Poems
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
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Sleep, sleep, my beloved,
without worry, without fear,
although my soul does not sleep,
although I do not rest.
Sleep, sleep, and in the night
may your whispers be softer
than a leaf of grass,
or the silken fleece of lambs.
May my flesh slumber in you,
my worry, my trembling.
In you, may my eyes close
and my heart sleep.
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Speak earth and bless me with what is richest
make sky flow honey out of my hips
rigis mountains
spread over a valley
carved out by the mouth of rain.
And I knew when I entered her I was
high wind in her forests hollow
fingers whispering sound
honey flowed
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The temperate sun shines on your perfect skin
Glowing gold flakes surround your eyes
Just for a minute, let me stare within
Just for a minute, let me pretend you're mine
Your touch is so delicate, so smooth and thin
Your presence blazes me and makes me cry
Just for a second, the world spins
Just for a second, you don't have to be so kind
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'Is this good? '
Very simple.....
But very relevant question,
If the answer is'yes, '
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Have you ever met anyone
who you immediately thought
is from a different planet?
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The stars were just being themselves.
laughing, shining,
being loud,
being close,
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कवी: चैतन्य विनायक कन्हेरीकर. एक शुभ्र चांदणी ढगाळ लपली ०००. चाणाक्ष नजरेनं तिला क्षणात हेरली ०००. मनानं तर घेतला होता तिचाच ध्यास ०००. स्वप्नातील स्वप्न असाव ०००. पण होतं ते वास्तव ते ०००. दिवस रात्रीची रात्रीची अनेक वळणे ०००. अन अचानक जाग आली ०००. पहाट होती वसंतातली ०००. ती आली होती जणू परीच्या पावलांनी ०००. अंगणात उतरली हाताच्या आधारानि ०००. मखमली तिच्या हाताचा स्पर्श ०००. रोमरोमातून जागला प्रीतीचा प्रणइ हर्ष०००. असा कितीतरी वेळ ००हाती होता हात ०००. शब्द होते मुके ००काळ होता शून्य ००. आवाज न काही ००. रात्र संपता संपता क्षितिजावर पहाट झाली ०००. नाजूक साजूक चांदण्या सर्व मावळल्या ०००. शुभ्र चांदणी उरली ०००. आणि पाहता पाहता तीही निघाली ००. हळुवार हात सोडवून पुढे ढगात जातच राहिली ०००. मधूनच पाही वळून मोठ्या पांडूरक्या ढगाच्या आडून ०००. वळणा वळणात झाली दिसेनाशी ००. हृदय माझं घेऊन गेली स्वतः पाशी ००. दिवस रात्रीची उरली आहेत वळणे ०००. क्षितिजा पर्यंत ००. प्रतीक्षा करत आहे आजही मी०००. करत राहीन ०००.जीवात जीव आहे तो पर्यंत०००. कवी: चैतन्य विनायक कन्हेरीकर. दिनांक २० एप्रिल २००२.
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कवी चैतन्य विनायक कन्हेरीकर. टिपक्यातच होती गोडी तेव्हा ००००. किती पटकन होतात काढून ००००. नाजूक रेषा नको बाई मला ००००. एक एक दिवस चिकाटीचा ००००. जणू भरीव टिपक्या भोवती वाढती वलये ००. कंटाळले शेवटी नुसती पसरतात ०००. वळले आता पावलावर पाऊल टाकून ०००. वळणा वळणांच्या नाजूक रेखात०००. नाजूक नक्षी म्हणता म्हणता जमू लागली रेखीव ०००. आज हौसेचे अगदी सार्थक झाले ०००. तोंड भरून कौतुक केले सगळ्यांनी ०००. अगदी हातात हात घेऊन ००००. कवी: चैतन्य विनायक कन्हेरीकर. दिनांक: ५फेब्रुवारी१९८७.
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कवी: चैतन्य विनायक कन्हेरीकर. विरळ विरळ काळया कुट्ट तेज पुंज छटा.०० गिळंकृत सागराच्या खवळल्या लाटा.००० तेजो निधी तप्त गोल कलला सर्वनाशाकडे.०० प्रचंड स्फोटाने फुटला तो झाले वीर तुकडे.०० झगमगाठ लखलखात वायूगोलांची बरसात.०० औट घटीकेची दिवाळी उजळली ब्रम्हांडात.००० संपला एक एक ग्रह गोल.००० त्या एका क्षणी पृथ्वीचा ही गेला तोल.०० घरंगळली अनंतात लुप्त झाली अति खोल.०० मंद अंधुक काळसर निळसर उरला संधी प्रकाश.०००० शांत शितल अवघे उरले ब्रम्हांडी अवकाश ००० कवी: चैतन्य विनायक कन्हेरीकर. दिनांक १५मे१९८६.
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Words collect like morning dew on leaves—
offered, absorbed, refracted—
a quiet exchange in the rhythms of being.
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Like the first flutter of life.
Like a gentle butterfly kiss.
Her heart was pumping,
Hummingbird beat.
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Pelo ye mpsha e hlabile mokgoši phefong,
Ka ge ngwana e le tšhilo ya lapa,
Moya o a re hlalošetša, gore bophelo bo tšwela pele...
Ge e le Ramogolo yena, o fetogile Maitia-kati ge a thula pelo maroba!
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Hair sprawled on the table
I rest my head on
eyes jealous of the ice
in the drink
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I dwell
In the absence
You left behind
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If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
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Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; a rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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(This is a composition in Pilipino Language the first one I did, the only one, and hope some of the Filipinos will get this funny poem in this site. The poem is updated with English translation)
Noong taong otsenta dekada
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Love and lust are poles apart.
Lust is chaos, love is art.
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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Between us now and here -
Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
Life's flushest feather -
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"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
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