A Requisition For Solutions
...Two scales must balance
for unfaulty and accurate evidence,
the relationship between God
and Humankind must stand;
where impetus winds originate,
there must be a justiciable cause
to sustain su...
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Categories:
abstains, anger, bereavement, corruption, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Sipping Coffee
...“God within me is the enjoyer of the aroma
As also this dopamine boosting flavour I taste
I surrender all pleasures to the dweller of my heart
Breath by breath thus that my soul presence...
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Categories:
abstains, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Indian Election Machinery
...during elections,polla colla is sprayed
people abstains from voting or
cast vote to all of the above
like putin war machine
phantoms defeated in failed state
during elections, polla colla is s...
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Categories:
abstains, anger, freedom, how i
Form: Sonnet
Laurel and Hardy
...Stan Laurel
thinks he can sing in reality he warbles
His best buddy Hardy slaps him quiet
Before he can start another riot.
Oliver Hardy
Is usually farty so he abstains from drink
Gor...
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Categories:
abstains, funny, humor,
Form: Clerihew
The Windowpane
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A Winter chill pierces the heart just when its wishing for the sun’s gaze – Quote by Poet
Feathery boughs of ice crusted veins
Whispering across the frosty panes
Chilling ...
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Categories:
abstains, cool, snow, winter,
Form: Limerick
The Lectures
...I was strolling down a side street of our little town last night.
Did I say strolling, no that’s wrong; I was a sad and sorry sight,
And God knows what the time was, but I knew that it’s past ten,
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Categories:
abstains, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Mirza Ghalib Translations
...Near Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch
On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we might have...
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Categories:
abstains, soulmate, spiritual, tamil, truth,
Form: Verse
Reflective Spring
...Let clocks unlock unbroken birds they bind:
Too quick in May they peek Azalea’s bloom;
Wide eyes enlightened bound by darkness blind,
And spring reflected bares a thinning plume:
Like pearls of A...
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Categories:
abstains, daughter, divorce,
Form: Sonnet
Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 18
...Villanelle : The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 18
World in which is ingrained innate violence
Where nation-States all hell-bent on blitz wars
He who abstains from doing harm commits offence
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Categories:
abstains, freedom, political, violence, war,
Form: Villanelle
Another Clerihew For a Special Few, Not That All the Others Aren'T Special
...Wayland here again with another clerihew to end the year
These will probably never be famous, but that isn’t the fear
Sometimes the honesty is these may be just a little too strong
They're all done i...
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Categories:
abstains, dedication, fun, humor,
Form: Clerihew
The Big Bang
...The big bang,
one week ago today,
an ounce of energy degrades-
young and righteous,
a story evades-
rebounds like the waves,
a story evades,
surges and sounds like howling f...
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Categories:
abstains, candy, care, city, destiny,
Form: Carpe Diem
Daybreak's Imploring Symphony
...Sunbeams serenade my window pane
Imploring restful notes to disdain
Abridging curtain the bright melody doth strain
My top sheet covers the harmonious chain
Gilded streams strike heartier refrain
B...
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Categories:
abstains, life
Form: Couplet
Death Jones
...To bespeak her time I shan’t
A mere penny possesses more value
Than that of which her presence preserves
The daring, lingering foretaste that is affinity
Though to raze all dolor she abstains
All alo...
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Categories:
abstains, life, loss,
Form: Verse
Distraught and Lost
...My screams are heard in the middle of the battleground—I’m fought
Now I’m in grief and I’m striving to set my mind elsewhere
But I’m frantic and lost—deeply distraught
As I’m shipped away to a far...
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Categories:
abstains, angst, fantasy, hope, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
The Flute
...Faraway I heard the whistle of a flute
Playing a beautiful symphony
It echoed along with the flow of air
I closed my eyes without any care
And enjoyed all the harmony
I studied the songs roots
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Categories:
abstains, musicdance, words, longing, dance,
Form: Rhyme
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