Long Lal Poems

Patradoot or The Messenger26 /Many 
  
English version by  Ravindra K Kapoor 
Originally written in Hindi by my 
Late father Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor


These Indian women, who were called salves of man,
And even...

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I picture Kashmir through lightened KL. News of another massacre darkens my eyes
Winds are thirsty there. They continue to taste the young blood.
I groom myself with exquisite things,
Sipping ice tea in ac room, I comfort...

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Sri Lal
Crows

i.
I come from nowhere,
and I have nowhere to go,
I tell the crow perched 
on a low neem branch 
beyond the Periyar River.

He agrees.

He and I are free.
We speak the same language.

You know who I...

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When we die: A war cry
To all people who gave their life for Kashmir in pursuit of justice for suppressed.

We are murdered. Bodies are shattered. Our Jhelum to Euphrates, Our Kashmir to Karbala. 
My eyes...

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Singing in the Rain by fodyne




By the time 
I teetered 
on my first bike
I learned
to       fa-la-la       
sing through     ...

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Today is the seventy third Republic Day,
Of India - young nation - a unique bouquet;
Nice spicy people living in twenty eight states,
And eight union territories; friendly relate…!

Talking more than four hundred twisting tuneful tongues,
With their...

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Give verdict to each true citizen
Bring back ram regime
Remove black cloud from our sky
Make way for bright sunshine
We have to regain our lost prosperity
We have to bring back our golden past
Deep meditation again require
To regain...

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 It travelled with her throughout her tweens and teens. Constantly putting her foot in her mouth. Friends come and go, but she's mostly without! Them... Yes them.
       ...

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One fine day hubby dear announced,
Silicon Valley be the place, where he will bowl.
I could not go, tears rolled down.
Two months more, he was sure,
When we will be three,
together we will spree.
So, when I bore...

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O my beloved Kashmir!
Thou are my proud nation.
Core of my heart, my country!
You're naming the sweet Paradise on earth.
Almighty Allah has been bountiful to you,
Riches of value in every sphere.
The outside world's beauty is so...

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BeAdab gustakh jab aulad ho jaye
Chain sukh maa'n baap ka barbaad ho jaye

Cheen le budbakht jo walid ka sarmaya
Jeete jee kion baap na barbad ho jae

Aasteen ka saamp that beta nhi the woh
Maut ae usko...

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Verry Thakur, whose real name is Vijay Sharma, is a popular Indian content creator and social media influencer. Verry Thakur has been fond of cooking, mobile, traveling since childhood and is also very interested in...

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Suyun akisi gibi geldide geçti iste
Ince bir tüy gibi sallanirken annem
Içime düsen kor gibi atesti bende
Nasil bir hicran yarasiydi annem.


Aciyi emanet birakip gittigin zaman
Yüzün eksilmisti bütün aynalardan
Nefret duyarim artik tüm ayriliklardan
Atlikarincadan düstügüm gündü annem.


Gökten yildiz...

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A large, vast part of Asia, 
It's India in our hearts not Russia.
A place where crops live, 
And health and fitness to us they give.
Don't forget our nation, 
To make it forward is our ambition.

Lal...

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To an Indian Investor, my Senior

I still remember that beautiful summer's evening,
you gave an emotional speech
on EPS, P/E, and fair value of a stock.

There you call me a joker, a five year kid!
And here you...

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Sri Lal
A Fire Rises

A fire rises in the pit of the gut—
and I forget myself.

At the grey langur’s door,
I give up. I cut my hair,
dance bare in the Bhadra rain.

Who am I? 
I ask myself,...

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my hunters' bow was bent to shoot -
   but i had no arrows!
   instead i had to take my feelings...
   and then i arched the bow once again. 

i...

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Achhe din k dekho haal,
  140 k par h daal
chhote to the hi kangal
bre- bre v hue badhaal
pyaj ka mt puchho haal
assi tk pahuchi filhaal
dhaniya mirchi ki ye uchhal
chatni v ho gyi janjal
karj se...

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