TO EVERY NATION

TO EVERY NATION

(Rondeau in Pentameter)

A true nation at heart, love for mankind,

As a human family in kinship-bind,

All like drops of river for fertile land,

To keep the head high and go hand in hand,

To all great ideals they never be blind.

Peace, their chief goal in the system streamlined,

No fears of the race, no tears of womankind,

That’s what a nation needs for joys of dreamland.

That’s a true nation!

The welfare of the race, their frame of mind,

And they have their character all refined,

Arms in wars to kill friend and foe are banned,

All flags are unfurled on joyous command,

True nation is peace-goaled, aimed in its kind.

That’s a true nation!

Published: METVERSE MUSE

88TH TO 91ST QUADRUPLE ISSUE: MARCH 2024

TIME KNOWS NO U-TURN!

TIME KNOWS NO U-TURN!

(Rondeau in Pentameter)

Time knows no U-turn in ceaseless sojourn,

The one and only motion, its concern

It doesn’t lie in couch, relaxing awhile,

So, it works sans rest always with a smile,

Like an avid student, ready to learn.

When delayed, birds love birdies and adjourn,

Their flight and lovers thank time in their turn,

Sunrise is late for a change in lifestyle,

Time knows no U-turn!

Time’s traverse is not a still on an urn,

On its mission, rest it does never yearn,

The flower that shines on the stem is fragile,

Wrinkles form in place of twinkles agile,

Time races in its pace with actions stern.

Time knows no U-turn!

Published: METVERSE MUSE

88TH TO 91ST QUADRUPLE ISSUE: MARCH 2024

ANGELS TREAD IN HEAVEN

She smiled her amorous rays by chance

I gazed at all her charms at glance,

But she disappeared leaving me alone at once

Like the lightning of unrivalled brilliance.

She captured all my rapt attention

To her arresting attraction

I couldn’t but adore her

To welcome her as my life partner.

Forthwith I had a wish than never

That I should search for her

Or we both, for each other

To unite at our wedding-chamber.

I went ahead trying every chance

To invite her to my doorstep

Searching for her at every step

Once again, I could glimpse her at once.

Her lively walking and lovely dancing

Played rhythms with her songs enchanting:

“Angels are only to tread in heaven

But not on earth and it is proven.”

Published: METVERSE MUSE

88TH TO 91ST QUADRUPLE ISSUE: MARCH 2024