Tagoreweb era sukher lagi They, beseech love as a token of joy, love is nowhere to be called in
...They, beseech love as a token of joy, love is nowhere to be called in
only to bid farewell to joy, left behind, a hymn
such is the glossy glaze of a subtle worldly longing , a fading heartsong to l...
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Categories:
ensuing, perspective,
Form: Free verse
The Bloody Chapters of Stalingrad
...From moments when love was cherished in Stalingrad,
Like stories written on the walls
With the song repeated by Babushka
And not long after that, the war reached its gates.
Hands turned into ...
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Categories:
ensuing, hero, history, war, world
Form: Free verse
Each inch of my niche
...The whirlwind rolled in rings at the eyewall,
Wild gale blew through the open tropical field.
I'd forgotten to close the windows tight,
And the ensuing rain inundated each inch of my niche.
The h...
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Categories:
ensuing, natural disasters, nature, peace,
Form: Free verse
Deafening Silence
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Deafening Silence
we live in a world juxtaposed
with apparent contradictions
with poverty shining amidst plenty
unseemly wealth jee...
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Categories:
ensuing, feelings, life, peace, poverty,
Form: Free verse
My Chemistry Teacher
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In her sixties, of Swedish descent, robustly built
and amply breasted, the girth of her thighs bulging
under her white lab frock like a Henry Moore sculpture,
her feet secured in high la...
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Categories:
ensuing, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Tears Of A Clown
...Against a willowy wailing backdrop of inner chaos,
an indignant incendiary mask stifles the simmering cauldrons,
of a stoic stage clown post lachrymose performance wearily stunning yet stung,
or t...
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Categories:
ensuing, angst, anxiety, august, confusion,
Form: Free verse
In the liquid sanctuary of silent noons, where steam rises to the sky like an unfulfilled dream
...In the liquid sanctuary of silent noons, where steam rises to the sky like an unfulfilled dream,
we meet in the dance of waters, two spirits swaying under the warm curtain,
her hands, springs of te...
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Categories:
ensuing, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
The Blank Page
...The Blank Page
When romantic plots and tales are sought
In the aesthetic and creative mind,
At first unseen within the empty page
Themes of lyrical verse are there to find....
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Categories:
ensuing, creation, inspiration, self, writing,
Form: Free verse
Wisdom for Officials Who Worry
...(Wisdom is not enough to calm your fears.)
Two apostles, Peter and John
jailed at the dawn of preaching in Christ's name.
Officials' onslaught is meant to bring shame.
"We obey...
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Categories:
ensuing, 11th grade, fear, jesus,
Form: Tercet
I Stand for a Unified People
...There’s no victor and no vanquish,
The so-called rising sun of Biafra has been set forever,
It would be a disservice for anyone to refer to any eastern state of Nigeria as Biafra,
The tragic chapt...
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Categories:
ensuing, history, poetry, political, war,
Form: Free verse
New Year Resolution
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The spent year sinks in the captivating cauldron of history,
trace a fading furrow of memory in the shadow of setting sun,
etched in the realm of remote remembrance weary,
as the new months c...
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Categories:
ensuing, analogy, new year,
Form: Free verse
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...
Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the mont...
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Categories:
ensuing, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
His Right Leg
...A ticket pinned to the thigh reserves it,
the whole cadaver is parceled off - of course.
Legs are a late harvest, these often-indigent parts
carry a visual poverty long after the body is plucked.
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Categories:
ensuing, poetry,
Form: Free verse
I would pull the sun down from the skies
...Given armor to stave off the burning, I would pull the sun down from the skies
Falling away from heavens light is showing me you are numb to this blistering pain; without feeling it, you and I will...
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Categories:
ensuing, angst, confusion, hurt, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Ensuing love
...1. To my future love, though I don’t yet know your name, you fill my dreams with visions of what we could become together. I find myself praying for you daily, envisioning the adventures we’ll share,...
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Categories:
ensuing, love,
Form: Free verse
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