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Benares Poems - Poems about Benares


Premium Member A Land of Poetry It Is
...In my dream, appears a mysterious land from far away...                        of the vermilion sky at mesmerizing dawn, Prayers arising from boats on holy river, Ganges, at Varanasi, mystical ......

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Categories: benares, culture, history,
Form: Free verse
Journey To Varanasi
...Delhi seems closer than it was last time. After a tea with GST, on to a backstreet of Varanasi, Untouched by authority; ignored more by memory than darkened by amnesia. A huge blac......

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Categories: benares, god, places,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Bharathidasan's Pulikku Nay Enta Mulai, Translated By T Wignesan
... Bharathidasan’s “Pulikku nay enta muulai” (To the Tiger, the Dog knows no safe dwelling!) translated by T. Wignesan Bharathidasan (1891-1964) was a self-proclaimed disciple of the eminent Br......

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Categories: benares, anti bullying, patriotic, political,
Form: Sonnet
Steppin' Out
...There once was a man of Benares who often danced with fairies they taught him many steps so he would be as adept as a woman he one day marries. Then an elf in a green wig appeared out of nowh......

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Categories: benares, fantasy
Form: Limerick

Book: Reflection on the Important Things