Gajanan Mishra Poems

We know all useless,
Money, power, position,
Yet we are busy in
Our own hunger game.
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Where is River?
Who is there to save the river?
The river is life's natural filter.
And what is life?
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I know not love,
And yet, you request me
To write a love poem.
I know not the truth,
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No newness in new,
No manliness in a man.
The tiger is just a cat,
And it fears to attack.
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Prema kana jaane naa,
tathapi, tume kara anurodha
Prema kabita lekhibaku.
Satya kana jaane naa
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ବର୍ଷାରେ
ଲାଗିବା କଥା ଖୁସି,
ଲାଗୁଛି କିନ୍ତୁ ବିରକ୍ତ ।
ଲାଗୁଛି, ପଳାନ୍ତି କୁଆଡେ ନା କୁଆଡେ ।
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To conquer anyone -
No intention.
To possess power -
No intention to oppose anyone.
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The sky comes first,
The air follows the sky,
Then comes sound,
Then fire, then form,
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Dreaming and deep sleep -
All vanish in the presence
Of the truth, and its light.
The truth and the light-
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