After Death Poem by Tribhawan Kaul

After Death

Rating: 4.4


Amidst
Whispers of ‘rest in peace’
vibrating entire cosmos
a departed soul watching
curiously from the above
a body below
surrounded by wailing people
mournfully
spelling out all the words
available in praise
staunch opponents
eulogising white deeds
ignoring the black ones
wiping crocodile tears
and laughing in sleeves
friends, foes and family
come to remember
a departed soul
which
wishes to be the whole
but for its KARMAS.

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COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jasbir Chatterjee 04 September 2013

congrats indeed on selection of this poem as poem of the day...the hypocrisy in life does not stop with death...unfortunate but true...

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Jasbir Chatterjee 04 September 2013

you may compare this with my poem Life and Death.'

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Leslie Philibert 04 September 2014

Like this too, even though the syntax is sometimes very `original`, well done.

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Bernard Snyder 04 September 2014

Congrats' on being chosen 'Poem of the Day'. Well-deserved and great topic!

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Babatunde Aremu 04 September 2014

Very nice and apt in describing funeral episodes. Thanks for sharing

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Neela Nath Das 16 January 2019

The Final Day when others will speak out and I shall not.Inevitable.None can escape, Very nice poem.

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Neela Nath Das 16 January 2019

The Final Day when others will speak and I shall not.Inevitable.None can escape, Very nice poem.

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Chinedu Dike 28 May 2018

Great lines! A work of an intricate mind. Witty, thought provoking, clear, focused and factual. A brilliant creation Tribhawan. Thanks for sharing and do remain enriched.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 01 March 2018

Dear sir, you have so nicely and astutely inscribed the events after death. Beautiful poem really. Lately I congratulated you for this poem selected as the member poem of the day. Thank u very much.

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Miguel Lahunken 15 July 2017

Do you let threats of eternal torment in Hell dominate your life? There is a way out. God is a just God. What did God take away from you that He didn't give you, therefore, being a just God, that He owes you back? He owes you back your previous eternal nonexistence. At your Judgement before Him, if you want it, ask for your eternal nonexistence back. God, being a just God, will give you your eternal nonexistence back. Then, you will never suffer again.

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Tribhawan Kaul

Tribhawan Kaul

Srinagar (J & K) India
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