Sandeep Gautam
@sandygautam.bsky.social
#Psychology #Poetry #Programming; Aspired (and succeeded) in making poetry blog > psych blog; Aspired (and succeeded) in making psychology a career.
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Sandeep Gautam
@sandygautam.bsky.social
· Nov 20
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Speed reading makes a nice cocktail, shallow knowledge, stirred with aplomb,
The book is supposed to stay with you, but the moment you've read it, it's gone.
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The book is supposed to stay with you, but the moment you've read it, it's gone.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/50-b...
50 Books, Anyone?
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November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speed reading makes a nice cocktail, shallow knowledge, stirred with aplomb,
The book is supposed to stay with you, but the moment you've read it, it's gone.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/50-b...
The book is supposed to stay with you, but the moment you've read it, it's gone.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/50-b...
She's tiny and weak, which justifies the cage,
I'll have to eventually release- the thought fills me with rage.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
I'll have to eventually release- the thought fills me with rage.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Caged Bird
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November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
She's tiny and weak, which justifies the cage,
I'll have to eventually release- the thought fills me with rage.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
I'll have to eventually release- the thought fills me with rage.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
I sometimes steal some time, for self-care and rest,
The justification- it makes me efficient, it's all for the best.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
The justification- it makes me efficient, it's all for the best.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
How The Grinch Stole Time
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November 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I sometimes steal some time, for self-care and rest,
The justification- it makes me efficient, it's all for the best.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
The justification- it makes me efficient, it's all for the best.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
Whether the throw has enough power, to put a dent in the universe,
And in the hope the stone gets stuck, I open the strings of my purse.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/bein...
And in the hope the stone gets stuck, I open the strings of my purse.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/bein...
Being Icarus
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October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Whether the throw has enough power, to put a dent in the universe,
And in the hope the stone gets stuck, I open the strings of my purse.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/bein...
And in the hope the stone gets stuck, I open the strings of my purse.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/bein...
They have to follow the protocol, arrest the flagged person,
Keep him confined and out of reach, so he doesn't commit one.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Keep him confined and out of reach, so he doesn't commit one.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Minority Report
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October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
They have to follow the protocol, arrest the flagged person,
Keep him confined and out of reach, so he doesn't commit one.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Keep him confined and out of reach, so he doesn't commit one.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
I have potential, you say, some polish is all I need,
I sparkle at moments- to blind the sun is my greed.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/diam...
I sparkle at moments- to blind the sun is my greed.
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Diamond Extraordinary!
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October 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I have potential, you say, some polish is all I need,
I sparkle at moments- to blind the sun is my greed.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/diam...
I sparkle at moments- to blind the sun is my greed.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/diam...
When I scrutinize in detail, it gets magnified, and it hurts,
When I zoom out and distance, almost a hilarity lurks.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/life...
When I zoom out and distance, almost a hilarity lurks.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/life...
Life is Alive- and Kicking!
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October 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
When I scrutinize in detail, it gets magnified, and it hurts,
When I zoom out and distance, almost a hilarity lurks.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/life...
When I zoom out and distance, almost a hilarity lurks.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/life...
Life is a relay, you gotta pass the baton to the next,
Live vicariously through your children, under the generativity pretext.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Live vicariously through your children, under the generativity pretext.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Race Called Life
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October 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Life is a relay, you gotta pass the baton to the next,
Live vicariously through your children, under the generativity pretext.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Live vicariously through your children, under the generativity pretext.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Enough of trying to fit in, when I'm a poem, why be prose?
As my counsellor, please don't sermon, just draw me close.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-pl...
As my counsellor, please don't sermon, just draw me close.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-pl...
A Plea
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October 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Enough of trying to fit in, when I'm a poem, why be prose?
As my counsellor, please don't sermon, just draw me close.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-pl...
As my counsellor, please don't sermon, just draw me close.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-pl...
You smile on your presumed power, that there's magic to your craft,
You can manipulate the reader's feelings, by polishing the first draft.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/cond...
You can manipulate the reader's feelings, by polishing the first draft.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/cond...
Condemned to Write
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October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
You smile on your presumed power, that there's magic to your craft,
You can manipulate the reader's feelings, by polishing the first draft.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/cond...
You can manipulate the reader's feelings, by polishing the first draft.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/10/cond...
If I don't put to paper, the thoughts hijack my brain,
They make a permanent residence, come storm or rain.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...
They make a permanent residence, come storm or rain.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...
Why Write?
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September 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If I don't put to paper, the thoughts hijack my brain,
They make a permanent residence, come storm or rain.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...
They make a permanent residence, come storm or rain.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...
This was supposed to be Nirvana, why am I feeling rudderless and lost?
With nothing to move me forward, I've found serenity —but at what cost?
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/gett...
With nothing to move me forward, I've found serenity —but at what cost?
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/gett...
Getting Entangled Again?
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September 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This was supposed to be Nirvana, why am I feeling rudderless and lost?
With nothing to move me forward, I've found serenity —but at what cost?
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/gett...
With nothing to move me forward, I've found serenity —but at what cost?
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/gett...
Winter doesn't beg around summer, to stick around for long and good,
Come autumn, and trees have to let go, the fallen leaves nourishing the wood.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/yet-...
Come autumn, and trees have to let go, the fallen leaves nourishing the wood.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/yet-...
Yet Another Parting
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September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Winter doesn't beg around summer, to stick around for long and good,
Come autumn, and trees have to let go, the fallen leaves nourishing the wood.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/yet-...
Come autumn, and trees have to let go, the fallen leaves nourishing the wood.
thefoolsquest.blogspot.com/2025/09/yet-...