Raina Poems | Examples

A Tribute To the Nation

On this day, day
we reminisce our past, 
Let this freedom last,
Deep in of Love hearts a flame is lit, 
Of love and True Spirit;

Years ago, Gandhiji fought.. 
And brought back our freedom; 
The ahimsa that he preached, 
Reached miles and miles away.

The Dandi March he tread;
 Spread the corrupt means and nature the Invaders. 

He, made us strong.
And Instilled  the spirit to "wrong".

Swaraj, he said. should be our 'MOTTO"', 
And then, No one. would dare to, 
Berate our Nation.

The values he had taught,
 Has brought 
about a new thought.

He put a stop to their Torment,
 with his Civil Disobedience Movement.

He the valued the Truth, 
And Pleaded the Youth, 
To join their hands
 And stand together  unfazed.

To this day , everyone Bows, 
To this day, everyone knows, 
The Almighty Mahatma; 
-who is our true Raina.

His made the all free national spirit has made the 
Britishers  Flee. 
And , has made us all flee

Together we shall sing,
 Together we shall Bring,
 Peace & love to this land 
And stand together

Let the Day begin! Happy Independence Day! Jai Hind!

-Abhijina Laxmi

Utopian Land

My poetry takes me to Utopian land,
  Where love and peace perfectly blend.
    Humanity is the only religion known
      Arrows are rusted, bows can’t bend.

Everyone is kind with beautiful heart,
  Equality and justice for all, I wonder.
    A perfect place where women are safe,
      And it rains, without any thunder.

I imagine people living their dreams, 
  Society woven from threads of trust.
    Here life is perfect, devils are dead,
      Joy prevails, worries crushed to dust.

But, when I encounter the real world,
  My poetic soap bubble tends to burst.
    And I am drawn out of Utopian land,
      Now I find blood quenching the thirst.


This poem has been published in 2019 in my poetry collection 
"Far in the Meadows and other poems" by Meenakshi Raina

23 March, 2017.
Utopia and the Soap Bubble - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann


Poem Written In March 2017- Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Laura Loo

Tribute

TRIBUTE

    Tribute to amazing poet Eve Roper, the first souper to appreciate me.
         Silent One! The truly talented poet, I admire thee.

        Tribute to Sandra Haight, Paul Callus, Julia Ward, SKAT A, Teppo Gren,
        Daniel Turner, Ruben O, Linda, Mystic Rose,Joseph May, Lin Lane.

        Tribute to Richard Lamoureux,Mystic Rose, Connie Marcum, Viv Wigley
        Casarah Nance, Alex Y, Kim Merryman, Sara Kendrick,Brian Davey.

        Tribute to Julia Ward,John and Shadow both Hamilton,Joyce Johnson
       John Lawless, Frank Herrara, Josph May, SKAT A, Nayda Ivette Negron.

    Tribute to Janis Thompson, Philip Gracia, Janice Canerdy, Balveen Cheema.
    Rick Parise, Meenakdhi Raina, Probir Gupta, Sara Chansarkar, Upma Sarma.

    10/7/16
          Community Builders Free For All Tribute Contest by Adrea Dietrich.

Caves of Sorrow

In my dark deep caves of sorrow
 I have the walls painted with tears,
  Lonely I stand there with no hope
   Tormented with unwanted fears.

Restless regrets roam and reside 
 In my dark deep caves of sorrow,
  I exist as withered autumn
   There is no spring for tomorrow.

Roses, reminded me of you
 Now uprooted since you were gone,
  In my dark deep caves of sorrow
   My life is caged has not moved on.

With broken heart I feel disturbed
 Some peace I wish, I could borrow,
  Ashes of faith are now buried 
   In my dark deep caves of sorrow.


This poem has been published in 2019 in my poetry collection 
"Far in the Meadows and other poems" by Meenakshi Raina

CONTEST 208 any form, any topic max of 16 lines - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Brian Strand

Poem written on: August 4, 2016.

Their Raina and Ruuxa

Twilight, upon my way to set aside another day
Her baby turtle dove; tiny wings not yet able to fly
Caught amid the corner of my eye; picking her up gently
Fifteen minutes fingertips soft kiss caressing beauty emotions

It's Time To Let Go

I'm ready to grieve now... so let there be tears
It’s time to move on to face all my fears

It’s time to let go now... so let there be pain
It’s time to start crying when I hear your name

My days have been frozen since you have been gone
My nights I just live in the words of our song

I cling to the past and all that we knew
Too scared to let go, the memory of you

I know now that time will never erase
Our memories, a love I can never replace

I know to move on doesn’t mean you forget
I know to let go doesn’t mean you regret

I must close the door now and find a new way
To reach for tomorrow and not yesterday

It’s time to remember and smile when I do
All the fun, the laughter and love shared with you

It’s time for goodbye, to let the tears flow 
It’s time to move now...it’s time to let go..


Raina Hutchins

Raina After Midnight

Raina, who lives next door,
is always tending
her garden after midnight, sipping
milagro straight from the bottle.

Once I watched her from my window, 
as she cut out weeds 
and thumbed her flowers sans glove,
bottle in hand and smiling hard,
like a woman in love.
I asked her why. 

She answered without looking up,
that darkness was her thing,
and wise ones never run 
from true nature, that uncoils 
to reveal itself 
like the unconscious motivations 
behind a dream.
(Or something like that)

I laughed at her and shook my head.

Then she said: 
A dragon that's kept hidden,
will someday break free to consume 
everything it hadn't been given, 
as if all doings were left undone, 
all words left unsaid.
That's just how it is,
you'll know it well before you're dead.

Then she went back to her work-hum-sip, 
that was that,
that was it.

Sometimes I still see her, washed in moonlight
and the soft winds of the Summer,
as she moves like air, and occasionally wonder
what in the hell she'd meant.

Echoes of You

For me the sun has closed her eyes
Never to rise again
Darkness is all that surrounds me now
Darkness and echoes of pain

I'm on a journey to nowhere
The road is narrow and long
Walking alone, I stumble and fall
With echoes of you and our song

I try to look to the future, but
I may just as well be blind
The absence of you is all that I see
Echoes of you so defined

Confusion and pain, my constant friends
They never leave me alone
Reminders of all that you and I shared
Echoes I cannot disown

Today or tomorrow will never be mine
I live in a dark, sad place
The past, not the present, is all I can see
In the echoes of your lovely face

Emotional scars are invisible
But the damage is built to last
I wonder, will I ever be free
From echoes of you and the past...


By Raina Hutchins

Baby Shower

they came in the raina
and they sing
they ease my pain
it was at
my high rise  tower
many gifts
at the
BABY SHOWER

Why

Why did God create a life
That wasn’t meant to be
Why did He give eyes
If they were never meant to see
Why did He put breath in you
Then take that breath away
Why give you to me
If you were never meant to stay
Why show someone happiness
And how it feels to smile
And fill their hearts with hope
If it can only last a while
Why did God create the sun
When all it does is rain
How am I supposed to laugh
When all I feel is pain
Why let people dream
Knowing their dreams will not come true
Why should I find someone else
When all I want is you
Why say there’s a Heaven
When it doesn’t help to pray
Why is there tomorrow
When I long for yesterday
What’s the point in searching
Knowing you’re not there to find
Why give someone life
If death is following behind
So why God when He took my love
Did He not take me too
For life is not worth living
If it means I don’t have you...


By Raina Hutchins, from the UK

Goodbye

My life is torn between two worlds
Of now and used to be
But all I ever wanted 
Was the world of you and me
Memories of the only love 
That I have ever known
It’s hard to hold them in my heart
But hard to let them go
At times I wonder who I am
Where did I go wrong 
Why am I so lonely 
In a life I don’t belong
I know my heart will never heal
While feeling so much pain
I’ll never find the sunshine 
While I’m following the rain
Too late now for miracles
They wouldn’t change a thing
For someone else’s finger
Now wears your wedding ring
But though our song has ended
You still want us to dance
And though I’m still in love with you
My heart can't take the chance
Forever I will miss you
And forever I will cry, but
To find myself again
I know I have to say goodbye..

By Raina Hutchins

My Angel

All my tomorrows will come and go
And pass just like a storm
But all this pain I feel inside my heart 
Still lingers on
I would have loved you always
Held you for a million years
Instead my arms are empty
And my world is full of tears
Since you’ve gone I’m just a shadow
Of someone I used to be
There’s nothing I wouldn’t do in this world
To bring you back to me
Sometimes I wake up crying at night
Sometimes I scream out your name
What right did He have to take you from me
God, why did you take him away
I'm on a road to nowhere
And I just can't find my way
I feel so lost without you
Scared to face each waking day
Nights I lay awake just staring
Through my bloodshot eyes
Surrounded by these walls that tell
The stories of our lives
The sound of your sweet loving voice
The feel of you so close
The love I felt inside your heart
Is what I miss the most
I know someday I'll see you again
At the gates of Heaven above
And there I will find you waiting for me
My Angel, my heart, my love.

By Raina Hutchins

Lee's Verse

Whenever a tunnel of darkness descends

Remember... there's always a light at the end

Face all your fears, and follow your dreams

For nothing is ever as bad as it seems

Things may go wrong, but don't be afraid

Lessons are learned from mistakes that are made

Life is not painless, but never despair

Just reach deep inside...and your strength will be there..


Raina Hutchins




For Lee, my son-in-law, who was so very special to me.

Life will never be the same again... 
I will miss you for always xxxx

Love Is-

Love, I thought was meant to be
A word that makes you smile
Love, I thought was meant to be 
A feeling so worthwhile
Love, I thought was meant to make you laugh
Not make you cry
Love, I thought was meant to say hello 
Not say goodbye
Love is meant to leave you 
Feeling happy every day 
Love is meant to guide you 
So you never lose your way 
Love should be the dream 
From which you never want to wake
Love should be the person 
Whom you never will forsake
Love should be the one you lean upon
And your best friend
Love should be the reason for beginning
Not the end
Love’s a word I used to say
But now it’s in the past
Love to me is just a feeling 
Never meant to last
Love to me is just a word
Reminding what I had
Love is just a word that leaves me 
Lost, alone and sad
Love to me is make believe
A dream that can’t be real
Love just leaves a bleeding heart
A wound you cannot heal
One-day love is everything 
You ever dreamed would be
Then suddenly it leaves you
Saying “I” instead of “We” 



By Raina Hutchins

I'm Nothing Without You

You were the reason for my smile
But it's been vacant for a while
You are the reason why I’m here
I’m nothing without you

You are the reason for my song
The tears I’m crying all night long
Where did you and I go wrong
I’m nothing without you

No one here to see me cry
When you tell me one more lie
No one here to watch me die
I’m nothing without you

Now I’m lonely, sad and free
Fading in your memory
Your arms are where I need to be
I’m nothing without you

No more sunshine; only rain
No more laughter; only pain
Forever lonely I’ll remain
I’m nothing without you

I know my broken heart won't mend
I know I’ve lost my love, my friend
I know my life has reached its end
I’m nothing without you


By Raina Hutchins

• Short Raina Poems
• Famous Raina Poems
• Best Raina Poems
• Read Raina Poems
• Long Raina Poems
• Raina Quotes