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Subcontinent Poems - Poems about Subcontinent

Premium Member Independence
... The winds of change blow in time’s course, waft from an unseen end to another unknown. The momentum they gather from the power of the flow of history goes on increasing ever. The direction they......

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Categories: subcontinent, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Etched In Stone
...Humanity born on the bone of an earthen mound froze graphics on cave walls hail their Ice Age strive, wall carvings speak three trees, a forest be sound, harsh times craft crept the charge......

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Categories: subcontinent, bible, imagery, spoken word,
Form: Quintain (English)



Premium Member The Sword of Islam
... In the deserts of Arabia, Medina had many Hebrews And Khaybar Oasis was full of farms run by Jews. To this day Muslims shout Khaybar, defeating Jews hits a chord Because Mohammed took both place......

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Categories: subcontinent, africa, allah, christian, conflict,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Heart
... "Heart" Deep fissures formed in the cracks of the nowhere place where time leeched bleeding claret through the green veined blues protean bit by bit the flesh ......

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Categories: subcontinent, muse,
Form: Free verse
Rest In Peace O Great
...Heartache! Huge heartache! No, no, no! Unstoppable the tears! Everything is good to look but I’m not I’m dumped into heartache and logged tears Long sighs, much heart beating in hearing the new......

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Categories: subcontinent, death,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Diwali
...Decorating homes and workplaces Illuminating with diyas and rangoli for five days Worship ceremonies of Lakshmi, goddess of properity As mentioned in early Sanskrit tex......

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Categories: subcontinent, holiday, inspirational, light,
Form: Acrostic
Bangalore-My Dream Destination
...Sprawling green gardens super Brilliant, breezy cool weather Bustling busy night life Clubbing culture that does strike Thriving tech talent pool With culture uniquely cool Fastest growin......

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Categories: subcontinent, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet
Summertime Love
...Spring blossom’s fine and fine’s monsoon season, But summertime love’s like a passing shower, E’en autumn, if my heart’s free from frisson, No, summertime love’s not my fond flower; Wearing the l......

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Categories: subcontinent, love, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Historic Event
...The intrigued course of subjugation history, turned the trader into the ruler, enforcing the British sovereignty in the Indian subcontinent for seemingly endless decades. Many valiant attempts o......

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Categories: subcontinent, history, independence day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member That's Poetry
...When tongue is silent, but muse is chanting - that's poetry. When we write what the heart has been asking - that's poetry. As dawn's hues glisten golden rays, in blue, bronze, orange skies, ......

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Categories: subcontinent, poetry, poets,
Form: Ghazal
Premium Member Sleeping Beauty - Translation From Tagore
...This is my translation of Rabindranath Tagore's famous poem "Nidrita". Rabindranath Tagore (1861- 1941) was a Bengali poet, writer, music composer, and painter from Indian subcontinent. He reshaped B......

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Categories: subcontinent, angel, fantasy, princess,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member A Raja To His Rani
..."I'll always be your devoted Raja And you're forever my Rani; as sacred to me as The Ganges. Rain o......

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Categories: subcontinent, passion, romantic love,
Form: Verse
Lamenting Wings
..."you are more than I deserve. It's a love I never dreamed I'd find. Happinesd like this is worth dying for..." - Yasunari Kawabata- Looking down, while flying midway between sky and earth, I saw......

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Categories: subcontinent, 12th grade, friend, friendship,
Form: I do not know?
A Great Ruler
...You were an Afghan, Farid Khan by name, A name less known to the world today. You ran away from home, Because your own step-mother plotted against you. Now you were runaway-Khan! You chose to ......

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Categories: subcontinent, history,
Form: Narrative
Butterfly Effect
...I come to bury Gandhi, Bury him deep, Not to praise him. It is fashionable nowadays—to decry him As a racist, as a casteist. Accuse him of discriminatory practices. No one will challenge me. ......

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Categories: subcontinent, how i feel,
Form: Lyric

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