Long Yuga Poems

Destruction, As Kali Walks Upon Earthen Grounds


Goddess of Destruction that teams with the Lord of Lusts 
As wrathful winds bequeath savage ravaging gusts
Hades match,  that has destroyed many a soul
World and darkness combine to...

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A scientist pursuing research—
with disinterested curiosity,
Poets distancing themselves—
from personal emotions,
from ‘personality’ (in Eliot’s idiolect),
A sportsperson focusing on the event—
not obsessed with results,
demonstrating sporting spirit,
Anyone doing their karma—
regardless of results,
as characterized in Indian scriptures,
notably the Gita—
All...

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With a deafening thunder
and blazing lightning,
Amidst a swirling clouds
of dark ominous smoke,
He appeared suddenly
smack in front of me--
A most hideous being
who appeared neither
human nor a beast.

With the swift sleight of hand,
Before I could even cry...

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With a deafening thunder
and blazing lightning,
Amidst a swirling clouds
of dark ominous smoke,
He appeared suddenly
Smack in front of me -
A most hideous being
who appeared neither
human nor a beast.

With a swift sleight of hand,
Before I could even...

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A glimpse in your gilded eyes
Tells me all inside your lieing mind
How can you Stand without a spine
How can you speak without a will
Failed to announce the pain
Will they realize the illusion
Is it all to...

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Incineration of Love God Madan ( Cupid )
One of Many
Originally written in Hindi by my late father Dr. Amar Nath Kapoor
1899 to 1994

English version by Ravindra K Kapoor.

Prelude to this epic.
According to Indian mythology Madan...

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Lord Krishna came 
Much later than Rama,
According to the Puranas.
But in my life it is the other way round:
Krishna, my Guru, came into this world 
Much before I did.

He is my friend, philosopher, and guide—
Not...

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Sambhavami yugé, yugé, says the Gita: 
God will come back again and again.
What for?
Of course to protect the virtuous 
And destroy the evil doers.

Déjà vu!
The Jews seem to wait for the same end. 
That’s what...

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Revelation Said In Stone
Appeared an Eon ago
of Shame and Sin, Something we all know
But not it's rise, For is has already became Virtue
Flaming Skies from an Angel So Bright
The World's Cure for Soul-Blight
A Hell on...

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Incarnation and a better life,
Has always been a human strife,
Strange curiosity to excavate,
Living cool present, yet divagate,

Since age of three I yearned to fly,
Little sweet cuckoo I always spied,
Melody of voice I could imitate,
As an...

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the farmer knows the earth,
her cycles of preparation and harvesting,
the moon's tide and
Joseph's dream: the years of plenty
and the years of famine;
we live in the time of destruction:
Kali Yuga

growth is change and space must be...

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Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 21

Would Hindus see in Paris kill Siva’s* will
Who’s show is this: Puppeteer or puppet’s
Kali-Yuga* dragging hind legs to standstill

Callow kids spray lead to warn not infidel
For what glory...

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Stop the war,
Pleaded the children
Eyes filled to the brim with
Despair as to how they can feel
Hope being destroyed with gloom

Stop the war
Else how will peace be celebrated
As the symbolic Goddess of Earth?
That which allowed us...

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Here in the Kali Yuga (Dark Age)
We are no longer sustained by the high 
And mighty order of Tradition
Instead waves of chaos
Swell on the tide of freedom
What was high is brought low
And what was low...

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Bob Marley will remain proud
In the peace that has survived
Despite years of being a target 
In a world whose power is tilted
To a few who claim to own all 

The most brilliant of military interventions
In...

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There was a time when tradesmen,
Like plumbers or mechanics, were all fulltime people.
But nowadays a tradesman has to do multiple tasks, 
Mainly because their number is dwindling.
When they are not available,
Householders have to do the...

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("Tree of Life", 2013, original pen and ink)

Kali's Long Game

The dark age, Kali Yuga of Hindu lore,
Is not a generation or two
Or even a millennia or so
By Western measure
It is part four of an epic...

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DAYS OF KALI YUGA
These are the days of kali Yuga
These are trying times
Times of struggle
Sparkles in their eyes
Have they come to know
That these are the days….
Kali Yuga
Have they come to know
Have they come to see..
As...

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