Rajaram Ramachandran Poems

Mother Teresa shunned politics.
Once she said, “If I’m in politics,
I may stop loving people,
That I can’t think of or spell.”
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In the year nineteen eighty,
The Missionaries of charity,
Opened a separate entity
For priests observing spirituality.
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In 1971, Mother won Peace Prize,
In 1973, Templeton Prize,
In 1979, Nobel Peace Prize,
For all her humane services.
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In the year nineteen-forty-eight
India recognized Mother’s merit
And she became an Indian citizen,
As a pride jewel of the Nation.
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In the year 1952, there came,
For the dying, a special home,
“Nirmal Hriday” by name,
In Kolkata, for the first time.
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When a good seed is sown well,
It starts cutting the soil,
Pushing down deep its roots,
And sprouting up its shoots.
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How can a dedicated Mother,
Single handed, take care
Of the sick, dying and poor
Lying in streets uncared for?
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“The death, I’ve seen,
Besides horrors of famine,
But I had never been,
Earlier, to a war scene.”
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In the year nineteen-twenty-eight,
On the 25th, September, the date
That gave Agnes a good start
For her career, in the right spirit.
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The disastrous 1946 World War
Crippled the economy world o’er.
It caused unprecedented destructions,
With huge loss of lives and properties.
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