“Hey Shail,” they tell me,
“You are too cheeky!
Your blogs are not funky
They are too long and unwieldy.
Have a heart for fellow bloggers
Don’t hit the hapless surfers
Give them time for breathers
Why punch the poor blighters??
Girl do slow down some
Learn from us what’s awesome
Don’t make any more bloopers
Reform, and get more readers!”
Rolling my eyes discreetly
I smile and reply sweetly
‘Hey Amar Akbar Antony
For my pleasure I blog solely
The web has blogs aplenty
So why not choose wisely??
Those that find it stuffy
May please leave kindly”
“Shame on you dear lady
Can’t you be more friendly
Why are you on the net
If you can’t connect??!
Why make your blog public
And then act eccentric
Comments are the bricks
Websites grow with clicks!”
I gnash my teeth in ire
Though I am no spitfire
Lost on the many advisers
Who are but ‘virtual’ strangers!
Maverick I am
Why should I conform??
I use this platform
To record my brainstorm!!
– Shail Mohan (Jan 2009)
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hehe Soooooooo sweet… A sweet rhyme that says things that are in your heart 😀 Nice one 🙂
Thanks da Bubbly! 😛
True… 🙂
Now Diwakar, this is confusing. WHAT is true?? :O
ha ha.
Thats too good Shail. So Original too.
-Ru 🙂
Hey Ruben, glad you liked it!! 😉
Yiay! Be yourself. lady! That’s the way to be…at least on blogs :)))
‘Be yourself’ is my mantra Ganga, on blogs and off! 😉
ha, ha! Nice poem, Shail!
Why should anyone conform to other people’s ideas as to what is suitable or not?
In any case a natural profile is much more appealing than a mask. 🙂
Thank you Manju! 😀 Yeah, why indeed?! I’d choose ‘natural’ any day over a mask!
LOL! Now that’s a nice spin on Hey Jude. 😉
Ooops! Don’t even know that one OJ. Let me google it!
“Why should I conform??”
that one line sums up the whole poem..
blogs r a platform to unleash ur creative freedom..you can post whatever u like..and u can never be told what u should do..and there are no set standards for it..
just loved the poem…great!
Thanks Praveen. I agree with that totally, no set standards and creative freedom! 🙂
the ONE poem, which i understood COMPLETELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOOD ONE!!!!!
Haha Swathi, I am glad!! 😛 So you aren’t poetry=challenged after all!! Then I bet you will also enjoy the one posted at multiply.com! 😉
This is a good one. “Why are you on the net if you can’t connect” – that is a real spontaneous rhyme 🙂
But really, did anyone actually tell that about your blog? I am sure everbody feels that your blog is one of the most fascinating ones around 🙂
Shhhh… of course someone did tell me!! 😉 Anyway thanks Roopa, for that ‘one of the most fascinating ones around’ bit. I am thrilled. 😀
Oh u jus enlightedned me Shail! Now i know what to tell them! 🙂
Hey Shaili, you go tell them girl! 😉
Shail, I have linked to this delightful post of yours from my latest blogpost. I hope you don’t mind.
Not at all Manju! You are welcome! 🙂
Shail I don’t find your blog unwieldy
Its sweet and gentle, not cheeky
Its yours, totally for your own pleasure
About detractors, just don’t bother
If you dance a happy jig, they say be still
If you’re angry, they say take it easy, just chill
They dish out loads of unwanted advice
All for the sole pleasure of watching tempers rise
Don’t worry be happy and gay
Chaddoji Log Kuch to Kahengey
Wow, comment in verse. Loved it, Ritu. Especially, ‘Chaddoji Log Kuch to Kahengey’!! But it sure gives something to blog about, don’t you think??!! 😉
Wow!What a way to get back at your detractors!great,shail…simply loved reading your poem.I wish I were as poetically diplomatic:))
Please keep blogging.I,for one,really look forward to reading your posts eagerly and I’m sure there are others too.
Thank you Deeps for the lovely comment. Hmm… was I diplomatic?? Hmmm… hope the detractors think so too! 😉
Hi Shail mam,
WARM WISHES TO YOU & YOUR FAMILY! HAVE A JOYOUS “MAKAR SANKRANTI”
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Thanks Vikram! Wish you the same (very late huh??).
Do you really get advise??? No body says anything to me! I would love to receive some advise, Shail it shows someone is reading with a lot of interest ….. but I agree with you, our blogs are a part of what we are, they show how we think …
Enjoyed reading this 🙂
You’d be surprised to know IHM that I do. If you have gone through the link I have provided above you know its an occupational hazard with me. Sigh, maybe its my face! 😦
I don’t need you to worry for me cause I’m alright
I don’t want you to tell me it’s time to come home
I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
(I never said you had to)
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
(I never said)
I still belong, don’t get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
Immortal(!) lines from Billy Joel Check out the video.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3enjfQyuE
PRG, just watched the video. Lovely! 🙂
super !!!!
for my pleasure I blog solely !!!
really nicely done !
Thanks Dhiren for the appreciation! 🙂
Attagirl, Shail, that’s the stuff
Blog about it — even in a huff
If they don’t like
They can take a hike
Or else, shove it up their chuff!
Gulshan, there you are with another wonderful limerick! 🙂 But I am shaking my head in disbelief coz the spam filter caught your comment!! :O I told it off properly and made it promise me that it wouldn’t do it again!
Attagirl, Shail, that’s the stuff
Blog about it, even in a huff
If they don’t like
They can take a hike
Or else, shove it up their chuff!
Fantastic!
And you dont need readers. We need you. How happy I am to reach u today after a lot of hopping arounds. read your poetry its so cool. Love it. Finally, you are blogrolled and why did I not do it before?
Of coz you are a Maverick and much loved for the same reason.
Mini, what a sweet thing to say. Glad I am anchored well or would have floated away! And thaanks for blogrolling, am honored! 🙂
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I can relate a lot to this..I read many blogs,regularly,even yours .but don’t comment everytime,bcoz i feel i ahve nothing more to add..Then I feel “she is my friend and will she feel bad if i don’t comment and if i don’t comment how will she know that i visited and if she don’t realize that i did visit,will she come to my blog etc etc etc etc…lol..
You have a great blog Shail..Keep writing..Good day
Thank you Nimmy. I know what you mean! 🙂 I blog hop a lot but leave without commenting coz I have nothing more to add or other comments have already mentioned it and it has been replied to even. I do want to appreciate some well written ones and a mere ‘kudos’ or ‘excellent’ or ‘I agree’ seems trite. I wish other places had the system of recommending or voting that you have over at sulekha.com to let the blogger know that you have read and you appreciate.
Shail your lovely poem has generated, so many more rhymes!
Came again to see what’s new, guess I will have to come many times 🙂
Why not one from you IHM?? 🙂
Great! Way to go girl
Give them this, and watch them whirl;
Fear not, they’ll come back for that twirl
Of joy, fun and laughter, for your blog’s a pearl 🙂 !!
Lol. Do excuse me, could not help but pitch in with that bit of rhyme:)
It’s darned infectious.
I love the spirit that shared this rhyme!!
The ‘girl’ is twirling and whirling over being called a pearl! 😀 Am thrilled at the response verses from you, Ritu and Gulshan of course always replies in limerick form, the genius! And ahh the spirit, yes I wish to preserve that spirit forever in me. Thanks Usha.
Just what I have to say to you!
What Rhett?? That I have to ‘reform’?? 😦 😉
That was awesome shail!!! Chuckled my way through it 🙂
Thank you Arch! Glad you had a good chuckle. Junjun is no less when it comes to giving entertainment to your readers! 😀
HRP says:
“Maverick I am
Why should I conform??
I use this platform
To record my brainstorm!!”
Keep them brainstorms acoming, maverick!
Please.
Bob
Lol. Thanks Bob. I knew you’d say that! 🙂
Hi Shail,
Had a great laugh!
That was a superlative effort to write a poem that was perfectly understood by poetry-challenged folks like me (and, by her own admission, Swathi above).
Cheers,
Sal
Hey Sal, glad I could evoke laughter. Hmmm… to tell you the truth, I am just trying my hand at humor in poetry. I know, Swathi is absolutely thrilled. Thank you.
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Only a smile Kannan?? Where are the wisecracks?? 😛