A Ghazal - He And We Poem by Sunil Uniyal

A Ghazal - He And We

Rating: 3.5


wind water earth sky - all things remain the same
for our Lord in heaven above we are but a game

He tests us at every step if we fail
not He but we're ourselves to blame

all day the devotees throng His shrine
chanting His name spreading His fame

desires they've sown for ages in their hearts
if they don't sprout won't it be His shame?

deaf He may be to my pleas, uni,
don't think on His love i'll forego my claim.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 22 October 2019

deaf He may be to my pleas, uni, don't think on His love i'll forego my claim. .....so impressive. Beautiful poem. Thanks and congratulations for being selected this poem as the modern poem of POD.

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Mahtab Bangalee 22 October 2019

all day the devotees throng His shrine chanting His name spreading His fame desires they've sown for ages in their hearts if they don't sprout won't it be His shame? /// Ghazal in shekwa tone

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 October 2019

In a Ghazal themes are usually connected to love and romance. This beautiful Ghazal misses that romance, no? Please, never create such a line, making God as evillish, I cite you here: " for our Lord in heaven above we are but a game" , I do not think so, Sunil Sir. CONGRATULATIONS, Sunil Sir, being chosen as The Modern Poem Of The Day. Hurray! Double Congrats, previous year the same honour, prize and even the date. God´s Blessings.

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Aniruddha Pathak 22 October 2019

A beautiful devotional Ghazal. It reads well.

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Anil Kumar Panda 22 October 2018

Nice poem. Yeah, He is there to take care of us always. Loved it.

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2. about the 'poem'. is it worth being called so? or even a ghazal?

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This poem was selected poem of the dat (pod) modern on 22 October 2019 and again tioday. As if there are no poems worth the name! I have come to conclude that the poetic standards of PoemHunter is suspect nowadays. I wonder, why am i here!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 08 October 2023

THREE: TOP Marks Full for you, Sunil. Enjoyed tremendously.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 08 October 2023

TWO: and now for the third time on Sunday, October 8. Congratulations on your election as The Modern Poem Of The Day, and remember: man proposes, but God disposes

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Sylvia Frances Chan 08 October 2023

ONE: your thoughts on God are very thought-provoking for me, Uni. First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your three-time election as Modern Poem of the Day, first in 2018, then in 2019 on the same day, October 22,

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