Gajanan Mishra Poems

See your own picture,
and say yourself
how graceful you are.
See your own dream, my dear
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Who is not a child?
Who is there knower of everything?
Who is not smiling?
Who is not crying?
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Butchering animal is said to be
the production of meat requires for good health.
Abortion and destruction of
productive power of man
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No one is free,
Freedom is only a myth.
If we live with the myth,
Imagine the consequences
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See, this is the cow, my dear children,
And we are attaining four important
aims of life through rearing of this cow-
Money, righteousness, desire and salvation.
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My poems are not free,
My poems are not for those
Who are not interested to read
And not ready to feel the truth in it.
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ଇଛେନ ନେଇଁ ଆର ଛନେକେ ନେଇଁ
କାଁ କରମା ଭାଇ, ମା କାଜେ ସଭେ ବାଇ।
ମା ମୋର ମାଏଟ ମୋର ଭାଷା ମୋର
ମୋର ସରକାର ଦଉଛେ ସଭକେ ଖେଇ।
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Smile or tears!
Both necessary
For survival.
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କେନ ହସିଥି କାଣା ଅଛେ
କିଏ ପାରବା କହି,
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Meet them
Where they are
Who, why and how.
Listen to them,
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