Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Rain rain come again?


Rain rain come again?

After the sun makes everything way too dry,
we crave for drops which will fall from the sky,
and fill our hearts with vigour and joy,
soon enough, the monsoon does come by.

Then its time for jalebi, pakodas, tea and coffee,
not to miss the the love birds that roam the locality,
or the pleasant weather with breezy velocity,
which engulfes the city with scenic beauty.

So far so good, but then the troubles begin,
water logged roads, jams and drenched skin,
to be followed with a lot of sneezing and coughing,
and conked off phones which suddenly stop ringing.

To love it or not is entirely your say,
after all, things are balanced both the ways,
all i can think of is "rain rain go away,
come again another day, little Johnny wants to play"

36 comments:

Flavours said...

Wow Prateek...!!!...this is a nice one........I never knew that you could write poems as well :D

Prateek Shah said...

Kyaa baat hai Akanksha :) Thanks a lot :)

TJ Lubrano said...

Nicely written! I love the way how it begins with a longing for something and when you finally get it...you want it to go away. Yeah the human behavior can be whimsical sometimes hehe!

Prateek Shah said...

Hey thanks a lot TJ! Yes human behaviour surely is whimsical :)

Kiran said...

Hey Prateek....

Thats really cool.... so we have seen another facet of ur personality.... the poet. :)

Prateek Shah said...

Hey thanks a lot Kiran :) Arre no poet, yeh to normal blog likhte likhte poem ban gayi :)

Neha Saraiya said...

Wow! A great composition indeed! And on top of its its an apt with the weather also :-)

Prateek Shah said...

Hey Neha, thanks a lot :) Well yes the inspiration came from the current weather condition :)

dhara said...

a lovely thought said in a lovely way...:))

Prateek Shah said...

Thank You Very Much Che Dhara :)

Ismeet said...

You are good at putting everything at one place with all the required expressions and things.
I too wait for the rains when m in office but as soon as I get out I use the same phrase "come again another day.." ;)
Good Work sir. :)

Meira said...

"rain rain, come again.
whoever asked you to go after just one day " :P

Oh..I've moved from emgisempire.blogspot.com to happyhoursbeginhere.wordpress.com

er2dfw said...

Simple, and elegant. Poetry is a rare talent, my friend. Wouldn't say you're there yet, but you have done a better job than most of the self-proclaimed poets strewn across the Internet.

Prateek Shah said...

@ Ismeet - You are one of the best sisters one can have, who never forgets to comment on any blog post posted by her brother :) Thanks Neeti! Yes, a lot of people think similarly, the moment they step out!

@ Meira - haha, well thats another way to look at it as well :) and thanks for updating me about your blog.. shall have a look right away

Prateek Shah said...

@ Ankush - Well what do i say to that Sir :) Really glad to know that :) And this just happened, i mean i was writing a simple blog post, and it turned into a poem. And no no, i am not even aiming to go that far to turn a poet, as you said, its a rare talent :)

alka said...

all I can say is..... 3S... short, sweet n simple (yet stylish).... shows ur style....

Rain rain come again,
we wana hear more on rain (from Prateek ;))

Prateek Shah said...

@ Alka - waah waah, what a comment Alka ji :D mazaa aa gaya :)

Sunaina said...

hehheh.... perfect... now i have something new to teach my kids at school... bacho, aao ek naya poem seekhe!

Prateek Shah said...

Hahaha, well just think about it, i mean JUST THINK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY.. this poem being taught to toddlers at some school :) now that will really be something :D

Publishers, are you listening???

Richa said...

Very nice description of Rain Prateek.....It gives me a feeling as if I am standing in a rain and experiencing those beautiful, chilling, small drops of rain and enjoying the blend of soothing music coming out from small creatures all around us.
Also, good to see your shift from Prose to Poetry...Keep writing :)

Unknown said...

Prateek ..Your rain poem is too good...very nicely written....keep going.

Hope Delhi has started seeing rain which has provoked your thoughts ....Possible try sending some rain down south .....Chennai is still hot:)

Unknown said...

Prateek ..Your rain poem is too good...very nicely written....keep going.

Hope Delhi has started seeing rain which has provoked your thoughts ....Possible try sending some rain down south .....Chennai is still hot:)

Prateek Shah said...

'Thanks' Richa :) For your comments :) Considering you dont read too many blogs or post too many comments, i consider this a privilege :)

Prateek Shah said...

@ Poornima - Thanks a lot Poornima :) Well yes it is the rains that provoked me to write it. Now that u've told us, we'll send across the next set of showers we receive down South!

Tanvi said...

Nice poem Prateek! I liked the contrasting start and end of it very much. Din know u write poems. Will look fwrd to more of them

Dil Chahta hai ki ... jane bhi do yaro said...

in a way u have written a poem on one of my favorite topic "Rain". therefore i have more reasons to love ur post.v well description of the weather, we like it when water drops fall on us yet we cribe on the disadvantages that it brings along.still there is no weather better than Rain and no poem better than this one :)

Dil Chahta hai ki ... jane bhi do yaro said...

in a way u have written on one of my favorite subject "Rain". we like it when gentle water drops fall on us and yet we cribe abt the disadvantages that it brings along. still there is no weather better than rain and no poem better than this one. truly depicted

Archana Tomar said...

Neel Kamal ke Kavikar :)

Prateek Shah said...

@ Tanvi - Thank you very Much Tanvi :) Yeh poetry to college days se hi dekhte aa rahe hain, thought main bhi try kar lun :)

@ Jasleen - Oye Jassi! Dil kad lita! Ohh Papaji.. oh papaji..

@ AT - waah waah, kya baat hai :D

Akshoni said...

thats nicely written... rains are always weak point of everyone's life..but when it turn into disastrous situation then ... better not to say anything... but poem is cooll.. good going cheers

Roshmi Sinha said...

Wonderful!

Prateek Shah said...

@ Pournima - well yes rain is the weak point in that sense :) thanks for dropping by :)

@ Roshmi - Thanks :)

Sh@s said...

A mere 15minute of rainfall can create a mess and traffic jams on the Delhi roads. Despite that i love the rains. Pakodas and chai make it even more special and enjoyable.

Prateek Shah said...

@ Shas - well rains are like that. You may love them or hate them, but you cant avoid them :)

Aashi said...

now how did i miss out on this one... :|...newyz nicely captured sirji...very ur style :D..

n gr8 idea...me thinks me can get bak ol poems even if iv stopped for a while :D...cheers!!!

NJ said...

creativity at it's height :-)