Best Rishi Poems
Amanuenses - OriginsScented smoke from sandalwood upwards rose
As the venerable sage in yogic pose
Chanted arcane, esoteric Vedic prose.
The Sylvan glade with marigold and rose,
Where the doe with its deer fearlessly goes,
For its tranquility the Rishi chose.
The ancient mantras of mysterious force
Stirred up the Asuras, put them in...
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Categories:
rishi, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Monorhyme
My GuruLord Krishna came
Much later than Rama,
According to the Puranas.
But in my life it is the other way round:
Krishna, my Guru, came into this world
Much before I did.
He is my friend, philosopher, and guide—
Not a cliché.
He spotted me at the Mecca
Of English...
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Categories:
rishi, deep, devotion, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Twin Stars of Big DipperBe like arundathi-vashista;
Single soul adhering two bodies;
An ideal couple, epitome of the marriage life;
Travel together in the troubles and strifes;
says a priest after a marriage...
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Categories:
rishi, faith, religious,
Form:
Free verse
Pinnacle of Shakuntala Part 1 Abhigyan Shakuntalam the Sign of ShakuntalaVishwamitra was enraged
how he been duped
by Deity King Indra
felt ashamed of
lost all the virtue
gained through years
after penance and asceticism
distanced from mother so child
got back to penance.
Menaka birthing queen melody
left newborn in the forest
Abandoned by parents
sage Kanva found
A baby girl
in...
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Categories:
rishi, beauty, child, crush, destiny,
Form:
Epic
My Lost LegacyMy Lost Legacy
At the land’s end I stand, like my ancestors of Indus-Valley
Looking for my lost legacy, while the tri-sea emitted in hue
Dishes once prepared for celestial wedding but poured in adieu
Into its mouth, as sand, shells and beads, in repeated dilly-dally.
At the land’s...
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Categories:
rishi, anxiety, desire, dream, lost,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Match Stick Sagethe match stick
Well if you are an Indian by birth, yes you guessed him,
Saint though by birth, he let any issue just burn to ashes,
Dear friends, do not worry he is not an antagonist nor a proto,
Yet he plays a major role,
in each character of...
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Categories:
rishi, adventure, angel, care, culture,
Form:
Free verse
Soul SearchO pilot of my whole being! O Soul! Spirit! Atma!
O, you that leads me to the absolute Paramatma!
O, I yearn to connect with you! Communicate! Converse!
O, I long to touch you; feel you; in you to get immerse!
I'm as weak as a jellyfish; unable...
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Categories:
rishi, life, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Your Option, PleaseYour Option, Please.
Socrates Contemplated,
Shakespeare Performed,
Shelley Composed,
Newton Realized,
Hippocrates Diagnosed,
King Solomon Ruled,
Alexander Conquered,
Tansen Sang,
Rishi Vyasa Narrated,
Lord Krishna Sermonized,
Lord Buddha Inspired,
Emperor Ashoka Sacrificed,
Jesus Christ Cured,
Prophet Mohammed Refined,
M. K. Gandhi Abstained,
M L King Orated,...
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Categories:
rishi,
Form:
Free verse
My Nineteen GemsPosted - 12/29/2019 : 12:05:03 AM | Ksjpari's Poems | Edit Topic | Delete Topic
These are my students of Millennium School who find Joy in me . They showed the way I could teach. I have really touched many of them personally. For the...
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Categories:
rishi, 10th grade, high school,
Form:
Monorhyme
Pinnacle of Shakuntala Part 3 Abhigyan Shakuntalam Dushyanta Proposing: O Beautiful One Be My WifeDushyanta: Who are you?
Why are you in these woods?
such beauty and virtues
Whence have you come?
O charming one
my heart deeply
desire to learn about you
tell me all
Shakuntala smiled
addressed words: Hear, O king
I am the daughter of virtuous
illustrious ascetic Rishi Kanwa
Dushyanta: O thou of fairest complexion
how you been...
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Categories:
rishi, deep, desire, destiny, devotion,
Form:
Epic
FreedomFreedom, is there such thing in the United Kingdom,
Are we really free ?
please tell me Boris,
when you kept us two years locked up
twenty three hours boxed up,
let out for an hour a day,
while number ten enjoyed countless parties
we was threatened with fines...
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Categories:
rishi, anger, anxiety, betrayal, community,
Form:
Political Verse
Don'T Give Me No Wackaboob Aka Covid19 Drill RapDon't give me no Wackaboob
Don't give me no MotherSmother
Telling me to isolate,
Don't make me your brother!
From HMG to the H To the M to the R to the C
I'm packing my P60,
So you can't audit me
Ain't filing no returns
I'm not paying VAT
Who you calling non...
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Categories:
rishi, mother, society, women,
Form:
Rhyme
In the windy land of Chhattisgarh, the honour of the Sapta Rishis is thereIn the windy land of Chhattisgarh, the honour of the Sapta Rishis is there.
Muchkund, Agastya, Angira, all of them are great scholars.
The tale of Sage Muchkund is adorned with valour.
He came in the company of Indra, fought with the army of demons.
He is the symbol...
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Categories:
rishi, 7th grade, angel, deep,
Form:
Prose Poetry
ShabariShabari a hunter's child longed to be a disciple of true wisdom(Brahma Jnana), but was refused because of low caste. Sage Matanga took her into the Ashram but was spurned for this decision. Matanga told Shabari stay in the Ashram & serve. Before dying...
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Categories:
rishi, appreciation, daughter,
Form:
Narrative
GrandchildrenThere they are
living within our hearts while
coloring our world like rainbows over the sky
they seem like bits of fluff blowing whilly nilly in the wind
pausing now and again
to take in moments of bliss, laughter and playfulness-
We love them
gently and firmly guiding these
tiny humans that live...
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Categories:
rishi, familyworld,
Form:
Free verse