An Animal with Two Tails (A poem for children) "Mummy, I saw an animal in the Zoo, Perhaps you've seen it too, He was huge and fat, Many times...Read more
Raghavendran Ramachandra Rao
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A retired central government official, aged 86 years, living in Bangalore. Been writing poems - free verse, rhyming and unrhyming - for many years. Love to receive comments.
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The Cruel Winter The cold descends from snow-clad mountains Like water that does from the fountains, It spreads slowly across the...Read more
Lament of a fallen feather Alas, What a fate has befallen me! Stuck among the dying leaves And the swaying branches, I keep sighing, Looking at the ...Read more
Who is Truly Blind? Blind there are of two kinds- The one who with aid walks Or by one helped oft, Who truly cannot see, Deprived o...Read more
When I was born, When I happened to be a girl, When it so happened I was the second one, When all resented me except my mother, When it was first deci...Read more
Daddy, teach me how to swim, It's not just a whim, I want to tour the sea And see all the creatures there be. I want to see the Sea King In whose pal...Read more
What We Owe to Nature In our worldly life that we lead There often comes a need To seek help of some kind To which we ourselves bind; We owe someone...Read more
"Slow and Steady wins the race", It's what the old proverb says, I believe it's totally true And don't hold a contrary view. Time-tested truth it ...Read more
"Que Sera, Sera" is a song of yester year, Have you ever heard it, my dear, It says what it is going to be- "Whatever will be, will be". If you are ...Read more
A Bird, Google and a Smart Phone The young bird held the mobile phone Which she had bought on EMI and loan, Sold during half sale or quarter sale s...Read more
Give Peace A Chance Oh, Man! Let human beings be At peace, Know’st not thou That this world Neither is thine Nor mine. We abide here At His pleasure...Read more
He sat with his unblinking eyes Glued to the blue screen of small size, Lost to the world he was living in, Unconscious of the surrounding din. The ...Read more
This poem was written by me long ago (2022) and posted on All poetry.com along with many other poems. I am posting this on this website again to eli...Read more
.When my eyes can no longer see, When the songs of birds from the tree My aged ears cannot hear It is time for me to disappear.
O! Echo, where art thou? Thou echo'st every sound, how? Thou repeated me in the vacuous hall, Not just words, even my foot fall. From atop the moun...Read more
In the course of Trojan War, Achilles takes Briseis, a princess, captive after killing all members of the royal family and brings her with him as a t...Read more
Corruption Guffawed Corruption loud and clear, Said he, "I have no fear, I dare anyone to touch me However powerful may be, he or she. No one s...Read more