Short Suresh Poems

Did time stop to ask
if it broke your gentle heart,
to depart so soon?

Date: 24th October 2021
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Title: Skullduggery...

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Know not when you sleep
             sleep is bliss so is death
                      Discern not when you die



First time I write Haiku.
Suresh M Iyer...

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Eyes brown
Fixated in them
All of me

A soft sound
And in them
I dream

What I found
Surreal it
May seem

In love I drown
And in them
I gleam

© Rohaan Suresh...

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There was a lad from Bangladesh,
Who read a book titled, 'Suresh',
He wakes up every night,
Because he sees a light,
And the book comes to him afresh.



November 4, 2022.
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The Banyan Tree

The banyan tree stands tall,
come rain or mighty squall,
it rests, serene,
but never unseen,
its branches guarding us all.

BITE SIZE POEM no29 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Date: 6th December 2021...

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Justification is the only recourse 
When truth starts sounding bitter 
They will convince you 
They will argue with you 
They will beat you 
They will kill you 
They will idolize you 
Like a stagnant pool stand you 
They breed out of you 
You become the Justification 

Suresh M Iyer...

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Democracy Is Troublesome

Hark! Their noise is deafeningly loud, and if everyone claps,
upon these fools the building will collapse!

Date: 13th October 2021
YOUR BEST RHYMING COUPLET #3 Poetry Contest
Sponsor - L MILTON HANKINS...

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Through pain you were born,
with love you were raised,
with hope we sent you off,
with pride we watched you
from afar, not realizing
your dawn was our dusk.


Contest: BITE SIZE POEM no27 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Dated: 19th November 2021...

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Legacy

Inheritors we are of depravity,
yet blame do we the ignorance of 
those whom graves stolidly invoke,
or pity do we the oblivion of 
the unborn, who, in our dirty shoes
shall sordidly rule the seven seas?

BITE SIZE POEM no24 Poetry Contest
Date: 27th October 2021...

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Tinted colors of old
Debauched, dubious mysteries
Finagled corrupt's gold
A glorious, poignant history

An empty throne,
And tales of skirmish
Standing draped in gold, all alone
A war cry and a death wish

Glorious structures,
Secluded with pride
Curtained with greed and power
A broken ruling mind

Sky turning grey
Chains broken for freedom
Nobility burned like hay
End of the golden demon.
© Rohan Suresh...

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In Memory of You

So that even if my moribund mind fails
to show your fading beautiful face again,
you shall glow eternally in these trembling words.
By no means hollow are the choicest crowns
this dying poet does bestow on his cherished lover.

1st Prize, Something Beautiful 5 line rhyme Contest

Date: November 5 2021...

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Stories, cartoons, 
comics I love most
English, maths and science 
are like ghosts
They haunt me all day
disturb my dreams, 
keep me awake
I want to play 
all the way
Let Jack study, 
he is the dull boy
Schools are like monsters, 
traps us inside
Only a history teacher, 
we all together like
Akbar to Shivaji, 
Rani Laxmibhai
They fought and played, 
never went to school
Want to be those heroes, 
Why make me run behind books.
 
 
... by Suresh...

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Under the shining light
Knelt before the words of Pontius Pilate
With Judas alongside
Did sins of creed bestow 
upon me the cry of the century
John, did thee see
My crimes wash away
In Jordan, or was it just me?
Is Apostles' Creed devoid of truth
For did He visit Hell?
While He resurrected.
Take me down that path
So I build my own shrine
While the Holy Lance digs deep
And take away me,
But no one to throw, no one to see
While I hang on the dogwood.

© Rohan Suresh...

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THE FORTUNE SEEKER 


The parrot peeps through the tiny window

The fortune teller coaxes it to take a bow

Expecting keenly the parrot from the cage

to come out and gently pick a page

to tell his future; the young man wants to know



Looking at the ceiling, he recalls his past

Confined to bed, the old man looks lost

His near and dear ones desert him

like passing clouds; pastures not green as it seem

With blessings for all, he waits to breathe his last



........... Suresh M Iyer...

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