Lady Love

Like a vision
you arise from my dreams
and fill my soul with the
fragrance of your sensuous body
your soft tresses flow
like velvety clouds
over the full moon
Entranced, I let
the magic of your love
fill my senses
like a whiff of
seductive Marijuana

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As I Ponder’d In Silence : Walt Whitman

It was very difficult to choose one poem from Whitman’s poetry. I love all of them. He is such a grand poet. The other poem which is close to my heart is :Miracles” , a must read. will post more of his exceptional work later . till then enjoy this lovely verse.
As [...]

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The Psalm Of Life :Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I was always a big admirer of Longfellow’s poetry. Easy rhymes, the melody and the grace with which they flow makes them exceptional. Long after the words are forgotten , the music of his poems lingers in the heart. Here is one of my favorites. Enjoy!!
The Psalm Of Life
What the heart of the young man [...]

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The Song of the Free

This is a lovely poem composed by Swami Vivekanand( Jan,12, 1863- July 4 , 1902). I have been a follower of his and his writings have always been very inspiring.
The Song Of The Free

The wounded snake its hood unfurls,
The flame stirred up doth blaze,
The desert air resounds the calls
Of heart-struck lion’s rage.
The cloud [...]

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Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezekiel

This is one of my favorites among many of the Ezeliel poems. For some reason It stayed with me since I read it as a teenager. For a Jew poet in post independent India, he was a lonsome figure. I love his tight rhymed quatrians and the Indianness in his poetry written in English. Something [...]

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The Evening Cloud by John Wilson

This is such a beautiful celebration of nature.

The Evening Cloud
A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun,
A gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow;
Long had I watched the glory moving on
O’er the still radiance of the lake below.
Tranquil its spirit seemed, and floated slow!
Even in its very motion there was rest;
While every breath [...]

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The Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats: Stanza XXV and XXI

The eve of St. Ages is one of the most sensuous of Keats poems and my favorite. I love the energy, the imagery, the Gothic element and the splendid language in the poem. It is a long narrative poem and I am sharing here two stanzas from the original forty two.
Excerpt [...]

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Snow-Bound A Winter Idyl by John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier, America’s “Quaker poet” of freedom, faith and the sentiment of the common people
(1807-1892)
Snowbound: A Winter Idyl
To the Memory of the Household It Describes, This Poem is Dedicated by the Author
“As [...]

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The song of love for my Krishna

This verse is dedicated to the love of my life ..
In the history of human consciousness Lord Krishna is the only incarnation of God who is so much in love with life. He fills the universe with the poetry of life, the music of love and the the divine dance of life.
He is my favorite [...]

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Poetry : Drama In The Sky

Drama In The Sky is the second poem which was published in the Guntur National Poetry Festival Anthology. I wanted to share it once I got the book. It is called “A Posy of Poesy”. The poetry fest was organised by Nagasuseela and Gopichand who also edited the book. The book has some very [...]

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