{"id":34,"date":"2008-09-11T11:02:16","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-02-06T21:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T02:51:03","slug":"our-poetry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry","title":{"rendered":"Our poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p>A collection of our thoughts, expressed in rhyme!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/they-are-not-gone\">They are not gone..<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/for-usha-on-my-60th\">for Usha &#8211; only 60th<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/on-our-34th-wedding-anniversary\">On our 34th Wedding Anniversary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/looking-for-love-a-memory-from-a-long-lost-day\">In search of love ( a memory from a long-lost day)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/in-praise-of-mothers-love\">In Praise of A Mother&#8217;s Love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/time-the-aloof-one-in-hindi\">Time &#8211; the aloof one! (in Hindi)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/in-praise-of-time-our-dear-old-friend\">In Praise of Time, Our Dear Old Friend<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/to-make-a-friend\">To make a friend (in Hindi)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-glory-of-love\">The glory of love (in Telugu)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/imagination\">I<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/imagination\">magination<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/big-versus-small-is-it-relevant\">Big versus small &#8211; is it relevant?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/music-and-the-joy-of-creation\">Music and the joy of creation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/walking-snowy-with-my-partner-my-love-my-wife\">Walking Snowy \u2013 with my partner, my love, my wife<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/in-praise-of-friendship\">In praise of friendship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%bc%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%95%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bc%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%96%e0%a4%a4waqt-ki-nazaakhat\">Waqt Ki Nazaakhat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/in-praise-of-my-guru\">In praise of my Guru<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/loss-and-love-a-resonance-remembering-those-who-were-here-but-alas-no-more\">Loss and love &#8211; a resonance (remembering those who were here, but alas, no more)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/freedom\">Freedom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/innocence-the-child-and-the-truly-free-spirit\">Innocence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/tired-but-triumphant\">Tired, but triumphant!<\/a>\u00a0<em>(written in response to a comment made by a friend from high school days &#8211; Swarupa)<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=293\">Peace &#8211; A Planet Too Far<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=287\">The true value of love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"in passing..\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In passing &#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Summarizing the book - To Kill a Mockingbird\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A sonnet by Lalit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Alone\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A moment too soon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=102\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A moment too soon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Losing myself\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Losing myself<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A moment, a lifetime\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=95\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A moment, a lifetime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A relationship &#8211; blossomed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In praise of love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome to a new moment in time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Life, Family and the world\u2019s bounty<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confusion, and peace!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Poetry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paranoia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A thought for my love\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A thought for my love<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My life &#8211; a stairway to infinity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-musicians-path\">The Musician&#8217;s Path<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-weather-inside\">The Weather Inside<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-calm-must-enter\">The Calm Must Enter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/my-feline-friend-through-whiskered-eyes\">My Feline Friend<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/snowy-my-tintin-pup\">Snowy &#8211; my Tintin Pup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/ode-to-akira-my-silken-sprite\">Ode to Akira &#8211; my Silken Sprite!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/truth-in-emptiness\">Truth in Emptiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/a-poem-for-kruthi-and-deepak\">A Poem for Kruthi &amp; Deepak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/for-arghya-and-pranav\">For Arghya and Pranav<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/a-leafs-magic\">A Leaf&#8217;s Magic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collection of our thoughts, expressed in rhyme! 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