Best Nam Poems

He dreams day dreams of horror.
He could be anywhere,
But in his mind he’s instantly
Back inside that village there.
He hears those jungle sounds
Again and again and again,
Just one of that platoon of
Tired and frightened men.

He smells again that smell;
Napalm that kisses and clings,
Turning living feeling bodies
Into...

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For asking please forgive us Father
But were you with us here today?
In this place that must be hell.
If it is not, then we cannot tell.

We lost so many good friends here today.
It is so bad that we no longer know the way.
We have seen so...

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There are other things besides the years                                      ...

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VIETNAM REMEMBRANCE
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monkey
playful friend
from Viet Nam
sent by loving soldier
60's...

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(Machine gun bullets, or is that rain?
    Mud spackled riv'lets down the drain.)

        Did you ever think that the truth was funny?
        Same old joke for any Money.
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Garyae gam hai abas deeda-e-nam se pahle
Be haqeeqat hai musarrat jo ho gam se pahle
Aashna ho gaye is se bhi yehi kya kam hai
Sunte the naam-e-sitam tere karam se pahle
Hum ko ilzaam to dete ho mohabbat ka magar
Tumne mahsus kiya tha ise ham se pahle
(Akhtar...

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Lotus sutra bliss
Void between two lotuses 
Shines within our heart 

14-April-2021...

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We walked and talked for hours as we sat on the golden sands
A fine yellow grain so soft, found on Benbecula's open lands

We are so fortunate on this day no swell from the Atlantic shows
The morning sun into the afternoon warms in smiling loving glow

The...

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We are going to give ourselves
We will not come back
Never completely...

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The Nam!
Why is it we are here?
This place holds no danger
To those that we hold dear,

The Nam!
Two days on patrol,
Today, I was point man
And I had no control

The Nam!
My best friend died last night,
By a feces smeared bungee stick
As he died, I held him tight,

The...

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At the gates of Heaven
I sit and sing Your praise

Where is Maya now?
when the only sound my mind
can hear is Hari Nam

My sari a silk prayer flag
flutters in the tranquil breeze
pastel blue, pink
and yellow hues of Prashanthi
abode of highest peace

Listen manas to the music
 timbrel,...

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Fifty years ago it began.
War in a distant, foreign land.
For a decade or more men gallantly served.
From devotion to duty they never swerved.

From every walk of life they came,
Trying a ruthless enemy to tame.
Leaving home, family, jobs and friend
They served where their beloved country did...

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SAT NAM 

I am rose in sunlight breathing 
               Buddha in middle of balm bathing 
beckoning my Heart leavening lively 

I am a loop in Love cathedral of pure 
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A pretty girl
Posting a letter
In November

Sending it to young soldier
The wind sent her skirts swirling
Expectations were in the air

No one would ever know
How much this act of kindness would mean
To a soldier in Viet Nam on his last day...

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