Song of a Dew Drop: Dew Drop

By Sudarsan Prasad

Poetry is nothing but the beauty of a tender thought expressed in the language of the heart. As a heart fills with love and flows out as the charmed word, poetry touches everyones heart irrespective of races and cultures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Oct 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482856842

Sudarsan Prasad

Dr Sudarsan Damodar Prasad (Born 22nd Jan 1952) has been associated with National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India(NCL) and retired in 2012 as a senior principal scientist. Has been a National Science Talent Search Scholar throughout his academic life culminating in a PhD from NCL/Pune University. Also has been a postdoc with the University Of Copenhagen as a DANIDA fellow. Honored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, Royal Society- London, he is a widely travelled person, which shaped his literary sensibilities.

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CONTENTS

INSPIRATIONAL POEMS

•   SONG OF A DEW DROP (1)

•   ONE STEP AT A TIME (2)

•   THE PEN FOR THE SWORD! (3)

•   LIVING FOR OTHERS (4)

•   THE TREASURES OF THE MIND (5)

•   DONATE BLOOD! (6)

•   TWO THINGS CAN OUTGROW A MAN (7)

LIFE - ITS MOMENTS

•   IN THE NICK OF TIME (1)

•   I TEACH IN SILENCE (2)

•   GREETINGS, OH LADIES! (3)

•   A GOOD PAIR OF SHOES (4)

•   AS IS YOUR SIGHT (5)

•   THE LURKING SPIRIT (6)

•   WHAT I BELIEVE (7)

•   MOMENT’S GLORY (8)

•   BEETHOVEN’S 9Th SYMPHONY (9)

•   TWO DEAD BUTTERFLIES * (10)

•   LOVE YOU SUMAN (11)

•   A NEW DAY, A NEW HOPE (12)

•   ROWER OF THE BOAT! (13)

•   THE TREE OF LIFE! (14)

•   A NEW YEAR’S WISH (15)

•   I WANT TO LOVE, I WANT TO LIVE! (16)

•   PEBBLES AND STONES (17)

•   AT THE MOUNTAIN TOP (18)

•   THE METAMORPHOSIS (19)

•   WISE INDEED IS THE ONE (20)

•   THE CHILD AS THE FATHER (21)

•   THE LAST ABORIGINAL (22)

•   WELCOME VISITOR! (23)

•   DESIRE’S DISGRACE (24)

•   MIRTH AND SORROW (25)

•   THE SHEPHERD’S GESTURE (26)

•   WHEN THE WORLD TESTS MY PATIENCE! (27)

•   ONE DAY IN THE LIFE (28)

•   YOUR BATTLES ARE NO LONGER YOURS (29)

•   A HEADY BIT OF BUNGEE JUMPING (30)

•   ATTITUDE (31)

•   I MAY BE LYING IN THE GUTTER … BUT (32)

•   A MARVEL CALLED LOVE, A MARVEL CALLED LIFE (33)

•   BECAUSE YOU LIVED! (34)

•   WHEN ILLNESS STRIKES! (35)

•   I REMAIN FIXED ON A THOUGHT (36)

•   AN EVERYDAY TALE (37)

•   ALL CARDS ARE MARKED (38)

•   WHY DO YOU WANT TO MAIM? (39)

•   THE STORM HAS BLOWN OVER (40)

•   GO AWAY, YOU DIRTY BLUES! (41)

•   MORE FOR YOU (42)

•   A COW GIRL POET (43)

•   I LEFT MY EGO (44)

•   LONG IS THE NIGHT (45)

LOVE POEMS

•   LOVE’S MOTTO (1)

•   ODE TO A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN! (2)

•   I LOVE MY NEIGHBOUR (3)

•   AFTER THE SUNSET! (4)

•   I LOVED YOU (5)

•   LOVE IS NOT BLIND! (6)

•   LOVE THY NEIGHBOR! (7)

•   THE DAY WHEN A PAIR OF BIRDS NESTED! (8)

•   AN ANCIENT BRIDGE CALLED LOVE (9)

•   WHAT BEGAN AS FRIENDSHIP! (10)

•   TO MY BELOVED! (11)

•   WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LOVE A TOTAL STRANGER! (12)

•   YOU AND ME (13)

•   WHEN LOVE WOKE ME UP! (14)

•   HUG YOU, LOVE YOU! (15)

•   SWEET KISSES NEVER SEAL THE FATE OF LOVE! (16)

•   CLOSER TO MY HEART, MY LOVE! (17)

•   WIPE YOUR TEAR! OH SWEET SISTER! (18)

•   LOVE IS BLIND (19)

•   A TENDER CARESS! (20)

•   LOVE BLOOMS (21)

•   LOVE AND KISSES (22)

•   FRIENDS ARE FOREVER! (23)

•   HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! (24)

•   THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART! (25)

•   TO A HUMMING BIRD (26)

•   YOU ARE IN LOVE! (27)

•   LOVE AND HATE (28)

•   BEFORE THE DAY FADES OUT (29)

•   THE ANGEL HAS FLOWN! (30)

•   I AM THE PRINCE CHARMING (31)

•   MY BELOVED, MY GODDESS! (32)

•   I LONG FOR THAT LOOK (33)

SPIRITUAL VEIN

•   FREE LIKE A BIRD (1)

•   WHEN A SHAFT OF LIGHT HIT MY SOUL! (2)

•   WHEN A LOTUS BLOOMED! (3)

•   THE WHITE LILY HAD TO BEAR BLOOD RED STAINS (4)

•   GOOD SOULS AND GOOD SMILES! (5)

•   GOD IS ALL AROUND ME! (6)

•   SMALL, SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS! (7)

•   THE GODDESS’S EYES (8)

•   AUGUST CHRYSANTHEMUMS (9)

•   GREAT PEOPLE SHINE FROM AFAR (10)

•   GOD: HIS JUSTICE (11)

•   WHEN THERE IS A SHOWER OF BLESSINGS! (12)

•   GOD WANTS TO PROVE A POINT! (13)

•   AN EARNEST PRAYER! (14)

•   MY GODDESS - MY BELOVED! (15)

•   HYMN TO THE RISING SUN! (16)

•   WHEN A PRAYER HAS POWER (17)

•   BUDDHA’ S NIGHT OF ILLUMINATION! (18)

•   HYMN TO THE SUN-GOD (19)

•   INSPIRATION TO PEN (20)

•   ONE MORSEL OF FOOD - NEARER TO GOD! (21)

•   THE FRAGRANCE OF VIRTUE (22)

•   THE BATTLE BEGINS (23)

•   A SIMPLE PRAYER TO GODDESS! (24)

•   ONE OF HIS KIND (25)

•   THE GODDESS OF GOODNESS! (26)

FANTASY

•   IF RAIN DROPS WERE TEARS (1)

•   A STAR IS BORN! (2)

•   TWO BROTHERS (3)

•   WELCOME AN IDEA! (4)

•   I BECAME A SHADE OF HAPPINESS (5)

•   A RAY WINDS ITSELF (6)

•   CHASE A BUTTERFLY! (7)

•   THE ENCHANTED MOMENT! (8)

•   THE SWING! (9)

•   THE LIMITLESS SKY BECKONS (10)

•   WHEN HOPES SOAR (11)

•   ONE BIRD TOLD ANOTHER! (12)

•   I KNOW THE ONE WHO WILL OPEN HEAVEN’S DOOR (13)

•   HIDE AND SEEK (14)

•   THE DARKEST HOUR IS OVER! (15)

•   IT IS GOING TO BE A BUMPY NIGHT (16)

•   WHEN ONE THOUGHT OF SOLACE (17)

•   HOPE IS REBORN (18)

•   A FAIRY LAND BECKONS (19)

•   I LONG FOR YOUR CARESS (20)

•   YOU MAY LEAD A HORSE TO WATER (21)

•   I SHUDDER AT THE THOUGHT (22)

•   GRACE FLOWERS (23)

•   BRIDGES MADE OF LIGHT (24)

•   A LONE SENTINEL! (25)

•   FAIRY TALES ARE MORE REAL! (26)

•   I BURY MY HOPES EVERYNIGHT! (27)

•   HAPPINESS AT WHAT PRICE? (28)

•   THE HALL OF MIRRORS (29)

•   THE WISE PRISONER (30)

•   HOW STRANGE IS THIS BIRD OF COMPASSION! (31)

•   WISHES AND HOPES (32)

NATURE’S LAP

•   ODE TO THE VANISHING TIGER! (1)

•   LOVE YOU, LITTLE SNOWFLAKE! (2)

•   HYMN TO THE MONSOON-GODDESS! (3)

•   THE HOUR OF SPLENDOUR AND GLORY (4)

•   THE FIRST RAIN DROPS! (5)

•   WELCOME SNOW (6)

•   A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN! (7)

•   ADORE YOU! OH, LITTLE FLOWER! (8)

•   THE WONDROUS SEA (9)

•   MORNING GLORY- EVERY MORN YOU GREET ME! (10)

•   A ROSE PETAL BORE A TEAR (11)

•   TALL GRASS AND PRICKLY WEEDS (12)

•   WAITING FOR THE DAWN (13)

•   ONE ROSE AND ANOTHER (14)

•   WE LIVE ONLY ONCE (15)

•   THE FIRST WHISPER (16)

•   FIRE, OH, FIRE! (17)

•   A MOTHER BIRD HAS LANDED (18)

•   A COOL MORNING (19)

•   AN EARLY SPRING! (20)

•   WELCOME Oh, GODDESS OF SPRING (21)

•   PRAYER TO SUN (22)

•   GREET THE SUN, GREET THE MORN! (23)

•   A BUD AND A FLOWER! (24)

•   IN MOTHER NATURE’S LAP (25)

•   THE SEA IS SERENE (26)

•   CAN I BORROW A SMILE FROM YOU, MY SUN! (27)

•   SUNSHINE AFTER THE BRIEF SHOWER (28)

•   ONE FLOWER SMILES BETTER THAN THE OTHER? (29)

•   ICE PRINCESS, WHEN WILL YOU HANG ICICLES? (30)

•   BLESSINGS OF A GOLDEN DAWN (31)

•   ONE DROP OF RAIN FILLED A FLOWER BOWL! (32)

•   FROM THE DEPTHS OF AN OCEAN (33)

•   EAGER FOR THE FIRST BREAK OF THE DAWN (34)

•   HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE THE PRINCESS? (35)

•   THE SUN HAS COME OUT! (36)

•   THEY REAPPEAR AS SMILING FLOWERS! (37)

•   CALM AFTER THE STORM! (38)

•   THE WEEPING WILLOWS (39)

•   A LITTLE SUNSHINE (40)

•   WHAT MAKES YOU BLOOM, OH, CACTUS? (41)

CHILDREN

•   THANK GOD FOR LITTLE GIRLS! (1)

•   DRAGONFLIES AND BUTTERFLIES (2)

•   INNOCENCE’S BEST FACES (3)

•   THE DAY I MET A HAPPY CHILD! (4)

•   AN ANGELIC SMILE (5)

•   BLESS A CHILD (6)

•   I TALK WITH A LITTLE ICON OF LOVE! (7)

•   A BUNDLE OF JOY! (8)

•   ODE TO A SWEET NIECE (9)

•   ARCHANA’S BIRTHDAY (10)

•   CHILDREN, CHILDREN EVERY WHERE! (11)

•   MY SWEET, LITTLE GODDESS, JOSEPHINE! (12)

HOMAGE TO COURAGE

•   MICE AND MEN (1)

•   LIVE AND LET LIVE! (2)

•   HUNGER RAISES ANGER! (3)

•   WHEN THE WORLD IS BURNING (4)

•   A GRAVE WHISPERS! (5)

•   A LEADER IS BORN (6)

•   RISE! OH, MOTHER INDIA! (7)

•   THE SLEEPING WARRIER (8)

•   HOMAGE TO COURAGE! (9)

•   REVOLUTION BEGINS WITH A TEAR DROP (10)

•   CALL TO BATTLE STATIONS (11)

•   WHEN YOUR SHIP IS ON FIRE! (12)

•   HAIL MOTHER INDIA! (13)

•   Oh, DARE DEVIL (14)

FESTIVAL

•   DELIGHT IN THE AIR - ONAM FESTIVAL (1)

•   A WHITE CHRISTMAS (2)

•   HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOTHER INDIA! (3)

•   HOURS TO GO FOR X’MAS (4)

•   THE STAR HAS RISEN! (5)

•   WHEN YOU WELCOME THE XMAS MORN (6)

•   SANTA RIDES A HAPPY WAVE! (7)

•   HAPPY HOLI! (8)

EPILOGUE

•   LIKE FATHER -LIKE