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Found Poem 4
'There has been death in the morning,death in the noon-time,on the highways and skyways,death by faceless peoplewho said they are warriors.They are..
© Michael Shepherd
Found Poem 3
I enquired into the nature of Evil,and found no substance there.(St Augustine, around 400 CE/AD)
© Michael Shepherd
Found Poem 2
The only function of economic forecastingis to make astrology look respectable.The key to immortality is firstto live a life worth remembering.
© Michael Shepherd
Found Poem 1: Julie Joins Poemhunter
hey babe, it's your girl julie ;)Want to tell you that so fari'm having a great summer,how about you?I went to the beach yesterday with my friend..
© Michael Shepherd
Mmgl Part 025-003 - The Son Of Peelivalai
"The princess Peelivalai was,The daughter of the King of Nagas,She came with a child in her handsAnd went round this island.""She worshiped this holy..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Mmgl Part 025-002 - Renunciation Is Better
In the previous birth his mother,Left him, a new born, near the river,The present birth also was inferior,Even the life of a king wasn't superior.As..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
For Rilke
What is the subject of your poem?‘I was there.’Why is it so important to you?‘I was there.’How can you describe it?‘I was there.’What did you know of..
© Michael Shepherd
Mmgl Part 025-001 - Reached Manipallavam With Aaputhiran
(When Punyarasan asked, Manimegalai said thatthe bowl in her hand belonged to him. She toldhim to worship the Manipallavam seat and thinkabout his..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Mmgl Part 024-002 - Allow Me To Take Her
Chitrapathi requested:"Oh queen, I know thisThat Manimegala GoddessShe'll save my granddaughter,So, allow me to take her."SHE'LL BE WITH METhe queen..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Mmgl Part 024-001-Reached The Land Of Aaputhiran
(When Chitrapathi heard that Manimegalaiwas with the queen, she regretted andshuddered for her action, which finallykilled the prince. She went to..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Mmgl Part 023-002 - Wherefrom You Cried?
"Your son in his last life,He had me as his wife.He died of snakebite.Due to his ill fate.""Not to live thereafter,I burnt my life in fire.Where were..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
For Joan Crammond
You told me last year - in betweendoing all you could for othersin your state and at your age -(and that meant working dawn to dusk, at least -as you..
© Michael Shepherd
Mmgl Part 023-001 - Released From The Prison
(The king sent Vasanthavai to consolethe queen, who was highly depressedover her son's death. But the queenbecame very hot with Manimegalai.The queen..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
For An Unnamed Teacher
You know that shot, in films and musicalsglamorising La Révolution Francaise:a hundred metres away, just fitting intothe camera’s breadth of range,a..
© Michael Shepherd
Mmgl Part 022-002 - Family Went To Madurai
"With his father and mother,Dharmadattan then left Pugar,After praying the Stone Deity,All went to South Madurai city."THE HEART OF..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
Mmgl Part 022-001 - Imprison Her
(Udayakumaran was killed by Kanchanan.The women staying at Chakravalam heard thisnews. They kept Manimegalai at one secretspot and told the news to..
© Rajaram Ramachandran
For Advent: A Business Trip
Their wives were not too keen about it all:beyond the call of duty, so it seemed;for, if they read the heavens' portents so well,what need of proof..
© Michael Shepherd
Footnote To A Famous Poem
You all know it from the classroom.It’s in all the anthologies.Many say it’s his best; ‘a young man’s poem’full of life and love and promise;and..
© Michael Shepherd
Filmscript For A Lonely Afternoon
walks into deserted playgroundindifferently, pushes memory-go-roundsqueak creakpauses. moves on
© Michael Shepherd
February 21 - Whose Birthday Today?
If you saw the film 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'you'd have been moved maybe to tearsby his 'Funeral Blues';If you were a college poetry studentthe..
© Michael Shepherd
Fare Well - And Yet Goodbye To All Farewells.
All is in the mind and in the heart:there are no empires and no entities,nought can be owned and nought possessed,in mind nor heart; our parents..
© Michael Shepherd
Experimental Poem - For Vincent
Is'nt it: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: : : : :..
© Michael Shepherd
Excuses, Excuses...
It's a situationall too familiar:sitting at this keyboardgetting sillier and sillier,descending from Olympusto a hell of trivia,fingers wildly..
© Michael Shepherd
Evolving Thoughts
Maybe it's because we're so obsessed with property,real estate, that we assumethis 375-million-year-old fossil yearnedto make it from the sea to..
© Michael Shepherd