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Canto Dreams

(A weary voice whispers)

Like a slave to love
I once looked for true completeness 

But like Beatrice and Dante, 
There was always a great barrier 

Between us

(C)
Copyright John Duffy 

Foundation.

Does society, peer pressure, family or religion, hinder many when searching for love?

Bel Canto What's Ruining me What's Ruining Us

One's perspective
might be the precursor to his down fall
when it's all or nothing
he might end up
with know one at all
betrayal of ah lover
has real consequenses
a fool only loves someone
that he only misses
a celebration doesn't make you
a celebrity
I've found someone else
we're alone when it's just you and me
can't do that round here
everyone know's were married
they push

As Long As Canto Lasts

I’ll be around as long as canto lasts.
The beat of drum, a naked blast of sweat.
My skirt, a round, chases the breathless casts
of oxygen - the faces red - oh my -
and so is mine. The passion fire. I sigh…
Of sticks and stones that create hate - my bones
do ache and amplify sensuous zones.
The opera,

Canto De Maio

Canto de Maio

Em maio 
surge um canto 
de esperança,
do menos, 
fazer mais
é a regra;
superar e
realizar
com força
para fazer
mais e mais.

Em maio,
no palco 
do mercado,
o sonho é
real e o
negócio é:
fazer com 
pouco
mais e mais.

Hindu Anarchy Coming To India: Canto Ii- Two States Begin Fighting

Which is the easiest way to make two
Indian states to fight?
One is to throw power, language, water-
Issues on their face.

So you’ll have got two Dravid states
Fighting eternally,
O’er slight and petite things for decades
Meaningless, mundane,

So that your Aryan Empire in the
North will have its way
Of flourishing and bringing in caste and
Sect-bred troops set free.

Not one but

Hindu Anarchy Coming To India: Canto I-Farmers Farewell

A common confrontation between
Man and animals
From the wild, are pigs roaming farm lands
Destroying the crops

Of pöor farmers, it’s indeed a
Problem in Indian states
With forest borders, acute in her
Many smaller states.

In larger states where lands are vast
And circumference of
Pigs’ roaming areas big, those only
Near the woods suffer,

But in small states like 'Kerala where
Ham'lets and villages
Are not

The Glowing Lantern - Canto I

In the dark of night, in the timberland,
   The moon became obscured and overcast.
   A burst of rain covered the ground so vast, 
And through the late-night air the moisture fanned.

A fog began to form after the rain
   Had trickled off, and soon it subsided.
   Through the

The Glowing Lantern - Canto Ii

The stranger now asked if he could sit down—
   The other man’s head then began to shake.
   The traveler then felt fully awake,
As he looked at the stranger with a frown.

Once the stranger sat down at the table,
   He placed the glowing lantern between them.
   The stranger

The Glowing Lantern - Canto Iii

The eyes of the two men then raised and met,
   As they looked at each other in the night.
   The glowing of the lantern remained bright,
And their damp clothing no longer felt wet.

"Your efforts will soon begin to pay off,"
   Said the stranger, as he began to rise.
 

Crustacean Canto

Lobsters packed in eighteen-wheelers
grapple with their feelings.
A mass custody of shrimps
spoon together
still pink with passion.
Crabs cross-dress
bound more-or-less
to nips of salty resentment.
A soupçon of sea bugs
dished up
on bright porcelain plates.
Fresh alien captives
worth more alive than dead
until we break bread.

K1087 and K1089 of Canto 109 In the Thiruk-Kural: Thagainangkuraiththal

K1087 and K1089 of Canto 109 of the THIRUK-KURAL: Thagaianangkuraiththal

(In the transliterations, the capital vowels stand for the repetition of the same vowel: eg., “A” for “aa”)

K1087:  kadAak kalittrinmEl kadpadAm* mAthar
                  padAa mulaimEl thuthil

As veil o’er angry

Book Three of the Thiruk-Kural On Un-Authorised and Authorised Love: Canto 109, K109 To 133

Book Three of the THIRUK-KURAL on Un-Authorised (concealed) and Authorised (religion-ordained) LOVE: Cantos 109 THAGAIANANGKURAITHTHAL to 133

(Note: Love between mainly the wedded pair from the standpoint of the fair liana-like “lady” of the pliant bamboo-shoulders, light of tread, fresh as the lotus-shoot of a light-green hue, bedecked in jewels, matched by pearls for teeth, her

Thiruk-Kural On Women Who Know No Bounds: Canto 92 Varaivin Makalir K913,K919 and K920

The THIRUK-KURAL on Women who know no bounds : Canto 92 – K913, K919 and K920

(Thiru-Valluvar comes down heavily on women of the « oldest profession in the world » in this Canto 92 consigned within Book Two since the stress laid on the wishes and practices of such women are based on WEALTH, the

On Praising Ladies On Their Qualities In the Thiruk-Kural: Canto 112, K1114 and K1120

On Praising Ladies on their Qualities in the THIRUK-KURAL: Canto 112, Nalam Punainthu Uraiththal, K1114 and K1120

[Please see "introduction on the plight of young girls" in the previous post on this Canto 112: K1111 and K1113, and please note that they were (and are still from all accounts though less frequently) given in marriage by

Thiru-Valluvar On Praising Ladies of Their Qualities: Canto 112 - Nalam Punainthu Uraiththal

Thiru-Valluvar on Praising the Good Qualiities of Ladies: Canto 112 - Nalam Pinainththu Uraiththal

[The poet devotes the third part of his treatise, the Thiruk-Kural to INBATHTHUPPAAL, the amorous relationship between the sexes, i.e.,  cantos 109 to 133. of which the first seven concerns itself with "concealed love" (the Gandharva marriage) while the last seventeen

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