Poems
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
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The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
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The houses are haunted
By white night-gowns.
None are green,
Or purple with green rings,
Or green with yellow rings,
Or yellow with blue rings.
None of them are strange,
With socks of lace
And beaded ceintures.
People are not going
To dream of baboons and periwinkles.
Only, here and there, an old sailor,
Drunk and asleep in his boots,
Catches Tigers
In red weather.
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She plucked a blossom fair to see;
Upon my coat I let her pin it;
And thus we stood beneath the tree
A minute.
She turned her smiling face to me;
I saw a roguish sweetness in it;
I kissed her once;—it took, maybe,
A minute.
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What we crave are moments warm,
Soft laughter spilling like a charm,
Around a table, friends and kin,
Where playful battles now begin.
Sometimes Ludo, sometimes cards,
Sometimes a wholesome mystery box by Copper Clues guards.
Dice tumble, stories weave and twine,
Hearts connect in simple design.
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तुम धो डालो अपने श्रृंगार को
जहां न जीवन का लय हो।
जहां नीरवता है हर साज में
वहां श्रृंगार का भला क्या मूल्य।।
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पुष्प के पौधें में हुई लालसा
कुछ प्रजनन करने की अभिलाषा।
भौंरे तितलियां जब मंडराने लगी
जागृत हुआ काम की क्षुधा।।
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In Bhagavad Geeta chapter II verse 42 and 43 Bhagwan Krishna speaks as if belittling the Vedic rituals associated with Yagna.
Yagna was an important part of Vedic way of life. Why would Krishna speak so harshly against it? I wondered! All of a sudden another question came to mind; did Krishna ever performed a Yagna?
As I turned to internet for my research I was surprised to find few facts, unknown to me or lost in memory!
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Vested in spring blossoms, perfume of passion fills the air
The smell is sweet, prowling creatures greet its fragrance fair
Amorous bees by scent caught are brought to pollinate flowers of beauty
Lovers on wings serenade to persuade for a taste of honey's sweet booty
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Now no more poetry is written...
When there is too much trouble, poetry is like this!
How many evil deeds are done in the world of prose...
Money is the root of evil, where is the shame!
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गाय आस-पास जब वास करे,
सकारात्मकता वह उपजाती है।
गौ नयनों की संरचना समझो,
साक्षात् स्वर्ग दर्शन करवाती है।
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Just now I got a smell of smoke
resembling that of burnt straw,
instantly I travelled back in time
more than fifty years ago -
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Earth was a hot planet full of sand.
Earth was a cold planet full of ice.
Earth was a humid planet full of forests.
Earth was a dry planet full of buildings.
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ସକାଳ ପାହିବା ପୂର୍ବରୁ ଉଠିଯାଏ ଗଜାନନ,
ଆକାଶ ତଥାପି ଅନ୍ଧକାରରେ ଡୁବି ରହିଥାଏ।
କଳ ତଳେ ଘସି ମାଜି ଡେକଚି-କଡ଼େଇ ଧୁଏ,
ଆରମ୍ଭ କରେ ଜୀବନର ଆଉ ଏକ ଦିନ।
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Gajanan wakes before the sun,
When Bhubaneswar still dreams in grey,
He washes rice in silent bowls,
And readies life for one more day.
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The worldly game of illusion will come to an end
Yet almost all are bound by spells
Luckily I tore down that charming web
I broke down that very strong wall
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I dwell
In the absence
You left behind
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If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; a rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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(This is a composition in Pilipino Language the first one I did, the only one, and hope some of the Filipinos will get this funny poem in this site. The poem is updated with English translation)
Noong taong otsenta dekada
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Love and lust are poles apart.
Lust is chaos, love is art.
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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Between us now and here -
Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
Life's flushest feather -
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185
"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
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