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My Greatness In My Smallness

when i stand at the centre of the inverted bowl

of the immense sky as a speck of dust

i feel elated that i had the real measure of me

in the scheme of the universe, undressing all my arrogance;

but when i raise my head to gaze into the blue heavens

and the dark skies littered with star sprays

my heart swells as expansive as the limitless heavens

with mysteries of the universe raining into me in thick showers

journeying millions of light years on tireless wings

bearing the message of love and oneness of souls

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poem by Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar
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Will Silences Not Speak?

WILL SILENCES NOT SPEAK..?

&

will silences not speak? -

if they have spoken..

why then these queries,

'why is he not speaking? '-

when even his own voice

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poem by Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar
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Good Beginning and Good Finishing

What makes a good beginning
Is with a sacred mind starting
And not worrying before experience
But being calm and peaceful and not tense.

The efficient method is careful planning
And all your selfish interests banning
With a responsibility should be the execution
And the problems to challenge with confrontation.

A good step gives an advantage to rate
It was referred to even by Aristotle the great
A good beginning almost assures success
And to a great outcome you'll have access.

With clean thoughts, broad mind and will power
And with strength you should stand tall like a tower
With ambition you get motivating and get going
Begin well, go on well, there's the result of good finishing!

poem by Chandra Thiagarajan
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Insatiable Desire

Oh, Lord, My moon, see my plight,
The whole day, the sun I fight,
And my petals I keep closed tight
For you, over the horizon right,
To rise in the starry night,
And kiss me with your cool light.

Oh, Lord, My moon, I now sight
Your luminous mien, so coolly bright,
My coyness with your touch is in flight—
I unfold myself with no fright,
In ecstasy, I dance with all my might
From the shimmering waters of the bight.

Oh, Lord, My moon, I now sight,
The happiness you bestow from infinite height,
The distance that parts us is the day-light,
I wish, I could soar past the kite in delight,
To touch your feet in reverence spright.
But alas! I droop down with incurable blight!

poem by Chandra Thiagarajan
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The Ways of the Mind

The Ways of the Mind

Against the thorns
Grazing,
To the honeyed rose
The bee flew
A-buzzing!

With the breeze
Swaying
Was the pretty rose-
And at the bee it
Sighed with envy.

"How I wish
I were the bee
Flying so free
And not bound
To the ground

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poem by Chandra Thiagarajan
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Youth and Age

Youth and Age

Oh! Such glorious evening!
Is it melted gold
Poured
Across the skies?
Or
Is it from an artist's
Giant Palette
Splashed so bright?

My spirit bounces
At the enchanting reflection
In the shimmering waters;
At the twitter of the birds
From the swinging branches;
At the colourful flowers
Gently swaying in the breeze.

I dance

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poem by Chandra Thiagarajan
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Sit idle

Sit idle

Recline

languish

Recline on the sofa

The eyes will be shut

No thoughts no idea

No vision no dream

Does your back ache

Are your eyes getting heavy

Sink like a heavy weight

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poem by Dr. Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
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Where is Bliss

May be your children live far away from you

And you live in a folorn cloister

May be you are leading a life amidst poverty and dishonour

May be you are old and sick

If you know that your children are honest and sincere

If you know that their lives are an offering to humanity and Nature

You are in perfect bliss

Even if you are harassed and insulted

If you have to live in ignominy

In the deserts of Sahara or the cold of Bharkhayanask

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poem by Dr. Ramesh Chandra Mukhopadhyaya
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A Speck Of A Speck Am I!

a speck of a speck am i!
&
a speck of a speck am i
underneath this vast dome of sky-
no millionth of a second
without changes around me;
activities incessant, both silent and noisy-
every moment new, every moment fresh;
to one who has searching senses
and penetrating vision
no end to wonder, no way to boredom-
the clouds speak in silence
the blue hugs you close
the green kisses the cheeks
the flowers communicate in colours-
endless arrays of universes
shout at their high-pitched silences
crying for our ears and attention
through mind-boggling distances-
o man, be alert and tune yourself

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poem by Sundaram Chandrakalaadhar
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Service

Service is rendering assistance,
To persons nigh and in a distance.

Service should be in consistence,
And ever in abiding persistence

For peoples vital subsistence,
And for our peaceful co-existence.

Service constitutes us to be dynamic,
It cleanses the mind, and we are not sick.

Service entails ego annihilation,
And our materialism is in destruction.

Service makes us to give others a benefit,
It brings society to a frame-work knit.

Service allows us to do to others a favour,
Which adds to our life full of flavour.

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poem by Chandra Thiagarajan
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