April

April is the kindest month
Sending sweet Thames,
Softly running,
From the heavens
Stabbing March's thirst 
With an audible gasp
Chaucer said so

April is the cruellest month
Dragging lazy lilacs
To the earth's surface
Churning unkindly memories
and futile desires,
Stuffing stubborn roots
With springish Adam's ale
Polluted Thames falling purified
Eliot said so

Aprill is a misspelt month
I wonder why poets use it so
The only thing I like of it -
The gentle song of spring
Who'd say no?

Scot and Ned

 (A One Act Play)

Act I
Scene : An imaginary place
 
Enter Scot.

Scot         : Oh. [Clears throat] Hullo?

Silence.

Scot         : Anyone here?

Silence.

Scot         : [Aloud] What am I supposed to do?

Silence.

Scot         : [Louder] Excuse me, but can anyone tell me what I  
     gotta do now? Cause I'm so not gonna wait for Godot.

Silence. 

Scot         : Okay, who's typing this drama?

Silence.

Scot         : [Angrily] I know there's some chap writing this... Don't
  you dare think I can't hear you and you can't hear me.

Silence.  

Scot         : [Annoyed] The title says there's a Ned as well. Where's
  he? [Silence.] I'd like to see him, give him a piece of my mind.... [Silence.] Aaargh! [Furious] I'm leaving! [Silence.] Whatever![Silence.] 

Exit Scot.    

After a few moments - 

Exit Silence.

Fini.




Moral: Enjoy the silence.

    

A World Called Laughter

Ha!
Laugh out!
Look at yourself, walking on the sky!
You are now King of all that you dreamt

No one's there to bring you down to earth - 
No one's here to tell you be real
No one will suggest you laugh with the volume down

This is your moment! Laugh it out in a smile of a rainbow! 
Cause from where you stand upside down, 
Those seven colours smile back at you
Every step you take explodes in colour!

Don't be afraid to look down - 
All that's there is a cloud,
Another cloud,
A big, big blue sky, 
And the merry black pupil 
Of the outside universe 
Watching you happily 
Laugh!

At last, 
After hearing those cliché phrases
So many times
And wriggling them out of stubborn memory
And cementing them into those answer sheets - 
At last,
You can see the truth of it!
The 'seventh heaven'!
Standing on 'cloud nine'!
You're there now!
Laugh!