Long Exhortations Poems

Translation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
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Woven are these pages in poetic verse,
With bare threads of our deepest feelings,
You will find laughter, tears and remorse,
and words of wisdom, prayer and healings. 
Krish Radhakrishna

The words herein form an anthology of love
From the...

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I find my entertainments close to home
as nothing could be more wildly hilarious
and downright curious
than my own complex teenagers
who sometimes speak
and do their math
about what adds up toward our shared
and independent 
futures.

Then there are cacophonous...

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When I was young, I would mock the raven,
Never dreaming her harsh call was a cry
Across the water to the castle of her brother
King Bram, the Raven, ruler of the British Isles.
Never did I dream...

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So! Now then begins thy fearful
Straits
As scourged by cruel, licentious 
Birch
Thou whilst surely delate:-
All that now is...
And all that has gone before,
All you once were...
And are now no more!
For liken to the widening socket
That doest...

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June 10 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 98-103

Key Verse – Psalm 98:1 O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy...

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the (better late than never) 
free admission confession, exhortations against Ole Saint Nick

treasured untold shenanigans of Santa, 

his elves and reindeer discovered only 

by colluding via "FAKE" fluke 

did I manage to worm winning the...

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January 27 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 29-31

Key Verse– Exodus 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a...

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...exhortations against Ole Saint Nick
(alternately titled untold treasured shenanigans of Santa)

his elves and reindeer discovered only 
by colluding via "FAKE" fluke 
did I manage to worm winning the trust
among Christmas elves and reindeer

confident this generic...

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March 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 10-12

Key Verse –Judges 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the...

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June 22 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 1-4

Key Verse – Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY...

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August 26 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Jonah 1-4

Key Verse – Jonah 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation...

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The ammunition greased casings pepper skull and cross lovely bones, 
   lightening speedily deals mortal blow persons unaware,
   the final minutes/seconds of lives leased
shorn of existence, and akin to sheared sheep,...

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Much to my chagrin
barely discerned, noticed above
the celebratory Republican din
the commander in chief
all smiles with engined

haired cohorts evincing
ear to ear tousled grin,
feather in cap for apprenticed
president and kin,
which exemption, sans suspected

collusion deflated balloon,
asper impeachment with...

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July 7 Scripture Meditations Based on Proverbs 30

Key Verse – Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR SHIELDING...

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Each cherished memory of mine...cause iz woe

Analogous to unique ventifact for shore
and seven years ago,
where time and tide faintly roar
within noggin o'this common Joe
reviewing silent film unreleased,

unpopular, unimpressive tour
de force if technology existed
to broadcast and...

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Deep into the darkness okay
I heard a blessing dandy okaying
Holy holy said I think of m o s q u e.  away
I awoke and flung away the kindness 
Obeying once upon a midnight 
Saintly...

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"Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older
                 they judge them; sometimes they forgive them."
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He wrote with his pen
With solid lines on white paper
And penned him out again
He could walk through it like vapor
Instead of walking away
But that would take his freedom
Away ... he could not last the pen
And...

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by Rachel Dunkerque AKA Carolyn V. Crawford
(lyric and melody)

You yearn to hear me whisper, your name against your chest
Taste my lips in the kiss of a pouring rain
Under skies on fire with God's fine play
You...

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Early morning agenda
Buzz of Monday surprise;
Ordinary work day styles

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Crowds congregate
Train station congestion;
Sea of mobile handsets

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Heartland playground
Toddlers re-invent playtime;
Happy commotions

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Sea of blank faces
Each a fine story;
Checkmate situation

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Odd one out
Smiling old uncle;
Good morning sunshine

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Muted cacophony
Three old ladies...

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Unblouse  your breast
Where to nuzzle and warm
Areola to moisten and mouth
Urgency need, I scarce was born
Unclothe me in all unrighteousness
Sing for me no lullabye
Fetus reflection in alabaster eyes

Yours will forgive me, so softly they...

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Pessimism, I loathe your gloomy effect
Parroting vanity’s vexation in my mind that I’m unprofitable…
God I thank; by His strength* is great achievement as I do my utmost.

Negativism, I vanquish your vehement accusations
Taunting me of my...

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WHEN MY WORDS ARE MORE THAN HEARD

 When my words act as proverbs
When my verbs are heard.
When the simple become wise
When my people listen to reason
And no longer follow folly.
When my adjectives invoke action, 
Instead...

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You’ve become indispensable,
a reason for my existence;
a quest for what life means
speaks at length in actions.

Oh God you’re the only one,
whose essence makes me one
like a sibling soul in reality
a perspective in spirituality.

The Aramaic expression...

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