Long Myna Poems

Pretty little lass Meena had an endearing wish, 
which did not seem very much attainable to her family! 

She had a captivating singing voice -
people called her "Myna of Srinagar", 
in the valley of Kashmir! 
But she coveted for...

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“A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past greatness and half-remembered glory.”

“A strong man makes a weak people. A strong people don’t need a strong man.”
John Steinbeck (Nobel...

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In the valley of Kashmir, lived Meena, a pretty lass,
Undoubtedly she had a captivating singing voice! 
Myna of Srinagar, people around used to call her,
But she coveted the royal trophy of "Best Singer" 
She didn't...

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Neighbor
Babul Ahmed

We have two well
Everywhere in the middle of
the Virgin River flowing.
Your home on the north side
I, along with the southern windows.
Every morning, facing East
We see both sunrise,
Road, the western horizon
Scarlet red beam bent-law of...

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I don't know
Who was it
But it is definite
I got the rainbow

At a forgotten point of time
It was placed
A flower vase finely laced
The vine leaves climb

Very often in the sleep
During the REM phase
Shows up the lace
The...

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Let’s thin out the herd. Let’s thin out the herd.
Tear off those masks, those gloves, be absurd!
Dance in the streets; share cottage cheese curd.
Bring home a vulture, a myna, a good dodo bird.

Let’s all give...

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Two owls charmed me
moments before I embarked
on the hours of industry to come.
Their silhouettes were dark and secretive,
their voices wistful and low.
I had a moment only to be soothed
with no thought to the truer meaning,
sinister...

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I know you will come
Yes, I know you will
touches the exuberant youth of that fir tree,
in the touch of the seriousness of the meditation of the Himalayas,
holding the cool stream of the fountain of the...

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I had a lunatic feeling, once, of caging a bird,
I had purchased a very beautifully-looking cage;
I had kept a myna in it and did very well gird,
I saw to it that she felt happy and...

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You are the my indisputable favorite 
You are the sweet song in my ears 
You are the melody of my coquettish woodwind 
You are my sweetheart for eternity 

Indeed, even the breeze that kisses you...

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Marta’s other pets were jealous and sore
They had been replaced by one she did adore
A stupid pig! Groused the myna bird.
The dragon was angry, but said not a word.

yellow cat waited for her chance to...

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Marta’s other pets were jealous and sore
They had been replaced by one she did adore
A stupid pig! Groused the myna bird.
The dragon was angry, but said not a word.

yellow cat waited for her chance to...

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O mother ,wrap me in your shawl
 and comfort me with your love
Rains have taken my warmth
  and winds have scared me alot

I regret the day umbilical cord is cutt off 
and i am...

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In the countryside,serene and wide
Sprawling paddy fields on either side.
Yet,day by day, they fade away,
As the charms of nature begin to sway.

Houses rise where once greenery grew
Schools and brick fields now claim their due.
Tenant farmers...

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There they were, in the center of
our asphalt cul-de-sac street
circled around their dead companion,
four common myna birds, holding
their own semblance of a funeral.
I slowly backed out of my driveway
and passed by them in quiet reverie.
They...

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