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Oh Black Americans

...Oh! Black Americans,  
Africa is your motherland 
And most Africans love you 
Not because you are called African Americans 
And lost your African mother tongues
And cultures. 
Being called Amer...

Categories: telugu, africa, america, black african
Form: Free verse

The Clock On My Wall

...Time too has legs;
And they march forward incessantly;
While discharging their duty, they let us know…
How silently minutes and hours pass by;   
The clock on my wall tells it to me.

How to be...

Categories: telugu, time,
Form: Free verse

Sunkawar Five Bros

...He Purushottama,
Jyeshtha bandhoo Sunkawar hyanche
Purushottam naav thyaanche
Marathi thyaanchee layee bhaaree
Aamhas deyi madat sarvatopari
Prem ase karayache jase bandhoo aamche
Aata dadanvad...

Categories: telugu, appreciation, art,
Form: Lyric

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Naani Examples 3

... 
ONOMATOPOEIA
~~~~~~~~~~~

onomatopoeia
ring, boom, hiss, bang, crash, wallop!
sounds one can hear
words speaking for themselves

~~

onomatopoeia
roar, meow, hiss, pop, tap!
fr...

Categories: telugu, onomatopoeia, words,
Form: I do not know?

Troubled Waters - Naani

...Love 
is crossing an ocean of torment 
trying to reach a river of dreams
...is it worth the voyage


Form: Naani
12/19/2017...

Categories: telugu, heartbreak, life,
Form: Verse

From Gandam To London All Sing Your Glory

...Oh dear merciful Father of Heaven, our God,
Devotion brings faith, for knowledge we nod.
A little clay lamp in remote village gives light,
Street light shines in city, street looks so bright.
Nig...

Categories: telugu, feelings, inspirational, life, light,
Form: Rhyme

Shine With Your Naani

...SHINE WITH YOUR NAANI

Fast  the travel, long the joyous trip
 fine is the progress,
the greatest race, 
set at spirit's own sweet pace


Life sends us on a mystery
starships speed far away
truth set...

Categories: telugu, places, science fiction, stars,
Form: Verse

Red Sun

...Rising sun so soft,tender
like your forehead's red bindi
splashes colour in my mind
another new dawn.




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Contest name--Red Sun

Date--- 24th June 2013


Bin...

Categories: telugu, nature, romance,
Form: Dodoitsu

Reality - Naani Poem

...The heart is a storage house
Of deepest thoughts,  feelings.
The eyes mirror them,
But the lips open the gates.








(Naani is an Indian Telugu poem with 4 lines,  20-25 syllables,  any topic.)...

Categories: telugu, life,
Form: Epigram

Dewdrops

...With each small spec of dew
that lays upon each leaf, 
each morning; it brings such 
freshness to the world.


Naani:
Is one of India's most popular Telugu poetry forms. It means an expression...

Categories: telugu, life, nature,
Form: Verse

Tears of the Heart (Naani)

...(Naani-Expression of one and all)



A tearful heart mourns, 
In dire circumstances.
Yet, the same heart when gladdened 
Shall shed joyful tears...  


 
[The Naani is one of India's most ...

Categories: telugu, allegory, happiness, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse

Intellectually Speaking (Naani)

...A woman that knows no bounds
Soars like an eagle
Yet, lands like a rock
If intelligence is not found










Naani
Naani is one of Indian's most popular Telugu poems.  Naani means an...

Categories: telugu, introspection, life, passion, people,
Form: Free verse

True Love (Naani)

...A love
As part of the heart
Remains as nil
When not spoken nor shown in action 




Note:

Naani is a Telugu (India) poem it defines 
as expression of one and all. This form 
is of 4 line...

Categories: telugu, life, love,
Form: I do not know?