AtreyaSarma Uppaluri Poems

When man doesn’t booze
It’s virtue
When girl boozes
It’s freedom!
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[A saint and mystic Sai Baba, so famous for his simplicity, miracles and help to the needy and the faithful lived in India in the 19th-20th century. A grand shrine came up in Shiridi, the centre of his life and activities, in Maharashtra state in India which attracts millions of devotees from all over the globe and throughout the year.]

A born ascetic but ageless
With a sway over the elements
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The college ragger was sinister
Any new girl he’d surely blister
He pawed the lanky girl
The black belt made a twirl
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Tomato is both a fruit and a vegetable
Without it, is never complete our table
Ripe or unripe, it has its refreshing taste
A life without tomatoes is sheer waste
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A swain named U Atreya Sarma
How he wished to be a snake charmer!
But his skin wasn’t thick.
Struck him a whim so slick:
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My name etched in sand yonder
Has been washed out, to no wonder
Un-bonded sands have a loose way.
So the un-kind waters swept it away
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She is so ravishing,
Her very thought: lavishing
Without her company: it’s languishing
If she’s away for a week, it is anguishing
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You’ve in you something luring and unique.
A daylong stroll with you to the cool creek
Through thick verdant and fragrant sunlit woods
Ensconces me into ecstatic moods.
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Jesus’ birth on this earth brought so much mirth;
His life was to unearth man’s innate worth
And teach love and peace to humanity.
Christmas gives us a sense of sanity.
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If something was there, I would undertake a walk
However long or arduous. I wouldn’t e’er balk
In search of a poet like you so romantic
For I believe in your pen, as it’s authentic
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