S.D. TIWARI Poems

We eat food daily not giving a thought
how grown in fields, who have sweated.
Get in kitchen simply think, have bought;
we eat food daily not giving a thought.
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book is such a place
where in you can confiscate
the whole universe
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स्वर्ग से आयी नन्ही परी
उन्माद के आंसू बह निकले
जब रुनझुन करती फिरती थी
उम्मीदों के आंसू बह निकले
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hanged banana leaf
drains out the rain drops
to fill a bucket
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चाय की चुस्की

चाय ही जिंदगी है, चाय ही बंदगी है।
चाय मन की चाहत, चाय ही ताजगी है।
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Hey Maa, Mother Durga!
You are the mother of universe,
It’s you who takes care of all
and removes glooms of hearts.
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जो फ़िल्में गए परदे पर देखते हैं
वो तो जानते हैं कि एक तमाशा है
राजनीति का तमाशा टी वी पर देखते हैं
उसके पीछे भी एक तमाशा है
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sweetened milk filled in
baby's tongue oscillates on
nipple capped bottle

tiny tummies filled
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This valley is ours
This world is ours
This sky is ours
This moment is ours
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Dancing: frogs, peacocks and farmers;
Singing: birds, women and the lovers;
Set to welcome: farms, ponds, rivers;
Prepared: boatmen, municipality, villagers.
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