Love to touch

Velvet quilt

Riverside silt

Puppy’s nose

Baby’s toes

Boiled egg

Barbie’s leg

OPTIMISM

This day was night a few hours ago...

The raindrop was a cloud sometime ago...

Each butterfly was a caterpillar ten days ago...

Every full moon was new a fortnight ago...

This spring was winter a few months ago...

SMILING SKY

“Richard Of York Goes Battling In Vain”

Is what appears in the sky after rain.

Alter the initial letters ----and sure!

What you read is VIBGYOR.

The rainbow smiles in iridescent colours.

Cannot buy one with yens or dollars.

Beaming, shining and smiling rainbow

Drives away blues and sets hearts aglow.

Cat’s Desire

The cat’s fixed glance is on the hedged walk.

Expectations rise;… she stares like a hawk.

Her tail-tip twitches like the hand of a clock;

With elegance and caution, she is on the stalk.

The minutes of waiting are painful and long.

Short mews change to an evensong;

Her moment of desire is coming along

With the milkman’s jug going pling, pling, plong.

A lap here, a lick there; eyes tight shut;

Savouring all of the white tonic, but

Ears alert, paws ready, for a short-cut,

Lest comes chasing ,the dog called Nut.

ODE TO LIFE

Hum a hearty tune with me,
Hum a soulful tune of love;
Sing a song of breeze and sea,
Sing an ode to the peaceful dove.
Match a step with nature’s rhythm,
Dance in praise of the peacock bright.
Immerse every ill and boredom
Dance away to heart’s delight
Splash the russet hues of sunrise
On the canvas of your life.
Paint in it some shades of surprise.
Then sit back and play the fife.