On the eastern slopes, as the sun did fade
Stood my dozen sheep and I
They grazed- content, in the hillock's shade
None of them escaped my eye.
They were mine- in their golden fleece
I watched them meander with smiles - benign
My only friends among the trees
When for company, I would pine.
I loved the beasts with all my heart
And will continue to love them still
But oft I wonder - "If we were apart -
Would my sheep be happy still?"
The very thought fills me with dread
Love yearns to be reciprocated, yet -
As they walk happy, and far-away tread
They will, for love, remain ever in debt.
Love - I know, is to give and give
And expect nothing back.
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What business have you in the creative writing class The One With A Creative Edge, or I should say, The Second(was it?) Intelligent Boy of the Class?
ReplyDeleteHow CAN you?!
nice...
ReplyDeleteP.S. : a label of ghissai seems rather unnecessary, even with reference to the poem being written in class...
P.P.S. : the shameless copy is easier to understand than the original one...
@ Prachi,
ReplyDeleteLol. The titles second intelligent boy / Anirudh Jagannath are classy! We know now what we'd all have missed if we didn't opt for the course!
@ Ahuja,
I agree... Though it was a poem I needed to submit. So I thought it qualified. And of course, it's simpler. The author of the original 'Shepherd' has promised to dedicate a few hours of his valuable time in order to educate me about its meaning.
Stop Stop... aah! stop...baster, enough! Ok, here it goes.
ReplyDeleteThis comment was posted due to peer pressure by the man himself...
My only friends among the trees
ReplyDeleteWhen for company, I would pine...
beautiful expression....
@ Jetty,
ReplyDeleteI expect no more from a TOC member... And you chose to read it, even though Jha might have influenced that decision.
@ Rahul,
Thanks man! My favourite lines too :)
So this was the legendary meander leander poem ?
ReplyDeleteWow !! You deserve to be at least Ed-in-Chief of something like Wona !!
I like the poem.
ReplyDeleteThough it reminds me of the sheperd in 'The Alchemist'!
Kudos Anirudh!
@ Dang,
ReplyDeleteNice to see you here. Again. But 'leander meander'?? Really? But yes, thanks a lot!
@ PPT,
Thanks. Yes, I concede the idea of the sheep seems to have come from there... How else can you think of sheep within those 20 minutes?
I would have sued you for the name but the poem is so classy that I am morally compelled not to.
ReplyDeleteThe last lines strike a chord. Nice.
@ Vix-spaere,
ReplyDeleteThank you for not doing so. In fact, I half attribute it to you (apart from The Alchemist) that I thought of sheep and not dogs or frogs.
Thanks, again.
I really didn't have anything to comment on this poem. Until I saw that someone had liked this on google reader and that someone was our dear Moustached Marauder. :O
ReplyDeleteWhatever inspired you to write this?
@ Shreyas,
ReplyDeleteI must thank the Moustached Marauder for that!
As for the inspiration, I seriously have no idea... Though people have come up with varied theories ranging from 'The Alchemist' to 'Beta-House' and random heart-break.
Meander leander is something what i've come to know about the poem. People after your elective were so impressed with your vocab...that they actually said he used words like meander leander. And so follows the legend.
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