Saturday, March 12, 2011

Giving & Living One Hundred Percent...



Written for Haiku Heights: Wings
and OSI: Passionate


My passion makes me
Flutter my wings and I fly
I am my thoughts..


Written for OSI:

Giving and Living One Hundred Percent..

My passion for writing..
Pulls me just to start it, and
Here I am without knowing
Where will it go
But then going it is
Having already done six lines
I am looking at seventh
And lo, this is eighth..
Your passion for reading
Brought you to tenth
And mine to write
Makes it a dear dozen
Yes, that’s what passion does
Passionate we, get carried away
Hoping for something interesting
Giving our best
Even to those things
Which we may initially
Appear undeserving
For such involvement
But then isn’t that how
We need to live
Giving one hundred percent
To every moment, passionately
Hoping for the good
For, if I have made it to
Living at an average of giving
Eighty percent to every moment
Then I wonder
In my Fifty years of living
I have lived only for forty years
Where did the ‘Ten’ go
And this makes me realize
That one needs to live fully
And that happens only
When one gives to each moment
From heart, mind and soul
Cherishing what then one receives,
One realizes that nothing
Sprinkled with passion
Ever goes waste
I gave my one hundred percent
When I started writing
Without any prior thoughts
Yet passion appears
To have pulled something
Which I always wanted to know
Haven't you too given
One hundred percent
When you began to read
For me it turned out interesting
For you…well, you know it..
I can certainly tell about myself
Yes, I am Happy
Now one thing that I am sure
About you here and now -
You are smiling…yes…

*****





And a Haiku too..for OSI..For Poetry Potluck


King’s passion: Non-veg.
Leaves of tree feel safe, Lion sits
Under their green shade..

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30 comments:

  1. BeyondMarch 13, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    while I started reading it I had this faint smile on and by the time I finished reading that smile widened.

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  2. NankaMarch 13, 2011 at 12:42 AM

    Wonderful rambling in the woods ;) and then the passion taking over RS!!
    Flap your wings and let your thoughts fly high as always RS!!

    Have a great day!!
    Cheers!!

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  3. anthonynorthMarch 13, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    Yes :-)
    Your thoughts certainly took flight.

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  4. Kodjo DeynooMarch 13, 2011 at 3:36 AM

    Rambling poems, I like the way you bring the reader in, and then all out with your thoughts

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  5. Harshad MehtaMarch 13, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    Wide smile-as I put this comments!

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  6. LisaMarch 13, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    I am smiling - YES. Nice work.

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  7. trishaMarch 13, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    loved the haikus and the poem. every big things start from a small beginning.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 13, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    we are our thoughts...so true!

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  9. RajlakshmiMarch 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    amazing writes ... loved the first one the most ... powerful one.

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  10. TweetyMarch 13, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    its so brilliant....and believe me even i am smiling after reading this :)

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  11. JingleMarch 13, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    thoughts do have wings, keep flying.

    superb Haiku.

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  12. AnonymousMarch 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    Always two hands full of air beneath your wings.

    Thank you for this escape. Please have a good new week.

    daily athens

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  13. ms pieMarch 13, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    as if we were talking back and forth sitting across from each other... yes, we are our thoughts... don't know why but i imagine the lion and the lamb

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  14. Uma AnandaneMarch 13, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    Lovely haiku followed by interesting poem!


    Hi,
    I have awarded you and hope you pick up your award at http://umaspoembook.blogspot.com/2011/03/exploring-poetry-couplets.html

    You deserve the best!

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  15. SandyCarlsonMarch 13, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Beautifully passionate!

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  16. Amanda MooreMarch 13, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    Passion can spur on that 100% you said it honestly and beautifully. Your wing Haiku was very lovely also.

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  17. Madeleine Begun KaneMarch 13, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    That was wonderful!

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  18. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallMarch 14, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    positive and fantastic.
    Smiles.

    A++

    Thanks for sharing...

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  19. AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    nice one ramesh though short! here's my potluck.. http://fiveloaf.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/cheesecake/

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  20. spiritsoflenaMarch 14, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Loved the last line of your haiku!

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  21. PremIMarch 14, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Still smiling..Great!

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  22. AnonymousMarch 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    So wonderful and clever. One line just pulled me right into the next.

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  23. MaggieMarch 14, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    100% Yes!

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  24. AmityMarch 14, 2011 at 11:10 PM

    *clap*....*clap*....*clap*!

    Very inspiring verses and your passion for writing really showed in your words here!

    Admirable thoughts Ramesh...keep sharing, your words mean so much to your readers like me!

    Passion in writing is simply a passion for the arts!

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  25. Uma AnandaneMarch 15, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    True..the passion of writing goes beyond the limit of our imagination.We have to just write...hmm..just type ;)

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  26. Tammie LeeMarch 15, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    your passion takes you to wonderful places.

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  27. PattiMarch 17, 2011 at 8:41 AM

    YOUR passion for writing is our gain! Thank you!!! I loved these lines:
    "In my Fifty years of living
    I have lived only for forty years
    Where did the ‘Ten’ go
    And this makes me realize
    That one needs to live fully
    And that happens only
    When one gives to each moment
    From heart, mind and soul"

    So very true... :)

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  28. UnknownMarch 17, 2011 at 3:17 PM

    Yes! My passion for writing and gardening are the same. I finally got my passion piece up:
    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2010/07/29/chocolate-erotic/

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  29. Vinay Leo R.March 21, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    ur haiku tells in 3 lines, as much about u as a whole profile page would, RS :) liked it!

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  30. OliviaMarch 25, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    I loved these..

    The Haiku was splendid! I am my thoughts..

    The long poem is a killer. You have rightly summed up what Passion indeed makes us do! I realized it back in my childhood when I used to just get doused in painting things or writing.. the tradition continues.. :)

    Hugs n wishes xoxox

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