Sleep! Sleep! ! Dear Sleep,
Where have you gone?
Why do you abandon me
When needed most?
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[A poem written on request for the portrait by the same name contributed by Premji for the cover page of “Universal Call for Peace”]
My Dhyana Buddha he sits
Under the Bodi Tree once again
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Today I waited as in days gone by
To see just a glimpse of you
With no breeze stirring to cool
From dawn to dusk the day ended
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[In response to Asma Bahrainwala’s - Terrorism (A Tanka) ]
It is not that we don’t care
But, as long as we have
To deal with and curb terrorism
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[Written on the request of my daughter Mirabel a great fan of MJ and dedicated to her and all fans of the great King of Pop! ]
Michael died today
At the age of fifty they say
Michael died today
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Cross-border Fire?
Border?
God created Earth
The Borders He made -
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Woe! My country men – I cry for you, Dear Gandhiji
Mahatma of our Country!
After reading, “A Blame on Gandhi”, by Samanyan Lakshminarayanan
Gandhi was a good man,
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I wonder, why you ask,
'Is poetry also cruel? '
A poem brings out
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Hope and prayers are what sustain mankind
I hope no one cries tonight as I peaceful sleep
Here in a sheltered home well fed and kept
No noise of war or cries for help I hear
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Tonight at my doorstep
While I wait for the door to open
I reflect – I left behind people
Who went to sleep tonight
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