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‘In silent sufferance’ – Plane and simple


‘In silent sufferance” is the fortnightly theme on S&Co. and this is my contribution.

Eleven long hours its been,
Since the shores of my homeland seen

The inflight music, an incessant drone
Someone, lend me an ear-phone!

I stretch, I bend, and wince and moan,
Muffled sounds, I piteously groan

I turn to my left, and then to my right,
Arrrgh! This is one horrible night!

Until finally, with valour I stare
At the pot-bellied man, who polished his fare!

He looks at me, lets a toothy smile,
Phew! That gust of wind smells vile!!

The aloo-tikki has done its job
That awful mooli on the hob!

With a happy ‘Burrrrp’, he rubs his tummy
Winks at me, and asks ‘Some rummy?’

I weakly smile, pretend I’m homesick
In unstated misery, I see my watch tick

When? Oh when..will this journey end
Oh! Run for cover! He’s going to bend!

How I wish I could summon the crew
And have thrown this monster, into the loo!

Or push him out of the aircraft? Don’t!!
I would if I could, but I can’t so I won’t!

Please let me know what you think. I think it needs a lot of re-work. Editing, Tweaking, whatever. Suggestions/critique eagerly sought 🙂

30 replies on “‘In silent sufferance’ – Plane and simple”

Good one Pal!
You know right? I’m your biggest fan when it comes to your poetry and short stories!! 🙂 🙂

Me: Pixu, you are a little darling! Seriously! thank you 🙂 So glad we are friends!

So you were the pretty one sitting on my right
I thought you looked a little bit dazed and uptight
reason I gave you that toothy smile to say it’s alright
now that you’ve said what you thought I feel contrite.

Pallavi, just beautiful. Perfect! 🙂

Me: Thank you, PRG, for that lovely verse! So now I know which flights I must avoid 😉

I didn’t know that I made you so annoyed
so as to plan what flights you should avoid
you have completely my self esteem destroyed
I am reduced to something less than an android. 😦

Me: LOL! Wish I could come up with a 4-liner, or even a 2-liner to respond to that!

before I say nething … what is S & Co. ??

Me: Ooops..sorry, should have made that clearer. Its an informal writer’s forum called Shakespeare and Co, hosted on Ryze network. And you must see the quality of writing there…mind-blowing! I feel intimidated to even post a comment on their work!

ROFL 😀 Nice work, Pal. Humour in verse, not an easy job that. esp liked the line “Oh! Run for cover! He’s going to bend!” 😀

Me: Glad you liked it, Dreamer! Thank u so much 🙂

🙂 LOL 😆
I love rhymes that are fun…!!
Yeah, each and every one 🙂

Mooli parathas have a bad name
Rajma and Chole have similar fame?
But the paranthas are yum
Superb slurrrrpy ekdum!!
Only when the finger licking is done 😆
Like musical pipes and rolling drum
Every morsel relished better than whiskey or rum
Wants to announce it’s presence from the tum 😉
Ah then the real celebrations begin!
Why does good taste,
On the way to becoming a waste
Feel like such a sin 😈
Pass another one please,
Add some gobhi and green peas 🙂

Me: LOL! Wow! Did you write that in a jiffy? That’s cool, IHM!

LOL 😆 Gud one Pal 🙂

Me: LOL 🙂 Once, there was this lady on the flight, and every time she opened her mouth, I would want to die!!

I love to read poetry… but am bad at being a critique 🙂

Me: And I don’t even like poetry. I like rhymes and fast-paced poems, though, but simply cannot stand what they call ‘free verse’. 🙂

Thanks for visiting my blog 🙂

The poem dint look like one written based on a theme.. It was so lively and had a natural flow. Congratulations 🙂

Me: Thank you for returning the visit, G3. Will be regular on your blog hereafter 🙂 And thank you very much for your words of appreciation 🙂

adutha TR udhayamaagitaanga pola 😀
(not sure if u know tamil..next TR on the rising 😀 cha..major sundarrajan mathiri aidichi 🙂 )

is this one wrote on a theme!! 2 gud

Me: Che! Poyium poyium TRaaa? Yes, this is on a theme 🙂

enga thaanai thalaivar TRku ennaga kuraichal…agila ulaga TR rasigarmanram mumbai kilai saarbaaga ithai naan vanmaiyaaga aatchebikiren

Me: LOL 🙂 🙂 No comments 😉

Seeing a poem I got serious and then you turned it into Laugh riot … 😀 easier to read a humorous poem ….

Me: Thank you so much, Dman. I don’t like serious stuff at all 🙂

Dont doubt, Pal – This poem is indeed a very gud one !!!

BTW, how have u been ??? Its been a long time in Bloggy world, for me. Just finished reading all your blogs, which I missed here. Belated Happy Birthday to your little Aladin FAN !!!! The TAG was interesting and the Dentist episode was super funny !!!! Did u go for the next appt ??? Pl make sure they do the right tooth, this time.

Me: Thank you for missing me, Ums! I’ve been away too, and just managed to respond to all these lovely comments!

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