Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
R01. Many Religious Faiths
SRI RAMANUJAThere were those dark days,When some groups, in many ways,Fought that God of one group,Was superior to the other group.Also they well..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Prabhupada-The Birth Of A Spiritual Soul
“When virtue, on this earth, subsides,And wide spread vice prevails,I come to help mankind, ”Lord Krishna thus declared.“Ways there’re many, not..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Prabhupada - The Rath-Yatra Festival
The Rath-yatra annual festivalOf the Lord Jagannath TempleFor Krishna, Balarama, SubhdraIs famous at Puri, Orissa, India.Four hundred years..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Prabhupada - Abhay Charan's College Days
While Abhay was in the collegeHis father performed his marriage.But the couple lived not together,Until his studies were o’er.Radharani Datta was his..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Power Is Great Or Service?
In a dense forest, under a shady tree,Gowtham, a young lad of twenty-three,Did arduous penance for countless days,With hopes of gaining Divine..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Peace Or War, It's For You To Decide.
When I plucked a rose flower,The thorn pricked my little fingerAnd the blood came with pain,Oh Jesus, how you wore a crownMade of thorn, with no..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Peace Be With You (Latin-Pax Vobiscum)
Oh God! I need a quiet place,Where flows the nectar of peace,Not that kind of dead peace,In the grave, one finds with ease.I went to the Himalayas..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Parable Of The Prodigal Son
'Let me have my share,Oh, my dear father,I'll seek my fortuneAbroad, ' said his second son.In the form of gold his propertyHe gathered and took his..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Our Mother Earth
'I've no water or air,I'm a ball of fire.Don't come near.You can't live here.Here, it's no fun, 'So said, the hot Sun.'I've no water or air.You can't..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Oh Corruption, My Dear
To allow inside a poet,A gate keeper corrupt,Collected half of whatFrom the king he got.With the usual condition,A poet got his admission,And in the..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
No Loss No Gain
The candle melts itself,And the wick burns itself,Just to give us away its light.The incense stick ashes itself,And turns to smoke itself,Just to..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Never A Drug-Addict Be
A lad went to a chemistWith a big medicine listWhere one puzzling itemWasn't familiar to him.'A tablet for happiness, 'Never in his business,He heard..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.9 Restored To Status
Got into the chariotIn front his army marched.Behind him Kings followed.With his wife and children,To his own land, started Nalan.What was the..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.8 Family United
He was the kingDhamayanthi was certainThat the cook was Nalan.She told this to her father“As a cook, Nalan is here.”Vimarasan got confusedVimarasan..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.7 Children And Father
Entered the kitchenNalan untied the horsesAnd took them for rests.He entered the royal kitchenTo cook food for his king then.(Perhaps a custom for a..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.6 In The City Of Vimarasan
Reached the City of VimarasanThe King left his Ayodhya City,The big and the beautiful one,And reached Vimarasan’s City,Another beautiful one.In the..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.5 The Chariot Went Fast
Got into the chariotNalan told the king,“I’m now bringingThe best chariot,The one fastest.”“Like the sun’s chariotThis one will run fast.Oh King..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.4 Second Suyam Varam
Another Suyam-VaramDhamayanthi told the Brahmin,“Go to Ayodhya again.Tell them, we’ve once more,Having Suyam-Varam here.”Suyam-Varam tomorrowTo..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.3. Brahmin Who Searched
Search for the kingDhamayanthi got relief,A little bit, from her grief.She asked the Brahmin to findWhat was in Nalan’s mind?How to find?“Ask him how..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.2 Stay At Ayodhya
Nalan startedOn the advice of Karkotagan,For Ayodhya, started Nalan.With no proper place for rest,He was passing thru the forest.Saw the seashoreHe..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Nalan 3.1 King Cobra's Gift
Chapter 3. Kali had goneThe Lotus feet’s mercyGajendran, the elephantIn danger, cried outFor help, and ThirumalRushed up to its call.He saved it from..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
My Grandmother's Hands
Looking down at my hands,'these are my grandmothers hands'these hands of minehauntingly resembling hers-are not pretty hands, like my mother'sbut..
© Adryan Barnathan
Genetically Modified
Man with a crab clawbaby with a snoutno more butterfliesG.M.engineered them outtesting, altering, sterilizing seedswipe out those pest infested..
© Adryan Barnathan
Poetic Lying
Art is freeit serves to bore and annoy peoplein order toentertain that which wasbefore usit won't come to an endit stills lifefreeze framing itto the..
© Adryan Barnathan