Long Cognisance Poems

K373 and K374 of the THIRUKKURAL: Translated with Commentary

The poet's name, THIRUVALLUVAR [Thiru = Sacred and Valluvar = the name of the priesthood caste of the « Pariah » (whom Mahatma Gandhi prefered to call...

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Some place somewhere,in nowhere
Oh! come dearly wind,come to the place and everywhere
Were it not bad of you to bend and bypass us in your haste
Eternal it would be-had love been bethrothe'
To the valley,slummed with valour...

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So close to me she sits yet I am blind,
the thoughts she seeks to plant within my mind.
Naivete prevents their cognisance,
as immaturity meets happenstance.

Much older she - though hesitant to move,
engages guile with swift effect...

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Here is to you crazy fellas 
Those who are covenanted to the religion of distinctiveness 
And heralds of unique unthinkable patterns

Here is a salute to you
Those, who against the popular opinion and trend, stick to...

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Lapses in mindscape lane don't 
denote being fantastical,
subconscious realm portrayed
by vivid thoughts as Déjà vu.
The body lingers and ages but
the Psyche, new as dew. 

Countless times, 
a reminder of certainty 
that I was seen somewhere...

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Bliss throb rising, our form enveloping
Unbound is joy, in dance of innocence 
Delighting benign currents cascading
Mindful cognisance of subtle nuance

Inner balance, invokes divine cadence
Nodes within aligning, love caressing 
Grace essence felt by inner sentience 
Bliss...

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The promised hope disappointed,
excusing words in denial anointment.
The lover unanswered certainty,
rescued by solidarity.
The call en mass and its hysterity,
common ground fraternity.
The madness captured liberation,
powered manipulation indoctrination.
The new discovered sensation,
the will in determination.
The longing heat by...

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Love diffusion,
Love recursion.

Disobedient to the external world we remain, 
  Never expedient - our love - never going to detain, 

The more memories we obtain, 
   More sweetness we gain. 

Surrounded by...

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I allowed you to tread on me unflinchingly.
My mind on pause,
ungrieved you turn back the clock.
Enough to stun the century,
I take cognisance of divine’s club foot.

I did not believe in self-pity
but I was racing against...

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THE CROWS

Neath wintry sky the skeletal trees now flex in fretful measure
Above and ‘tween black crows convene collected agitation
Their factious calls speak of an anxious dark corvine displeasure
What do they know? what portent caused unquiet...

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First things first, as we age, bliss bubbles burst
With flow of life flirt, free of desires erst
Essence of presence, vibrant innocence 
Carefree dance, waits not for a second chance
On our heart hangs a warning: joy...

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Choosing to flow
In stillness slow
Bonds untied
Energy field unified
Bliss does overspill 
Spacial calm tranquil 

Cognisance of presence 
To inner sentience 
In stillness does feel
Bliss in full appeal

Thus at ease
Duality does cease
Pulse within stillness 
Radiance in fullness...

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Through faith of unity
Love of God army
Supreme authority
Spoke with righteousness
Jesus Christ enlightened us
God is our consultant
As his yoke we stand triumphant
Given providence
Divine eloquence
Never alone
Our Lord has sewn
His deliverance of karma
Sweet was his aroma
This promise we...

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Greater consciousness






Far from cognisance 
in darkness of day,
Insensitive we wander
conscience at bay,

Cherishing beauty
of nature limitless,
His resources eaten
exhausted boundless,

Lost in materialism
savour the marmalade,
As tender souls 
writhe behind our facade,

Illuminating aureole
only to perceive,
When decades of selfism 
time...

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Neither Agama nor Nigama
No mind games no enigma

All that it takes
Is to conditioning forsake
Layer by layer
Erasing delusion that hovers
Manifesting as contraction
Life negation

Smiling at the stranger
Embracing the wayside beggar
Agendaless
In blissfulness 
We simply follow the scent
Of love...

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In that we are all a vassal to age
  no sceptre or mitre can set us free,
and no fealty can old time assuage
  or rail against its synchronicity.
For ever decreasing circles besot 
...

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I DECIDED
Roy Mokoena

Making a final decision may be so hard,
living a doubtful life should be a discard.
Brains in the mind, I am able to think,
Smiling my heart out, it is time to prink.

My journey -...

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"The Daughter Tempest"

we conceive monsters
and in their cognisance
of freedom 
they break

they break 
themselves 

down 
down 
down 

bit by bit 
climbing
like a Minotaur
out of the Labyrinth

beauty is borne 
in the will left
written and embalmed
in a stubborn...

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Bliss envelopes tranquil silence 
Attention fixated therein
Our awareness takes cognisance
Rapture renewal deep within

Fervent prayer dies not waver 
Bliss envelopes tranquil silence 
Heart given to playful caper 
Delighting in earthy transience 

Head and heart, with love...

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About to move and break through  
not knowing who’s there on the other side 

Only going through myself, without others   
purposed to be open to almost anyone  
eengaged in my structure...

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