Long Gujarat Poems

Written: 21 July 2023 
Submitted to No. 1231 New Poem Only Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Brian Strand 

Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm*

As rises the wealth of nations,
As grows the limb of a township
So declines the flowers...

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(My ode to Earthquake is an irregular ode. The ode is written in
memory of an earthquake that took place in Gujarat State (Kutch Region) 
of India in the year 2000 on the Republic Day of...

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Can a man – all alone - foist a god upon his fellows
Even if it’s only himself
And they his subjects

G.. is Akbar!

Does the muezzin from the minaret of Qoutoub-Minar
look up or
down to the illiterate savant...

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Feint faint "Fake" no nor'easter

If putsch comes to shove,
aye ain't no doggone fraidy cat
nor chicken little
fearing coup d'état,
yours truly simply
risk averse, and more exact,
he stays sequestered
within these four walls,
cuz tis safest inside this flat
always... mein...

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[Dedicated to Aung San Suu Kyi, the greatest Fraud of all times]

Darkness like Halagu Khan is running
taking sword in hand;
Light is fleeing raising its tail.

The decorated dream-city will lose its
electricity for ever;
in all directions, the...

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A kite flies a fair-weather bird,
Whenever wind wants would it fly,
In adverse wind to go wayward.  

Some that come with a heavy spine,
No matter what tricks you might try,
They never once fall in fair...

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I've asked this question before,
but I'm going to ask it once more,
If religion is right and your God has the might,
where is the need to bicker and fight?

How strong is the faith you subscribe to,
if...

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She was quiet young.
I still remember her smiling face.
I was new in the area.
And trying to set up my business.
I had a newborn baby,
Wife still comes to share my burden.
I got up early in the...

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Authors FYI
Gujarat, particularly the city of Surat, is a global hub for diamond processing, with about 80% of the world's diamonds cut and polished there, and Surat accounts for 65% of India's diamond trade. ...

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O grandma *Gomati, was born on thy bank
And born of a mother bearing your name
On all the yesterdays your water I drank
Am still the part of your pattern and frame.

My blood flows in thy stream...

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The result of my last year high school was out
And was sad, dejected as I got the second top
Losing the scholarship for further study scope
As my dad had no means for college no doubt.

As entered...

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Imagination taking flight to the past,
I see her making equal lots of kites
To divide among us
In her motherly logic, no fuss,
And wearing on face some festive air
I recall she telling me, here’s your share. 

Today...

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If you cannot help falling ill,
Maybe, best is blithe be and chill.
But if you be discreet
And decide to have it,
With prayers do send your claim bill.

It is your truth versus their stealth,
Who’d carp, contest your...

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The goal of India’s Statue of Unity is to promote values
of spirituality, nationalism and academic aspirations.
Surrounded by a unique botanical garden, of various hues,
Her cactus garden shows a tourist one of the best travel destinations.

This...

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Divine Child School – an eyesore
In Mehsana for many schools – sopor. 
Vital in activities from a long yore 
In the field of academics – never at war
Nor in politics or in legislation or in...

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On a dark dense night
Ah a rare nature-lit light,
What a ghost-like sight!
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Here is nature lighting its own light, a rare happening locally called chir batti, a long-burning lamp or ghost light. It happens in...

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What shame, what pity
If curves of infinity
Fail to give my soul
Sense of being whole,
With Nature affinity!
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If there is a place to realise that the nature all around that we feel too has a soul,...

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