A collection of poems by Mandar Kokatay

Alive - haiku (5-7-5)  Did you just feel that ? Somewhere inside your body... A heart is beating ©mandar jayant kokatay 

A Three Kilometre Walk  a three kilometre walk with empty milk bottles rattling yawning in the queue at the booth licking cream from the bottle cover   a three kilometre walk with an overflowing schoolbag running back during break time jumping walls to save minutes   a three kilometre walk to the nearest public phone where a rupee coin provided endless minutes of chatting   a three kilometre walk from the railway station to college huge collars, bell bottoms, thick belts neverending cups of tea in the canteen   a three kilometre walk from the hostel to engineering college 'T' squares and minidrafters peeping eyes red from late night assignments   a three kilometre walk to the nearest bakery, juice centre watching movies in the stuffy parlor all night canteens during exam time   a three kilometre walk to the college playground new teams, lifelong friendships power hugs drenched with sweat   a three kilometre w...