Welcome to Raja's Pretension Palace... for those in relentless pursuit of eternal damnation

To seek asylum here, thy shall embrace HIS MAJESTY's opinions as laws and thy shall never commit those sins that HIS MAJESTY forbids!!!

"And if you listen very hard the tune will come to you at last" - Led Zeppelin (from the song "Stairway To Heaven")

I write poems sometimes... when I get into the mood. It doesn't happen. Sometimes it takes years between poems. I wish I could focus more and write more of them. But I have so many things going on in life. I usually will sit for 15-20 minutes, scribble something down and do a final edit and then I am done! Thats it. It doesn't take too long for me. Thoughts seem to come natural too and they flow right into the paper effortlessly.

If I were paid for this, I would be more prolific :-) Some of the earlier peoms I have written have grammatical errors, but I don't wanna edit them; I wanna retain their childish charm. The latter ones are of course much better but some of the earlier ones, I like as well. Find a one-liner description and links to all my poems (password protected) here. My OCD resulted in me rating my own poems...LOL.

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Ze Poemz!!!
Year
30 Rain, Love, Loneliness and Peace - A realisation of the various aspects of life. Philosophical and optimistic. Deserves 10/10 2011
29 Bottled Up Inside Waiting To Explode - A perfect blues song could be made out of this! A bit too sad? 2005
28 Please Help Me - Worth a few chuckles, I think I could have done better here. 7/10 2003
27 In A Trance - A fairly average one. I give this a 4 and nothing more. 2002
26 One Last Fight - My masterpiece really. Sarcastic take on inflated human ego and this time I nailed it. 2002
25 The Madman Laughs - Who is the madman? I think this deserves a 9/10 2001
24 The Elusive Perfection - A good one! I like the writing here. A well deserved 9/10 2001
23 I Wonder What Am I - Convoluted thoughts, convoluted poem. Ok poem - 6/10 2001
22 Mom I Hate My Birthdays - A light philosophical poem. Again not my favorite, but pretty good. 8/10 2001
21 Why Love Him - Finally a serious poem. Not my absolute favorite but I think it's still perfect. 2000
20 This Poem Is Injurious To Health - You might have never read anything like this. I think it's a perfect 10. 2000
19 I Don't Know Why I Hate Myself - Somewhat of an opposite to the Dreams poem. As good as that one. 2000
18 Hey, Humans! Choose Your Life - Another one hits the bull's eye! The title explains it all. First in US! 2000
17 C Killed Me - A classic! My first perfect album. I find it hilarious even now. Last poem in India! 1999
16 You Changed It All - I was just merely reflecting on my crush here. It doesn't come off well. 4/10 1999
15 The Lover Is Dead - End of the love trilogy. And this is the best one yet. An 8/10 for this. 1999
14 In The Month Of Sept - A return to humour, not a good one though. Quite aimless. Just a 5. 1999
13 Dreams- Some solid thoughts about life put together - 8/10. 1998
12 Know Me - The crush is not over yet. As corny as the previous one but I like it better. 7/10 1998
11 Lover - Aww, first crush, sounds like an early Beatles song. Corny and doesn't deserve more than a 6. 1998
10 Wanted: Dead Or Live - Another good one in 1996, wow. A philosophical take on human ego. 8/10 1996
9 Steffi Graf - A tribute! Coincidence, that '96 would be her last good year. Another 9! 1996
8 An Incomplete Man - In spite of the negative tone, this is one of my best early poems. Surely a 9! 1996
7 Love Is Another Form Of Hate - Rant of a dying tree. I quite like it. 6 outta 10, may be? 1996
6 Mortal Tricks - Sarcasm on the traffic situation in Bombay. 7/10! Big improvement and quite funny. 1995
5 Camp - Another humor attempt! The topic here is adventure. Weak effort. Not more than 3/10. 1995
4 Topsy Turvy Heaven - I was trying to paint something surreal here. Amateur attempt deserving just a 4. 1994
3 A Humorous Poem - Early attempt at humour. I rate it a 4/10 these days, nothing more 1993
2 Saddam Hussein - This I wrote during Gulf war... early angst, kinda silly, but enjoyable. Deserves a 5. 1991
1 A Spanish Boy - The earliest poem that I have saved.... a rudimentary rhyming exercise. 3/10 for effort. 1991