Poems@aparna

 Friday word: Secret             Pearly Secrets Plot No. 35, Karol Bagh, New Delhi-The Khurannas.  The Great Indian Punjabi Family, a cemetry of secrets. Not all were dark but not all were worth divulging. Hence, they were yardbirds of their own secrets.      The ripe patriach of the family Balwant Khurrana smiled graciously pinching his bushy, grey moustache at his overtly fertile wife of 35yrs, for they knew the secret to producing seven healthy, robust progenies. Four sons and three daughters, females without hairy chins and occasional sprints on upper lips,  rarely differing from the males.        Jasoo Khurrana, the queen bee had secrets of fluffy baturas and creamy lassis pressed in the aromas of her kitchen. Over the time, she had found confidantes in her daughter inlaws to carry the best chole bhature secret for which the entire Karol Bagh flocked to their house.    The secret ingredient in...

 Friday word:2021            2021-I Love You  One day,  the sun will rise in west One day,  everyone will put forth their best One day,  the trodden without imploring will fest One day,  all the loneliness will rest.  Alas! That One Day never came.  One week,  holidays will never end.  One week, men will repair follies and mend.  One week,  mightier hands will be extended and lend.  One week,  truth shall triumph and not bend.  Alas! again that One Week never came.  One month,  the bloody cycle will be worshipped.  One month,  the entire earning in Ganga will be dipped.  One month,  the offender on the site will be ripped.  One month,  real bona fides will be tipped.  Alas! once again that One Month never came.  But there came a year Where there was no fear Reality had changed its gear Long lost ones now became dear Obligations cut wi...