I started writing back in December 2001 and have traveled some distance since then. This site includes just a few of my poems/ballads I've written over last 5 years or so. Some were featured in my first book "The Old Man Said", which is available at Amazon.
I also compose some of my songs and have done some collaboratory work with some mates, which are under the Music page. Feel welcome to provide your comments or criticism.A few friends asked me to put up this poem of Robert Frost after I put up his famous work, Stopping by the woods. This one is another great piece of poetry with inspiring words. Enjoy the poem in the Poet’s Own Voice! Here is the MP3 of the poem.
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Yesterday I found that I have a great collection of Robert Frost poems and some of his videos on a CD. Here’s one of his best known poems of all time, which he recites in his own voice. Indeed…I too have some promises to keep on my own. Enjoy! Here is the MP3 of the [...]
Couple days ago in my conversation with Sapna (the new light of this website), I realized that she, in fact, would be 23 in November not 24 as I had thought (in all my wisdom!). Given the fact that I have already churned out a few compositions both in Hindi and English for her, I [...]
I wrote ‘Take me in your arms’ in November of 2004. I vaguely remember it was a blistery cold Michigan evening and a very dark phase in life. The person who I wrote it for probably doesn’t even know about it, so I reckon many gifts just stay unpacked. Last night I was strumming at [...]
I wrote this little ballad last night. Wanted to try writing a 50s style song back when 18 yr old singers crooned all the way. And then just made up a little melody to go along with it. The ending is a little choppy and the voice is so-so.
Now let’s see if I want to [...]
Here’s a poem by my friend’s younger sister, a Young poetess named Jahnavi. The poem brings back my Khajjiar trip to mind. The unknown paths of Himalayas and the beauty within. The picture is just one of the ones Nikhil and I took when we were there. Couple mountain kids waving to us! Enjoy the [...]
I wrote this song after watching “The Accident” episode of The Wonder Years, the TV show back in Feb. last year.
Lyrics:
She lay there still, wrapped in her sheets
Everyone tried, but she couldn’t sleep
I know she was hurting deep in her heart
I watched her cry, I watched her feel
Pain that was burning, no one could [...]
Here is by far the best work by Justin and I. This is a song that I wrote for my brother and my sister-in-law on their wedding anniversary earlier this year. The original music is by Brandon, which was slightly modified by Justin to suit the lyrics (which were also modified slightly from the original [...]
“Have you ever been in love my friend?”
The old man then asked me again
Said, “yes but I left it way back then
For all I ever found was pain”
There was a time that I’d once known
But it passed and left me alone
Love, I thought, would forever be mine
Now stands still and as dry as a stone
“I [...]
On a day so dark when the sky’s so low
I wonder deep inside if she’ll ever know
So here’s to a dream so high and dry
Will I ever know why she didn’t say goodbye
So bring me a glass of red red wine
Let me sing to a love that was once mine
But words don’t come no matter [...]
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