression of sigh!
Near bunches of whiteish-pinkish cherry flowers...
It made its way past gentle petal showers.
The little girl jumped at it's sight,
To hold on, she tried with all her might...
The wind came along and swirled it high,
It carried with it, the melancholy sigh...
"Time to go", said his mom, to the little boy,
All of five, he walked away with his little toy.
The dandelion watched as it pranced with the breeze,
The girl turned around, "Where is... my little cheese?"

- ഴൊഎ ക

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Who am I?

2011-08-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

A little garden of peas,
A movarian monk to tend to these,
Tie them up if you please,
There lies your answer to this piece..

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Who am I ?

2010-08-03T12:07:00.000-07:00

A coin on a stump, A ferrari modena,
Cross-dominance and unorthodox strokes,
Bundle them up and voila....
You will have a legend!

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Who am I ?

2010-07-22T08:57:00.000-07:00

A Prince, a kingdom's ruler,
An Olympian, that must be even cooler
In a biscuit lies a clue, you caught ?
Next year he'd tie the knot..

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Who am I?

2010-07-21T19:35:00.000-07:00

I shot up from the land of the Oktoberfest,
Today my name travels farthest.
If abbe sine would ring a bell,
I trust my name, many a phone, would spell!

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Colourful petals!

2010-06-30T08:21:00.001-07:00

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CAPITOL BUILDING

2010-06-30T08:13:00.000-07:00

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UMD's Tassel with The Coin!

2010-06-30T07:32:00.000-07:00

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A pretty chandeliar at a wedding reception.

2010-06-30T07:20:00.001-07:00

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Sand Castle

2010-06-29T12:00:00.000-07:00

The sun shone bright
The mighty ship, in distant sight
Pearls of perspiration dripped..
The shovel in hand, she gripped,
A lovely castle in the making
Around white beach sand, that sat baking
A droplet flows, down her temple
Wet sand in hand, she molds, gentle….
I sat watching, from a distance,
As she carved out the entrance;
The sultry breeze, blew by
The air around humid and dry,
A wave came lashing... and
Washed away her castle of sand!

- ഴൊഎ ക

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The Virtual Office

2010-02-10T15:43:00.000-08:00

So while Washington DC witnesses history being caught in a record breaking snow blizzard with most offices being closed it spawns the necessity of the existence of a virtual office setup. It has been reported that 3.5 days of federal offices being shut in the capital, so far has cost the government around $350 million. This could turn out to be a 5.5 day shutdown, which translates to a $550 million loss, considering that this part of the world is not equipped to handle a snow shower of this magnitude and reviving the city to its usual glory would take about that much time.

The best part is that this figure is just the loss that the government would be facing because federal offices are shut down. A tally of the amount of money that would go to remove the snow from the streets, get the power back and get the public transportation system up and running is an entirely new budget. That being said, let me get to the importance of a virtual office setup and how most of this money could be saved if everyone was working from home.

The model is simple, have all your information on the internet, virtual offices on the net, meetings held through the internet and phone lines to fall back on. Considering that I am part of such an office as I type and considering that I have been exposed to such an environment, the whole concept in itself is quite interesting and intriguing to me. Ofcourse it is a feeling that is hard to grasp unless experienced. Just imagine if everyone from your CEO to your intern is working from home with just a laptop, a reliable power line, the mother of all gifts/discoveries, the internet and a phone connection.

The virtual office setup is based on cloud computing and its the whole value add to such an organization. So snow storm or not, federal closures or not, you'r travelling around the world or not, you still have the flexibility of being in the thick of it all and work goes one as it should. This with a combination of services such as the gmail corporate account and the loads of goodies that come about with it, more importantly free (with just a cost associated with the corporate mail-box), is a potent combination to the existence and survival of any low investment small business enterprise.

Google corporate mail has almost all the features as the general gmail. This means one to one meetings can be held through video chats. Meetings can be minuted/edited and shared realtime using the google document, with hazels related to version control being taken care seamlessly, ignorant to the user. Projects can be managed using the google excel documents. Though dear google, to further enhace the current setup here is a list of potential additional features you can incorporate to tap into the small business enterprise market going forward, after all President Obama has declared that SBE's are the way out in the furture -

1. Gtalk should have a facility to accomodate more than two people, a conference of sorts.
2. A tweak-able dashboard feature within your existing igoogle or google documents would be very effective.
3. Some kind of a project management tool embeded within the google documents structure would be the ultimate gift for any manager.
4. Some kind of a time site entry tool would also be great.

There should be more integrable features for various other departments in a SBE, such as the accounting and human resource but I'm still figuring out the challenges in that part of the world, so maybe I'll update my list as and when I figure out the requirements. But if this were to be implemented within the google corporate email workframe imagine the amount of money Google could make and imagine the amount of savings each of the SBE's could make!

I am not sure how effective such a setup would be for a large organization though but for all your budding entrepreneurs who give that 'company of yours down the road', a serious thought, this is indeed the most viable, relieable and cost effective setup to run your organization.

In addition to this with "real time" being the buzz word in todays age any step towards providing data, reports, dashboards, project status, public transportation timings, exam reports and scores on a real time basis would give your organization the much needed boost over competition, the typical "one small step for man and a giant leap for mankind" scenario in the information age.

Ofcourse there are sides to this setup that still need to be addressed, such as:

1. What happens if there is a power failure ?

2. How would you still manage to keep the receptionist at the front desk functional in a virtual office scenario ?

3. How to extend this concept to labs, maybe impossible though. Example, hardware testing or automobile assembly. Which goes to say this concept is only good for software related work.

These are a few hrudles I can think of right now, but going further I may just update more.

Google has quite a few interesting applications and they are definetly on a roll with far more innovative applications that seem to be converging various applications into one compact "gmail" setup. Having said this, it is note worthy that I had written this post just to promote their Buzz. I was awestruck at where technology is heading (or rather converging) that I thought it was worth while to bring a few interpretations, if you may, on my side of the world to the rest of the world.

Sarah Kurian

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What am I ?

2009-01-14T18:32:00.001-08:00

A night without me, unfathomable,

Kudos to the father of dot and dash…

The wizard of Menlo Park,

Indeed a businessman, par excellence!

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Shadows.....

2009-01-02T20:25:00.003-08:00

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Sunrise at Key West....

2009-01-02T18:57:00.001-08:00

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Anu....

2008-12-08T10:49:00.000-08:00

Been with her from kindergarten throu’ twelfth,
Tall and brilliant, walks by, a studious girl,
In the joy of her wedding bells, I dwellth,
Far far away from the happiness she twirls.
Nostalgia that seeps, through the glass,
Of fourteen years that whizzed through,
A bench in the distant math class,
Three girls chattering, flashes through…
On the road to school, “Arun Ice-creams”,
A board that stands, to remind me of times,
Of intellectual debates and dreams,
Of heated cricket fanatism, yet sublime….
Memories of learning sessions,
Of Ace classes and santro rides,
A mathematician par precision,
That’s all of Anu, I can vouch, with pride!
Today I stand, realizing that time has flown by,
And that you’ve adorned the Mrs. Title,
And how I wish I could be there, sigh,
At this moment of your glory, so vital.

Zoek

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The world throu' my eyes....

2008-12-03T19:11:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I feel,
Am a picture on a reel,
Painted pretty,
Genuinely fretty.
Tied, I don’t wanna be,
And free I wanna be,
Like the waves at sea,
Or the bumble bee.
Can I fly?
Soar high up… sigh!
Can I be…
And just be…
Me myself!!!
Not a doll, on the shelf,
That dances to a key,
Can I just be careless n' free….

Zoe K

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Waiting for the sun to rise....

2008-12-02T19:43:00.000-08:00

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By the metro stop..

2008-12-01T21:57:00.001-08:00

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Frostyyy

2008-12-01T21:55:00.000-08:00

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Wintry afternoon...

2008-12-01T21:54:00.003-08:00

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Burning snow flake....

2008-12-01T21:50:00.001-08:00

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Snowfall

2008-12-01T21:49:00.001-08:00

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Hazy pic..

2008-12-01T21:41:00.001-08:00

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The tiny clock...

2008-12-01T21:40:00.001-08:00

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The city of lights...

2008-12-01T21:36:00.001-08:00

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The golden touche' ...

2008-12-01T18:13:00.000-08:00

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Fast paced..

2008-12-01T18:12:00.001-08:00

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# 47

2008-12-01T18:11:00.001-08:00

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The magnificent sun...

2008-11-22T19:07:00.000-08:00

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A drop of gloden sun....

2008-11-20T18:13:00.001-08:00

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Flight...

2008-11-02T20:15:00.000-08:00

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Hollow world

2008-10-19T00:24:00.000-07:00

A wintry morning

By the station,

Wrapped in wool

From head to toe,

A mask to conceal

What lay beneath?

At the crossroads

A body that lay

Half awake,

A mind, restless

But tied, to what -

No one knows!

Memories that trickle

Of warm soup,

In the air of affliction

A smile that wanders by

The horse that trots

As time ticks away

To the tune of

A hollow world....

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Serene and peaceful....

2008-10-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

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Mile sur mera tumhara...

2008-10-12T17:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7OkWpfTz1U

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Calm water

2008-10-02T19:52:00.000-07:00

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What am I ?

2008-10-02T01:23:00.000-07:00

From the pen of Mr. Porter,

Derive the sense and simplicity,

Screw the self centered,

With the gift of Magi!

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Ballerina

2008-09-28T20:52:00.000-07:00

Those were the days,
When I wore my shoes
And twirled on my toes,
Bliss all around,
An air of warmth,
Music in my ears,
Feet that tapped,
And never ceased to dance,
Until the world tumbled,
And it hit me hard,
That I could never dance,
The music now seems,
Far too painful,
A stark remembrance,
Of the reality,
That I could never be,
The Ballerina I once was.

Zoe k

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What am I?

2008-09-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

I am the lonkero,

Sung by the birds,

A movie with Mel-

Combine them, shards.

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What am I ?

2008-09-19T17:39:00.000-07:00

Black and white

A multiple of four

Tie them to the mind

And you open the door.

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Racing against time…

2008-09-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

When times are low,
When your floating…
Deep into the abysmal
Depths of the ocean.
When your tossed,
From end to end,
And you walk
The lonely road,
When you’ve been
Slapped by fate
A million times,
When betrayal seems
The order of the day..
When trust is a
Farfetched consolation,
You knock,
On a million doors…
You search for,
The truce…
You search for,
Your guardian angel…
You search for,
The pin in a haystack…
You search,
For the tiny hole,
Through which enters…
A million rays!

Zoe k

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Who am I?

2008-09-10T18:44:00.000-07:00

A train that runs in Maryland,

An alter name for two,

That’s the link to my pen,

Warm summer sun, for you!

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Who am I?

2008-09-07T20:19:00.000-07:00

I started with an apple,

But I have my own niche,

Your potential is my passion-

And my owner, I made mighty rich!

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Sliver Lining...

2008-09-06T15:49:00.000-07:00

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Who am I ?

2008-09-05T05:50:00.000-07:00

I am the pioneer of,

Make after Order,

A strategy- reduce inventory,

Now I'm out of fodder!

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What am I?

2008-09-04T18:50:00.000-07:00

Life without me is weird,

But you get used to it,

When on your lap,

You'll just miss me a little bit.

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What am I?

2008-09-04T10:10:00.000-07:00

You often forget me,

Especially on trips,

But mobile, to be;

You need my chips.

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What am I?

2008-09-04T09:45:00.000-07:00

I remind you of coffee,

Fluffy and cozy,

The liitle kid loves me-

When your tired, I look rozy!

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Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

2008-09-03T18:43:00.000-07:00

Oh, oh, oh, oh -
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
To never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, thats your way.
You always walked a step behind.

So I was the one with all the glory,
While you were the one with all the strain.
A beautiful face without a name for so long.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.

Did you ever know that youre my hero,
And everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
For you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
But Ive got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.

Did you ever know that youre my hero?
Youre everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
For you are the wind beneath my wings.

Did I ever tell you youre my hero?
Youre everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
For you are the wind beneath my wings,
cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

Oh, the wind beneath my wings.
You, you, you, you are the wind beneath my wings.
Fly, fly, fly away. you let me fly so high.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.

Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
So high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
Thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings.

The lyrics of this song is really beautiful, the song is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El-C3w4CYqo&feature=related

Trickling water

2008-09-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

Blue waves,
Lashing at her feet,
Blazing ball, falling -
Sunset, at the horizon.

She stands in the water,
Her hands cupped,
A palm full of water,
Pure and clear,

An effort to hold on,
But it wishes to flow,
Closed eyes she meditates,
Be there forever….

But before long,
The water’s trickled down,
Far too fragile to clasp,
It seeps quickly, with time.

Drip, drip it falls,
Ripples, ripples all around,
A tear rolls down,
Onto her empty palm.

© Zoe k

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Bay bridge - noon view :)

2008-09-01T19:12:00.000-07:00

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Altantic Ocean & Ocean City

2008-09-01T18:59:00.000-07:00

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Bay bridge at sunset

2008-09-01T18:53:00.001-07:00

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Grad Escapades - Summer'08

2008-09-01T16:49:00.000-07:00

Off through Assateague,
To Ocean city
Far far away,
From CP's nitty-gritty

Over the sea,
Driving through Bay bridge,
Truly a masterpiece;
One of a kind this ridge!

By the ocean,
We played beach volley ball
A time to fly
And a time to fall,

And then, jet- skiing,
An experience, truly exhilarating.
A wish to be, at the throttle,
An adrenaline rush, invigorating!

Away from the speed boat,
And up we went - shoot!
Parasailing in the air,
Suspended to a parachute,

High above the Atlantic,
Time to kill and nothing to do,
But a view of the bay,
A sight thats know to a few.

A weekend to cherish,
By the beach,
A time to live,
Forever we seek to reach.

© Zoe k

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Ice cream & rain

2008-08-28T13:26:00.000-07:00

Its half past noon,
Fall is approaching soon,
Newbies pouring in-
Freebies at the Stamp,

“Ice-creams, for free,
Enjoy them by the tree,”
Money says his tee,
Sunny, aint the weather,

Of to lunch, at noon-
Scurries, the raccoon,
Pitter-patter fallth, the rain,
Teetertotter playth, the Sun.

A bunch of grads walkin by,
Rating, walkth the guy,
Ice-creams in hand,
Screams, in the rain!

© Zoe k

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चाय टाइम मास्ति

2008-08-27T18:35:00.000-07:00

So heres to towny lingo,
I got my roots right, bingo!
Must we forget Madam Penelope,
Who for all you know may just elope-
Nah am serious, pretty serious,
She's on her way to LA, devious,
We just warned her about the ring,
"Make fun make fun" she'll sing,
Our चाय टाइम मास्ति,
She is one महान हस्ती,
Hailing from downtown मुंबई,
Big time comedy with चाय,
'कोसो दूर' she goes,
'Watever' to her woes.
Dont पंगा आदयिफ्य with her,
Cos she'll say, 'go jump', उधर,
'Pretty please with a cherry on top',
A show with her would never flop,
Heres to you my DBA,
I hope I did make your day.

© Zoe k

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श्रील

2008-08-27T18:31:00.000-07:00

“में यहाँ” in a voice so Srill,
Into your ears its bound to drill,
Resonating from a true gemini -
The embodiment of all feminine!
Dancing, her penultimate passion,
She is the queen of big time fashion,
Always caught between decisions,
This star among musicians,
With a huge fan club that follows,
Is a free bird among the swallows!
A travel freak, second to shopping,
From flight to flight, she goes hopping.
This lady in red, as someone said -
Is in all, a masterpiece!

© Zoe k

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A letter from home

2008-08-26T21:45:00.001-07:00

An aerogram, all the way,
From home it came!

A letter from Mom,
Handwritten and warm!

Closer it brings,
The distance, it mitigates!

A feeling, inexplicable,
Yet, meaningful and sweet!

A gesture so simple,
Unconventional and archaic!

A letter from home,
Half way across it’s roamed!

For a long time to come,
A piece of paper to cherish!

© Zoe K

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Sweet November

2008-08-25T18:43:00.000-07:00

September went by,
And so did October, dry,
But there came, November -
Thirty dear days, to remember!

Serendipity in action,
A questionable traction,
A blessing in disguise,
To believe in what lay, was wise!

From machine to man,
As the month ran,
Sweetness unfurled,
As his life twirled!

The beauty in simplicity,
Far away from plasticity,
Dancing to her beat,
Commanding yet neat!

Blindfolded, she left,
With her end, she cleft,
To think it would end,
When things began to bend!

Unfathomable was the truth,
Bitter beauty, a time of ruth!
Why did it come, December?
Why couldn’t it stay, November?

© Zoe k

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Yo Gangu!

2008-08-24T04:54:00.000-07:00

Give him a lens,
And he captures the uncanny.
Running around for cents,
In every nook and cranny.

Yielding to all our pranks,
In the spirit of friendship.
He tops our gossip ranks,
With true sportsmanship.

Mr. Prez to be,
For a day or two.
This adorable busy bee,
Is Gangu for you!!!!!

-© Srill & Zoe K

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Srill

2008-08-22T09:39:00.001-07:00

“Mey yeha” in a voice so Srill,
Into your ears its bound to drill,
Resonating from a true gemini -
The embodiment of all feminine!
Dancing, her penultimate passion,
She is the queen of big time fashion,
Always caught between decisions,
This star among musicians,
With a huge fan club that follows,
Is a free bird among the swallows!
A travel freak, second to shopping,
From flight to flight, she goes hopping.
This lady in red, as someone said -
Is in all, a masterpiece!

© Zoe k

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Chai time maasti

2008-08-21T14:01:00.000-07:00

So heres to towny lingo,
I got my roots right, bingo!
Must we forget Madam Penelope,
Who for all you know may just elope-
Nah am serious, pretty serious,
She's on her way to LA, devious,
We just warned her about the ring,
"Make fun make fun" she'll sing,
Our chai time maasti,
She is one mahan hasthi,
Hailing from downtown mumbai,
Big time comedy with chai,
'Koso door' she goes,
'Watever' to her woes.
Dont panga aadayify with her,
Cos she'll say, 'go jump', udher,
'Pretty please with a cherry on top',
A show with her would never flop,
Heres to you my DBA,
I hope I did make your day.

© Zoe k

ps : To my non umd-club junta, this is townie lingo and to understand this poem you need to be on par with townie lingo feel free to schedule a prep class with me or Miss Penelope :)

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Black hole

2008-08-19T18:48:00.000-07:00

Gripping fear, I keep falling,
Somewhere deep, a sense of longing,
Trapped, I strive to break free,
But what is true will always be!
The pull so strong-
Somewhere, I wish, to belong,
Sinking sinking, sinking deep,
Into the galaxy, I wish to leap,
From within, an outcry,
Trapped, in the black hole, dry,
From within, an outcry,
To breakout, in desperation, I try.
Caught, I am, in the black hole,
Sinking sinking, I lose, my whole.

© Zoe k

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Drifting apart

2008-08-18T22:00:00.000-07:00

Leaves from a book,
Sailing throu' the brook,
Throu' June showers,
The kid lowers,
Paper boats;
Clothed in rain coats,
Kids frolic,
Throu' puddles rolick,
Boats that drift,
Throu' the rift,
Away and away,
Come what may,
A long way to go,
To their destinies and so,
As time passes by,
Drifting apart, but why?

© Zoe k

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Summer in the wilderness

2008-08-13T20:46:00.000-07:00

Back from school, the wind so cool,
The trio rambles, by the brambles.
Reminiscence of knavish days, yonder lays,
Buried deep, nostalgia seeps.

Amidst mango trees, in the summer breeze,
A bunch of kids, elvish and prankish,
Scouting around, invisible bounds,
Of times in May; untainted summer holidays.

On the bike trail, as memories sail,
Amidst the wilderness, away from the harness,
We dream of times, of kiddish crimes,
A wish to go back, such freedom we lack!

© Zoe k

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Early bird...

2008-08-12T19:51:00.000-07:00

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Barefoot on broken glass

2008-08-12T15:58:00.000-07:00

Piercing pain, the urge to cry,
When the wheel goes haywire,
And you dont know where to try,
Teeny actions, consequences so dire.

A loss of inner tranquility,
A questioning self,
Conscience- a display of fragility,
Long lost, somewhere lies the elf.

A test of patience -
Tick tock, time flies by.
A pretense of nonchalance,
As the inner self battles: sigh!

Barefoot on broken glass,
A silhouette that walks,
A lack of brass,
Reverberating, empty talks.

© Zoe k

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FIRST SNOW!!!

2008-08-12T07:27:00.000-07:00

One day I awake in a haste
And look outside my window in a daze
Oh! Tis such a beautiful sight
That instantly fills my heart with delight!

The view pierces my mind like a knife
Invigorates me and fills me with new life
Oh! The moment of first snow is so divine
A moment so magical and so pristine!

The flakes of snow, rapidly they fall
Brushing my skin, only to melt they all
Oh! My heart just leaps out with joy
Such a feeling I wish I could forever enjoy!

Yonder I see, everything is so white
A brilliant transition, all overnight
Oh!My soul how it aches for more
Make it everlasting, Lord I implore!

© Amal

Zoe

2008-08-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

Trot trot she trots her way,
Adorning a smile on her face,
She will reach there some day,
Making her way throu' this maze.

© Zoe k

The Capitol Building

2008-08-10T20:39:00.000-07:00

A walk through the woods

2008-08-10T17:32:00.000-07:00

I look back to see footprints;
I hear a faint cry that wasnt there.
The emptiness- I feel,
As I stroll through the woods.

A long way to Timbuktu,
I wade through the stream,
Gurgling and meandering,
It flows along, shimmering.

A tiny soul, amidst tall cedars,
Under the foliage, wandering
Wee light through the leaves;
Sway gently with the breeze.

A scent of freshness,
Reminiscence of youth.
The past still lingering,
I walk through the woods.

© Zoe k

Great Falls - Virginia

2008-08-09T20:35:00.000-07:00

Home they brought my warrior alive...

2008-08-08T10:40:00.000-07:00

I watched him board the ship to Greece,
I stood there rooted in that moment of grief,
A war to wage he had- to bring peace!
I didnt want to let go of that moment so brief.

Days passed by, and so did weeks,
A letter or two to console the few,
To touch one half the other seeks,
Souls apart that long to sew.

Years went by, the war went on,
I yearned to see my knight,
A shining armor, he would adorn,
I ached to see him every night.

The letters stopped with the atom bomb,
In the depression, I struggled to thrive,
He perished they said with the bomb,
Long after, home they brought him alive!

A damaged brain, the body alive,
But home they brought my warrior alive!
© Zoe k

A song from the gallows

2008-08-08T08:23:00.000-07:00

Just when I thought I was nearing death,
There came the stay order.
I didn't know whether to cry or laugh
And ended up doing both.
A minute ago I was happy to be rid of life
And now I'm happy otherwise
I asked Him to relieve me of this pain
But whatever I did He wouldn't let go.
I knew I did something wrong
But what if the wrong was something right
And just when I was ready to accept fate
He wouldn't let go.
He wants to punish me or someone else,
I really don't know
Dominique, Dominique He would call
And I would promptly follow the whisper
I couldn't help it,He is to powerful and attractive
I couldn't infer right from wrong
And all I did was blindly follow Him,
'Coz I had this strong belief in Him
He knew what to do better I thought.

© Zoe k

Rainy days (v0.2)

2008-08-07T06:01:00.000-07:00

Rumble rumble, roaring thunder,
Flashing bright a streak of lightning,
Darkness he lay under,
A lonely feeling - indeed frightening.

Cold and shivering,
He stands in the storm,
A chill runs through - quivering
He stands there in the storm.

Dark clouds in the sky,
Muddy puddles on the roads,
Pale white his face with pry,
All around are croaking toads.

Pitter patter cometh the rain,
Here and there a hail stone,
Down it flows into the drain,
There he stands, chilled to the bone.

© Zoek

Rainy day

2008-08-06T17:11:00.000-07:00

Rumble rumble I hear thunder,
Here and there a streak of lightning.
Dark sky, I stand under,
Alone and cold - the air so frightening.

Chilly winds that scorn my skin,
Amidst them all, I stand helpless,
Shuddering, I feel, my rattling chin,
Every second that goes by, hapless.

A scar on my chest,
Suddenly it starts bleeding,
Am caught in this tempest,
I stand there, my lonliness dreading.

Fear mounting, it seems so cancerous,
Rain drops or pelting stones,
Souls that drift frivolous,
And there I lay, caught in this jones.

© Zoek

Shoot up

2008-05-28T13:25:00.000-07:00

Twinkling Stars

2008-05-09T19:31:00.000-07:00

Little diamonds that twinkle,
Amidst the velvete black sea.
Innocence that gleam and sparkle,
Beyond the horizon, I see.

"Sing to me, oh twinkling stars!
Sing to me through the night,
Sing to me the story of Czars,
Sing to me until its bright."

Twinkling stars that smile at me,
Through the silvery moonlight haze,
Amidst the black sea they float free...
Up at thee, I look, in daze!

"Sing to me, oh twinkling stars!
Sing to me through the night,
Sing to me the story of Czars,
Sing to me until its bright."

Twinkling stars in the night sky,
Mesmerized I walk under their lee,
Reaching up there, always a far cry...
But up I look, long lost to thee.

© Zoe K

Through the wine glass :)

2008-04-25T19:11:00.000-07:00

Maple leaf

2008-04-18T23:58:00.000-07:00

The first showers of the summer rain,
Fall upon the barren earth.
Its characteristic scent,
Brings out the life in me, the maple leaf!

Green in color, standing tall,
On my dark brown friend, the branch.
In the afternoon breeze,
I see, being tossed, the soccer ball.

A twig in his beak,
Cometh the sparrow,
A nest to build, he has-
A beautiful one, by the creek!

Spring has gone, here is summer,
Long past gone is the winter.
Yikkety yakk the kids are screaming,
Running helter skelter, by the hummer.

The days grow shorter,
I turn yellow, orange and finally red
Colors of autumn that adorn
A painter's poster.

And then one day
With the breeze
I leave my humble abode,
Etching the finale to this play.

© Zoe K

The light that shone on thee pretty face

2008-04-18T19:55:00.000-07:00

Precious

2008-04-16T03:24:00.000-07:00

Many a times, not so long ago
I sat by this tree in the garden so green
Where the birds chirped, the squirrels hopped
And the majestic sun shone with all its glory.

In times of pain and times of joy,
The tree stood by me strong and calm,
Gently swaying with the breeze,
A mystical aura to me it lent.

And then came the lightening followed by the thunder,
But my tree stood there deeply rooted,
During the tempest I couldnt reach out,
And I prayed it wouldnt fall.

Many a storm came by,
And my tree survived them all.
But then there came a day,
When I lost my tree to the lumberjacks.

Now I've moved miles up north,
Far away from where my tree used to be,
Up into the sky I stare,
Wondering, where is my precious tree?

© Zoe K

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The shimmer of beauty

2008-04-06T19:36:00.000-07:00

A Friendship that never was...

2008-03-30T09:34:00.000-07:00

Shrouded in mystery,
Long time in history,
There lay a friendship…..
Just like a wrecked ship.

At times it gleams,
At times it beams,
Its aura so magnificent-
And in many ways intransigent.

With time it rocks
And with many a blocks,
Despite its vexed spirit,
Its phlegmatic presence- implicit!

It lends untold strength
And mighty in length.
Its got its own story Alas!
Indeed it is-The friendship that never was.

© Zoe K