Is there for honesty poverty
That hings his head, an' a' that;
The coward slave - we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a' that!
...
Honesty is beautiful
Kindness is beautiful
Intelligence is beautiful
Talent is beautiful
...
I know it's a bad title
but I'm giving it to myself as a gift
on a day nearly canceled by sunlight
when the entire hill is approaching
...
The firste stock-father of gentleness,
What man desireth gentle for to be,
Must follow his trace, and all his wittes dress,
Virtue to love, and vices for to flee;
...
Beauty are the roses
Mixed with beauty within
Not just a pretty face
Or pleasures it brings
...
(Dedicated to you, my Brothers and Sisters)
Powerful words,
Truthful words,
...
Why I am so deep in love and called mad?
Why give people chance to call me mad?
Failure in love attempts and feel so sad,
Always get thrashing from kind dad,
...
People often say to me
“What can you tell me about yourself”
guess it’s my duty to explain to them
and so I look them in the face and reply
...
Oh, my Beautiful! Oh, my Good!
Hideous fanfare where yet I do not stumble!
Oh, rack of enchantments!
For the first time, hurrah for the unheard-of work,
...
My home based on love, patients
honesty, and sincerity, made my whole
slowly, slowly as snail reach my goal
...
There is a hawk that is picking the birds out of our sky,
She killed the pigeons of peace and security,
She has taken honesty and confidence from nations and men,
She is hunting the lonely heron of liberty.
...
Dear God
being obsessed by incisive heartiest expressions
I am expressing to you- 'the Creator without directions'
that you know, I am in the act of washing Myself with love.
...
Our Lord Who did the Ox command
To kneel to Judah's King,
He binds His frost upon the land
To ripen it for Spring --
...
Nothing before time you get
Try very hard or opportunities let
Neither can you curse your luck
Nor you can think or have fresh look
...
I followed the narrow cliffside trail half way up the mountain
Above the deep river-canyon. There was a little cataract crossed the path,
flinging itself
Over tree roots and rocks, shaking the jeweled fern-fronds, bright bubbling
...
You want me to talk
You keep telling me
Talk naaaaa--bolo na! ! ! !
Say something-
...
Can anybody of us claim to be partially honest?
Are we trying our best in real earnest?
We claim to be sincere and nearly good,
You will find many living in world only for food,
...
Loud sound with heavy fall
Seemed to me as nature’s call
There was no collapse of wall
Only lightening with shining ball
...
Good bye to this world....
when the son kills his father
and the father forsakes his son
Good bye to this world
...
From the play 'Mother Courage'
You saw sagacious Solomon
You know what came of him,
...
History may have legend stories and the proof
We can’t discount theory and remain aloof
It may not sound well with changing scene
Never heard warrior fighting without head and seen
...
I have never counted starts in sky,
No wings, but with imaginations try to fly,
Never claim high and feet firmly on ground
Hunt is on till new treasure is found
...
" I counted my years and discovered that I have
less time to live going forward than I have lived until now.
...
I have allowed my family to scatter,
All those who were my dearest to depart,
And once again an age-long loneliness
...
I.
She was an aged woman; and the years
Which she had numbered on her toilsome way
...
Imagine - if you'll
pardon that phrase addressed
to poets, of all people -
...
I shall compose a Song for thee
a loveliest Song of my Heart
each day I will do the best part
to feel the least suppressed me
...
I.
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.
...
'You have courage, ' they tell me.
It's not true. I was never courageous.
I simply felt it unbecoming
to stoop to the cowardice of my colleagues.
...
Flowers, We…
The faithful wife of poets
The call girls of beetles
The adopted children of gardeners
...
I'm a creature
Short of great beauty
Without great riches
Short of excellent
...
I had a sound sleep,
Heard a little beep,
It was time to get up,
Ready to work on new set up,
...
1 Pastime with good company
2 I love and shall unto I die.
3 Grudge whoso will, but none deny,
4 So God be pleased, this live will I.
...
Perfume of tenderness
Soft hugs of kindness
Lips filled with honesty
A heart of loyalty
...
I
Speak of you, sir? You bet he did. Ben Fields was far too sound
To go back on a fellow just because he weren't around.
...
Educated heads
Sitting in parliament
Or heads wanting power
The power to serve
...
Old Elm that murmured in our chimney top
The sweetest anthem autumn ever made
And into mellow whispering calms would drop
When showers fell on thy many coloured shade
...
BOOK I
Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide
...
Which liars deny,
They did or did not tell...
The bigger lie.
Or acknowledge any used,
...
“Welcome to our new world family”
Words sounded me good and not silly
It created deep impact on mind
I though of gesture to be nice and kind
...
Fear, like a living fire that only death
Might one day cool, had now in Avon’s eyes
Been witness for so long of an invasion
That made of a gay friend whom we had known
...
From earth's furthest corner
To the closest leaves
Love glues the gap between
Two hearts upon a branch
...
Over the hills and far away,
A little boy steals from his morning play
And under the blossoming apple-tree
...
Among the hearts of gold
Or the sand one that you hold
I wont be fooled by the shine
I still bound to thine
...
O Lord, God,
of nations and of us too
Listen to us,
Cherish us
...
This story is from the famous epic Mahabharat and has been retold by many authours in several languages. The Father of Nation, Mahatma Gandhi loved this story for its moral that speaks of faith in the truth, honesty and courage. Some 600 years ago, a famous Tamil Poet Veerakavirayar wrote in Tamil Harichandran Puranam in the Tamil Venba style. He was an Aasu Kavi (Spontaneous Poet) next to Kalamegam of ancient times. It is next to impossible to translate his work in English word by word. He has written more than 1000 verses running to more than 600 pages. I have, however, brought in some of his excellence in about 76 pages in my own simple style for the reading pleasure of the world poetry lovers. The readers are requested to send their comments to my email address: rajaram1931@gmail.com, for which I will be grateful to them. The story goes starting with a prayer song to Gods in the heaven.
Prayer to Lord Ganesh.
...
I do not know why I call him
My Tibetan Monk!
I guess, it's his calm demeanour,
A broad forehead, as vast as the sky,
...
In this tradition of hypocrisy,
Rich sea of shams,
Virtue hides behind sanctimony,
Watch dogs are drooling at the prize,
...
Drunk, I kissed the moon
where it stretched on the floor.
I'd removed happiness from a green bottle,
both sipped and gulped
...
My Hero can't leap tall buildings with a single bound. He
doesn't wear a black costume with a cape and pointy ears.
He hasn't scored the winning touchdown or shot a three -
pointer at the buzzer to win the championship. My Hero
...
Thou art like infinite sanctuary
Full with the blooms of freedom dinky.
Congrats thee, the real sign of peace.
Poetry! what a drastic deed! ! !
...
Master of accounting and poetic skills,
Organizing events is in his right hand,
Honour he gives and receives with joy,
Astounding personality he is from Nagpur,
...
Were I - who to my cost already am
One of those strange, prodigious creatures, man -
A spirit free to choose for my own share
What sort of flesh and blood I pleased to wear,
...
O WHAT has made that sudden noise?
What on the threshold stands?
It never crossed the sea because
John Bull and the sea are friends;
...
(Dedicated to the unknown gardener)
A servant to my heart,
...
Is it worth bringing a child into the world, mother?
Terror has taken over our lives, lamented my daughter…
Her question haunted me, and I pondered a while.
Life is so precious, yet so ephemeral and fragile.
...
(Time, Morning. Scene, the Shore.)
Once more to daily toil--once more to wear
The weeds of infamy--from every joy
...
In spite of big bribes given to me,
I understand this is just temporary.
Mindfulness! it brightens my brain.
Dare to welcome any gain.
...
You slipped away quietly
From the realms of this mortal world
Away from all pains, very rightly
Leaving behind your loved ones and hurled
...
If you live along with all the other people
and are just like them, and conform, and are nice
you're just a worm --
...
Life is enterprising with full of opportunities
It may show good sign with little continuities
You can’t go forward sans vigour and strength
Path may be lost without proper wavelength
...
The Fantasy Land
Sweeping away all the griefs
Turning everyone as heart's thief
...
I remember those long hot Summers as if they were yesterday,
When the sun shone down on our street, the place I loved to play.
For many a window glistened, cleaned well to a sparkling shine,
Where starched white shirts blew gaily, on many a washing line.
...
Were I (who to my cost already am
One of those strange prodigious Creatures Man)
A Spirit free, to choose for my own share,
What Case of Flesh, and Blood, I pleas'd to weare,
...
For a Man is to be looked upon in that which he excells as on a prospect.
For there be twelve cardinal virtues -- three to the East -- Greatness, Valour, Piety.
...
Under the cover of the drowsy night,
I see a very painful sight,
On the outskirts of the city,
A crime is born out of pity,
...
Nothing is the sun
Nothing is the moon,
Your beauty is so charming,
Wider than the sky
...
Bob Dylan heard the voice
Of a poet who died in the gutter;
That dying voice
Then seeped into his soul
...
Though I have reached to the dead end
Still I wish my feelings to be known and be sent
It may, otherwise, remain as closely guarded
No one may come to know how much I have succeeded
...
As I light my house with myriad lamps,
A resolution I must take with
A heartfelt message to all,
As a humble healer!
...
This world has various thoughts of school,
Truth, honesty were taught to me in school,
With honour they were the ones I chose;
And the life told me I will loose,
...
GIVE place, you ladies, and begone!
Boast not yourselves at all!
For here at hand approacheth one
Whose face will stain you all.
...
A flake of truth
A crumb of honesty
A dropp of kindness
A grain of humility
...
bcuz i know its better, i write my words to you in this letter
4 you 2 read, what i have to say....with no anger, no fights
nothing in the way, this is diffently the right way
so i can express all i have to say..to you 2day....
...
Asleep at the wheel
Of life
Literally
Figuratively
...
What's mine?
Let me define.
Is it my looks?
But its God's fabrication.
...
Cleanliness! Cleanliness! Cleanliness!
Cleanliness ever gives you happiness! happiness! happiness!
For cleanliness is next to Godliness! Godliness! Godliness!
...
The world has lost the ear for rhyme.
It still makes children squirm with pleasure;
and from some witty pens and minds, its fireworks fizz;
so, after all these centuries of rhyme
...
My, you look gorgeous.
Ha, that dress is hideous…
Why, you look so cool
...
This worthy limitour, this noble Frere,
He made always a manner louring cheer* *countenance
Upon the Sompnour; but for honesty* *courtesy
No villain word as yet to him spake he:
...
WHERE thy broad branches brave the bitter North,
Like rugged, indigent, unheeded, worth,
...
And I grabbed a handful of his cloud
Stuffed into my empty pocket and hopped
The November evening didn’t give me away
I was pleased
...
I write with sorrow -real and stark-
'The Tragedy Of Hamlet Prince Of Denmark'
Like Othello, The Tempest and king Lear
...
The vagabond was once again on the window,
Begging love and asking to open the gate,
And the fairy inside the house reluctant,
Said helpless she was being slave of the fate,
...
All I ask from you is honesty
Through time and event this will
help our love grow Honesty brings forth the special glow
With honesty you have everything
...
quiet and wondering
here I am with broken wing
can’t move... can’t breathe
alone again....
...
Just another day, when my heart sings with the sweetness,
Of endless loving things,
Souls intertwined and locked, as deep as the Grand Canyon,
Please don't mock,
...
The former four now ending their discourse,
Ceasing to vaunt their good, or threat their force.
Lo other four step up, crave leave to show
...
LIKE one who in her third widowhood doth profess
Herself a nun, tied to retiredness,
So affects my Muse, now, a chaste fallowness.
...
It will be looked for, book, when some but see
Thy title,
Epigrams
, and named of me,
...
Love's Beautiful
I was scared of love -
love was a slap in the face
...
Tactful tactician you should be in life path,
Tactfully you can overcome hurdle to get mirth.
Tactic should be applied to perform work smoothly,
Taciturn is better than giving remarks blindly.
...
Truthfulness includes
"Honesty, veracity, sincerity, no deceit, trustworthiness
Genuineness, candidness, frankness, openness, forthrightness"
Be true to always seek the truth
...
You, who the sweets of rural life have known,
Despise the ungrateful hurry of the town;
In Windsor groves your easy hours employ,
...
In all honesty
today has been
something out of the ordinary.
...
Honour is most import in society
One ought to posses honesty and humanity
No one should be behaved dishonestly
Ego and egoism are disappeared in honesty
...
Vincent wrote to his brother Theo,
'Believe me, in things of art the saying is true:
Honesty is the best policy; rather more trouble on
A serious study than a kind of ‘chic' to flatter the public.
...
I
The coast-road was being straightened and repaired again,
A group of men labored at the steep curve
...