By: Dr. Archan Mehta
Poem #1: Ex-Friend
We used to be good friends,
But now we no longer meet
And move around in different circles.
You smoke Cuban cigars
And drink the finest liquor:
I am still the gentle scholar,
Who wanted to be a writer.
Our friendship is no longer
What it used to be:
You started to complain about me
Behind my back
Saying how I was
Always busy with work
And had no time for you.
I was too detached to respond
And enjoyed a book and solitude.
I guess that’s it, ex-friend,
That’s all I have to say.
Our friendship was never
Meant to be.
Our past is history
Like an abandoned
Shark in the sea.
Poem #2: Moods of Death
Death announced its
Arrival this September
Curled up in bed
While you were asleep
And full of dreams
And left words and ideas unspoken
But death did not care for you
For death had other plans:
Death, you strummed a guitar
With your rough manners
You reminded me
Of a drunken sailor
Who was washed ashore
From the ocean and hit dry land
Only to fight in a bar
With sailor’s hands—
Death, you remind me of
A Gestapo general
Who commands forces of soldiers
And secretly rejoices
When others are hurt
Or in pain.
Death, to you, life is in vain
While you play a funeral call
And scare off the angels,
One by one. Death, you
Play with life, like
An addict plays with
A marijuana cigarette
And takes the last, long drag.
Poem #3: Literature
I do not know
When I fell
In love with you,
But something moved me,
I don’t know what,
But I felt the light
Touching my shoulder
Like the hand of God
And I felt like a feather
Floating in the wind.
I don’t know why I
Write these lines,
But something, somewhere, out there,
Compels me to write about
The human experience.
You had the beauty of light,
A light that screams at
The darkness and floods
The world with magic and mystery.
Meanwhile, your charm was not
Normal or conventional,
It was an eccentric charm,
But I loved your originality
And valued your uniqueness.
You could do no harm,
You fell from the planets and stars,
Of your own, free will:
Nothing could have prepared
Me to receive you:
It was like the feeling
Of holding a baby
In your arms
For the first time.
When I read you, finally,
Page by page, I shivered for
I could not breathe: it was
Like I had traveled to heaven
And returned to earth.
I was riding on a magic
Carpet with a lantern in hand,
Happy to be in a promised land.
Poem #4: Nostalgia?
Maybe memory does not
Travel that far: but
Long lost friends
And relatives
Emerge out of
The cobwebs of time and space.
Do you remember how
We pulled off that
Childish prank on our teacher?
How we danced like crazy
Well past midnight
Drinking beer and eating pizza?
How we cracked jokes
And laughed our troubles away?
Yes, those were the days.
Poem #5: Baby Love
Please
Don’t cry,
Sweet child,
What can I
Do to make
You feel happy?
How about an
Ice-cream cone?
Toys to play with?
What is your heart’s desire?
I want to be
A good provider
And take your pain away,
Banish your pain to
The other world,
And make you feel
Joyful again.
How about a teddy bear?
Or a Barbie doll?
Toy soldiers?
A game of hide-and-seek?
Please tell me what
I can do for you:
Maybe take you
To the zoo?
How about the fun
Rides in Disneyland?
How about cotton candy?
Or pizza-by-the-slice?
Do you prefer root beer?
I want to offer gifts
To you so that you
Feel on top of the world,
I want to wipe away
Every tear that falls
From your eyes
And replace those
Tears with sweet smiles.
Bio: Dr. Archan Mehta
Archan Mehta has earned a Ph.D. in Management. Currently, Dr. Mehta is a Consultant and Writer based in India who trains clients in Stress Management through the ancient practice of meditation.
Dr. Mehta’s articles and case studies have been featured in HR Future. HR Future is a leading HR magazine based in South Africa, sourced by prestigious ivy league schools in America (USA) like Harvard and Princeton.
In 1990, Dr. Mehta won a national award for a short story in Onlooker Magazine based in Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra, India. The Judge was the late, great Khushwant Singh, India’s celebrated Journalist, Editor, Author, and Columnist.
Dr. Mehta’s works have appeared in numerous publications:
- American Poetry Anthology
- Poets United to Advance the Arts
- The Times of India
- The Indian Express
- Mid-Day
- HR Future, Business Manager
- India Today
- Sportsweek
- The Statesman
- Ahmedabad Mirror
- All India Management Association
- People Matters
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Onlooker
Dr. Mehta is a member of several professional organizations, such as Society for Human Resource Management, Indian Society for Training and Development, Academy of HRD, Rural Marketing Association of India, Ahmedabad Management Association, Human Resource Association of India, Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences, National HRD Network and All India Management Association.
Dr. Mehta likes to stroll outdoors, listen to music, party with close friends, and read in his free time.
Please feel free to reach out to the poet at archanm@hotmail.com or through LinkedIn.
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Awesome nd heart touching poems… Arc ophan