Budha Is Laughing Poem by Thampi KEE

Budha Is Laughing

Rating: 4.2


You praise my strength,
my fun for the war, ...
the huge wound in
my head yet to heal....

You praise my strength
my son is my power
his muscle on his arm
burning for war

We crushed smiling Buddha
with version of one eye,
utterly without scent..
the eye simply for mind,

You raped my faith
and forced for purdha..
you raped my sister,
for the sake of your faith

you made this land
and famine was the end,
any more than gray old horse
we meet in the holy place

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kelly Kurt 11 April 2015

Laughing or crying? Thank you for sharing, Thampi Peace

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Konjit Berhane 01 April 2006

WoW...great work....excellent one kee keep it up **KoNi**

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Joy Vanderhelm 02 April 2006

Simplistic language here but a good write. I love some of the wording especially toward the end. A great write, Kee.

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Faith Elizabeth Brigham 22 April 2006

beautiful in it's simplicity, this poem also has depth and an extremely powerful delivery...great job!

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Madathil Rajendran Nair 29 April 2015

Congrats for capturing the home page. I have already commented about this poem.

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Kim Barney 28 April 2015

Is it Budha with one D or Buddha with two? You have it one way in the title and the other way in the poem. I spelled it with two in my Buddha poem. Enjoyed reading it in any case.

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Geetha Jayakumar 28 April 2015

A Fantastic write once again from your pen. Sure, Budha will be Laughing by not looking at the poem, but the way you have presented the truth in a beautiful way. Beautiful presentation. Loved reading it. Congrats for well deserved poem of the day!

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Kee Thampi 29 April 2015

Thanks for the love of war against terrorism

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John Richter 28 April 2015

This tells a horrible story... I think.... Is this Budha that is so callous? I guess my ignorance precludes my understanding of your faith's entirety. But I feel like 'crushing the one eyed Budha' represents crushing a mindset, perhaps a peoples will.... In any event, fantastic poetry friend....

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Jayatissa K. Liyanage 28 April 2015

Meaning of laughing is much more than literary. It looks like a knock on the head by a great teacher. Very meaningful.

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