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Guru Poems - Poems about Guru

Teachings from a Guru
Laugh when you still can for the world will make you cry Do something different even when you feel it’s not worth the try Don’t be a part of some gossip where people want to pry Words of wisdom will come to few But from someone’s life you can pick up a cue Live a life so simple that there...

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Categories: guru, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The True Master
Putting you above me Your feet at my head Is the natural thing to do When your mastery Is revealed. But it’s all relative As you put others above you and Others put themselves below me. That’s why it’s called The wheel of life. When I step back And my emotions settle I see that no one is The Master But that each can instead Be the appropriate messenger. (9/1/24) ...

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Categories: guru, metaphor, psychological, spiritual,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Ember of Intellectual Acuity
A spark ignited when our paths first crossed, Your knowledge kindled, my ignorance tossed. From a timid flicker to a steady glow, Our bond, like embers, began to grow. Your wisdom blazed, a guiding light so bright, Illuminating truths are once hidden from sight. In learning's heart, our spirits intertwined, A sacred fire of mentor and mind. But time, relentless, feeds on mortal...

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Categories: guru, teacher, tribute,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The guru chakra
The guru chakra is the master’s seat Positioned between our crown and third eye As of God’s will, he regulates bliss heat Teaching our presence how to wingless fly Our master represents the light of God He erases our doubts and all our fears The day ego dies in mind-body pod To our dismay, our teacher disappears As we ascend, all...

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Categories: guru, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member When Silence Speaks
The leader, philosophical and wise, Ends his speech after a long silent pause, His true followers with half open eyes Responding with admiring oohs and aahs. Turn up the mic on the silence to hear A leader's lust for worship and control, Minds whirring like a quickly turning gear, 'Bout how what he said put them in this hole. Hear tapping ant feet,...

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Categories: guru, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member TRAVEL GURU
USA busway East Coast to West Coast Greyhound Bus vision Lots of scenery in reason It took four days Hour by Hour Time didn’t sour That is what I call a vacation getaway I reclined and was relaxed No stress nor perplexed Major cities and towns stopped along the way No carry nor care in being estray The hound bus with the scent for the open road It...

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Categories: guru, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Guru chakra
the Guru chakra throbs steadily reassuring heart and gentling mind soma nectar trickles, pheromones mingle our pristine presence is with existence aligned the vertical magnetic grid, over front and back petal by petal, unveils its beauteous hues all soul does is witness the unfoldment bliss the flavour of our heart’s muse...

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Categories: guru, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gawking At the Mallard Duck Guru
He is a guru the other ducks said Sitting there in silence like stop sign red. Are you sure he’s okay? I think he looks dead. Shhh! They told the brown goose named Old Fred. Why are his fingers put into circles like that? We are unsure said a dog, a mouse and a cat. Animals were coming all over to...

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Categories: guru, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Guru Chakra
Guru chakra announces the master’s presence Subtle, soft, humming tingling, rapture ineffable Joyous peace, infused by sublime bliss incense In-form nodes entwine in intimate dance affable It is here wherefrom love magnetism is regulated Constant flux of soma nectar within body flowing Dormant conduits spring to life feeling now elated Thoughts recede and heart’s aura begins glowing 18-April-2023...

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Categories: guru, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
On Learning To Become a Guru
On learning to become a guru... The following artfully crafted back in the day (actually poetic endeavor presented below written a few scant years ago) in response to unexpected positive feedback received on the most popular social media platform. Unbeknownst to this unsuspecting witty mortal, a reverberation attributed to butterfly effect linkedin to hotmail twittering Facebook member, who resides within Bhutan, his dignified volition accorded...

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Categories: guru, adventure, age, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Tunggul Irang Exceptor
When blackened at that time, as the fate of this country, In the Dai Nippon colonial era, the baby was born. Childbirth is true fate. breastfeeding as God's gift, laudatory nature and remarkable deeds. Nothing for partus sequitur ventrem,  children born not to slaves. Mom, who nine-monthed him, happy and grateful. The baby was exceptional. The Colonial Army never sets claws, unexpected obstacles, grounding and sinking. Where? Who? Naqaba, walked, followed a...

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Categories: guru, character, for him, leadership,
Form: Free verse
Satsang, In the Company of the Truth
Satsang, in the company of the Truth One word from you is enough, enlivened with your intention, to stop the mind from its fluttering. Chant. Repeat the Name. - ...

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Categories: guru, faith, god, joy, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Guru Purnima
Guru Purnima Day set aside to honor gurus but I have so many where would I begin? I meet them daily strangers whose eyes tell a story beggars who enlighten me life’s partners I learn from the songbirds the turtle crossing the road the playful chipmunks each being teaches me something I learn how to listen to my heart I learn how to follow my soul I learn how...

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Categories: guru, silence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Self-Taught Guru
Self-Taught Guru Once upon a time. there was Ramanujan’s method: intuitive and without formal demonstrations. this simple inner dimension proves that Each one of us is a self-taught Genius All of this begins with a mind that unblocks a portal of infinite space-time to attain vortex of insight Practice Giving More to your truest and dearest pursuit Practice Asking for More from the chosen one...

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Categories: guru, giving, heart, power,
Form: Free verse
Space Jokes: Serious Jokes About Space
I The universe has no center; even if it did, it would be similar to going in circles around the equator II But the equator is earth-bound; even then the equator is an imaginary east- west line. Or it the Equator a west-east line? III The universe is expanding, but really on the outside only. It's like a canvas art...

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Categories: guru, stars, sun, time, universe,
Form: Didactic

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