These Puns Are Not For Funs

THESE PUNS ARE NOT FOR FUNS

To cease the seize of the seas
Not to raise the rage of the Rays
To wound the wound of the wounded,
Please listen to what the Sage says……..

Please tell the tale of the Tale
Hail the hale who hail dodging the hell
Bell the bell for the Divine Bail
To be blest with the sail to sail through……..

Be a brave Knight at adverse night.
During heyday anyone can fight.
Write the right for the rights of the right
Light the light to see the rare Light………

Stop not until the stop comes
March march until the march of March
Only he prevails when He prevails and blesses
To prevail and see the sea of Eternal Glee………

©Shankar D Mishra    25.01.2017

ON INDIA’S REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION

ON INDIA’S REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION

Ah! All Indians are raft, feather-light and gay
To celebrate the much sought after Republic Day,
To commemorate the Enforcement of the Constitution
That has been a proven and momentous Milestone.

In 1930, Purna Swaraj, was proclaimed on this very day
In opposition to the Dominion status offer of the British
For two long, painstaking decades we had to wait and stay
Until our most coveted “Guide”, we could accomplish.

A unique value the Republic Day Parades do bear
That herald a firm unity in a stark diversity, and share
Spectacular Defence feats, a rare Rich Cultural heritage;
The Ceremony is, to our freedom fighters, a humble homage.

The President of the country receives the royal Salute
From the para-military and civil Forces, rocky and resolute;
Our Defence prowess and rocky solidarity the pageant does send;
The Beating Retreat Ceremony beguls its ceremonious end.

The Tri- Colour flag is unfurled at all nooks and corners
To the beat of the National Anthem, by the fit successors.
All feel proud as the peacocks relishing the largest Democracy,
For India’s well-being all pary for the Mercurial Divine Mercy.

JAI HIND

©Shankar D Mishra    26.01.2017

Face Value

FACE VALUE

Since time immemorial
Indulgence to the ‘Face Value’ has been in vogue
It is omnipresent; we have been adoring this ‘Rogue.’ –
May it be in the families, the villages
The world, the countries, the states, or the cities
Academies, politics, sports or many other stages
Individuals, communities, races or societies
It is sown, grown, nourished and given care Imperial…..

No one has ever diagnosed and remedied this malady rampant
Nor can any of us, the helpless twigs, has been a triumphant;
For, ‘To survive is to sew up lips and suppress inner voice’
Or else, we’ll be uprooted like wild weeds useless;
Dumped like left over food in the stinky garbage bins
Or trampled upon like, tarred stone chips or green beans
Under the giant, merciless and rash wheels: the demolishers
Of the blind, mighty and biased rollers like rulers!

©Shankar D Mishra    27.01.2017

A Wish To Be More Than Gandhian Monkeys

A WISH TO BE MORE THAN GANDHIAN MONKEYS

 
O God!
Let me see the things that are noble
Let me listen to the things that are noble
Let me utter the things that are noble
Let me do the things that are noble.
 
Ah! Kindly make me more than the Monkeys Gandhian.
To have such a gift on this illusory earth is indeed Elysian!

©Shankar D Mishra    29.01.2017