Bangladesh - An Acrostic Verse
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B angladesh, a delta plain country on the Bay of Bengal is geographically,
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Never have I been glad or sad
That there was such a thing as bad.
There had to be, I understood,
For there to have been any good.
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Me thinks much ink
has been spilt
over the poem;
‘Phenomenal Woman’
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I see the death everyday
Death in relations
Death in religion and faith
Death of man in man
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Why do you think you're better
If your culture is not the same?
Yes, maybe you seem different
But deep inside all are the same.
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When dead night descends on earth,
It is for sure someone is picked from his berth,
To travel safely to heavenly abode and reside,
Seek permanent refuge with all worries to subside,
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Twenty-eight naked young women bathed by the shore
Or near the bank of a woodland lake
Twenty-eight girls and all of them comely
Worthy of Mack Sennett's camera and Florenz Ziegfield's
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Thousands of words or applause,
Complete silence or mere a pause,
Will do nothing or serve the purpose,
When people not react and suppose,
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'Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu'
(Lét the whole world be happy)
One who keeps such wish in mind
One who keeps no discrimination
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The dream shall never die
Hope is eternal for dreamers.
My eyes are wet; you were such a great guy
You made mistakes, mishaps, errors
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(Dedicated to Our Brother President)
Yes, yes, We all can stop the violence,
Stop all non-sense,
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In my perfect world
The sky is a perfect blue
The grass is a soft green
And together are me and you
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Good men never
Build battlefields
They create and
Nurture families.
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In spite of advancement in science and technology,
The world has become a dangerous place to live in.
There is so much of anger and hatred.
Are we going back to the stone age?
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I don’t mind the human race.
I’ve got pretty used to them
In these past twenty-five years.
I don’t mind if they sit next
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Society has quite forsaken all her wicked courses,
Which empties our police courts, and abolishes divorces.
(Divorce is nearly obsolete in England.)
No tolerance we show to undeserving rank and splendour;
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If someday I sit on the top of this world,
Bring on changes with a single word,
Throw away hatred; spread only love,
Turn a vulture into a peaceful dove,
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May the Babylonish curse
Straight confound my stammering verse,
If I can a passage see
In this word-perplexity,
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Today, world produces
enough food
to feed ten billion men,
whereas the global population
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As history is made in the American elections
The world watches with disbelief and fascination.
Some one asked me, is it good for our nation?
Rejoice, people are overcoming racial discrimination.
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We can…
notice nature suffers,
how pretty flowers wilt
in heat of midday sun,
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Racism a nasty word
that conjures thoughts
of oppressive deeds
made by man because
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I am surprised to see
that the ocean is still going on.
Now I am going back
and I have ripped my hand
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I was feeling sad and red,
I didn’t know, which way, nation was going.
There were quotas all around,
Communal, caste, gender, language, regional and physical,
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A man with overwhelming generosity,
Ahead, standing tall, above all mediocrity,
Affectionate, kind, full of curiosity,
Altruistic, liberal, full of philanthropy,
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It is spoken man is born equal and free
To a degree the world disagrees
Some foresee what others cannot see
Freedom is walking away with glee
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A KNOWN BUT STRANGER
happy to know you well from crowd
song cuddles heart by sweet voices
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By applying policies of apartheid
Or practising racial discrimination
Who want themselves or their clan
To be seen above than the rest of the world
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The time has come to fight against Devils
Who have no category, no religion, no heart.
How much blood do they need to drink, to bathe?
They are really coward, the creatures of hell.
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Limitless of pilgrims
Not a day without them
Running, walking and counting
Timing their breath
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Some words send a chill
Down everyone's spine,
No matter how strong one is!
No matter how positive one is!
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Women do need no attention
Not even special mention
It is their right to assert
Make everybody realize their formidable position and part
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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
Count Francesco Cenci.
Giacomo, his Son.
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All Across The Nation,
Is Hunger And Starvation.
All Across The Nation,
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“Vasudhev katumkam”
On this concept world keeps mum
Its broad meaning of world as one
Who can deny it ………….?
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Never had this reflection
even in the deepest and lightest
of my imagination, ever occurred
that the name and memory
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Did I create that sky? Yes, for, if it was anything other than a conception in my mind I wouldnt have said 'Sky'-That is why I am the golden eternity. There are not two of us here, reader and writer, but one, one golden
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I will put in the box of memories:
My first step to say 'I love you', feeling filled with no difficulties,
My first step to open my eyes in this world innocently,
My first step in letting the tears flow breathlessly.
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Let Dipawali* bring all kind of happiness
With simple and satisfactory smile on face
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I ache for past
But not going to last
It might have troubled
But I have struggled
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Rising
From a tribal mindset
To a politically conscious society
With rights and responsibilities
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In the 'Add New Poem' instructions PH says 'Take a deep breathe',
but it should say 'breath' [rhymes with death], so I now DO grieve!
It's a grammatical error, one even (I think) 'Bri' has made in the past,
AND I'll bet my high school English teachers would....now be aghast!
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Show me my origin...
Show me my land...
Show me my Africa...
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Forests are more sacred place
where no discrimination exists
discrimination prevails only
within human society
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Melting the ice
Flood me wise
Stuck for smiles
Bathe me mist shine
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The last wind of winter has ceased its power.
It is memory now, and has no message to give.
The rains of spring have replaced the snow.
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I speak here
I speak of motherland
Divine creation for us to end
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, an Elderly Baronet
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The fair face of the earth glows softly in the darkness of infinity,
Held aloft magically in the deep swirling oceans.
The brown blanketed in rich green,
Clouds in varying colours hover on its brow.
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Be pleased, O Lord, to take a people's thanks
That Thine avenging sword has spared our ranks-
That Thou hast parted from our lips the cup
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Where is her place
If we can be little considerate
And always take care to relate
Her existence with respect
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o my feet
Wednesday,21st April 2021
O, my dear son
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AIDS....
It only happens to someone else
How can it happen to me?
Isn't this what all of us usually think?
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Love is
When you can share and offer
A part of your wealth for the poor and poverty stricken,
A part of your income to care for the sick and old,
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i see a sun that never sets,
that enlighten inner quest,
by transcending hearts gate
to overcome lives fade
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The country is secured by its own fellow citizens
No out side help can save even if it comes then
It is national pride and sacrifice that may help
All necessary precaution can stave off situation with correct steps
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Heaven on earth
Saturday,16th February 2019
Love to all
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Politicians may say
It's discrimination,
South Africans felt
It was apartheid,
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Ali's Song
by Michael R. Burch
for Muhammad Ali
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Born with nothing, marked by poverty
Lived like a dog, treated impatiently and unhuman,
Discrimination received, mocks from the upper kind
Until when and where will they run?
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Make your frustration known
People are your own
They are ignorant
But important
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Amid so much of brouhaha
On the political front in India
Here's a real Good News-
From the God's own country.
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So bright and so shining;
Once were those eyes
Seemed within Sun rising
And heaven ever resting
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Vision to look around
Wednesday,19th February 0514 am
If you believe in continuity
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Loss of identity
Greed has poisoned
War hawks has reasoned
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Harun-ur-Rashid said when the country of Egypt was surrendered to him: "In contrast to the rebel who had in his arrogance of being sovereign of Egypt pretended to be God, I shall bestow this country upon the meanest of my slaves." He had a stupid negro, Khosaib by name, whom he made governor of Egypt but his intellect and discrimination were so limited that when the tribe of Egyptian agriculturists complained and stated that they had sown cotton along the banks of the Nile and that an untimely rain had destroyed it he replied: "You ought to have sown wool." A pious man heard this, and said:
"If livelihood were increased by knowledge
None would be more needy than the ignorant.
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The country is secured by its own fellow citizens
No out side help can save even if it comes then
It is national pride and sacrifice that may help
All necessary precaution can stave off situation with correct steps
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Not we alone
But entire one
And world as whole
Thrives for unity call
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Heart changes
And manages
Mind sets
And relates
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Bullet broke the air and killed a dove,
Mother's moans reached the skies above
Bullet was made by Imperialism's gun,
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Violence against women is simply unacceptable.
God created men and women to love with one another,
To enjoy each other until the end of the last hour,
Until the end of time. It is despicable,
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Preferential discrimination
Thursday,2nd August 2018
It is called preferential discrimination
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In modern times
Friday,28th July 2018
Women are women
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For children and
Friday, Nov 26,2021
8: 22 PM
It is not we who should make the choice
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[Je hais le mouvement qui déplace lignes,
Et jamais je ne pleure et jamais je ne ris.]
On many a lonely nights,
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Time doesn't stop
Tuesday, May 18,2021
5: 59 PM
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One race one aim
Races shall cease
New energy shall release
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Minority and discrimination
Minority means mall section among population
Who has different religion?
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My heart bleeds
Monday,17th December 2018
My heart bleeds for the beautiful land
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The colour and creed - that
Manu gave
Set rules - put one above the other-
to bring in some order -
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Ahimsa is ‘Karuna Saagara' -
An ocean of compassion,
A formula of unlimited sympathy,
An emotion emerging from deep within
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I can't breathe
Though I don't wear a tight mask
I can't breathe
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Slave trade,
Slavery,
Cruelty.....
The past legacies....
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Heavenly path
On the earth,
Let's walk ever
All together,
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Hate is the opposite of love.
These emotions are powerful.
Hate stirs up conflicts and wars.
Discrimination is a cause of hate.
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I have a dream that each day I call unto morning and rinse my face; I will feel the breeze of last and start something new. Something needed but not known to attention.
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('I cannot tell a lie'. George Washington (1732-1799) . First President of the United States 1789-1797) .
Although I think it is important to be truthful in conversation,
I think there are necessary white lies to protect yourself too.
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O Candle! I am also an afflicted person in the world assembly
Constant complaint is my lot in the manner of the rue
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Weigh an opinion
Thursday,22nd February 2019
Let there be a quality based preference
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Man, 'Why are these names,
He, she, I, you, my, yours? '
'Why so vulgar adjectives,
Black, white, rich, penurious,
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Prisoners in their own homes
the children peep through half-shut windows
"Don't go out, " "It's not safe, "
father and mother trail off through the
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Every SHE (female)
Is opposite to every HE (male) ,
As opposite
Purposes will also be different (in many cases) ,
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Warrior with vision
Friday,28th May 2021
I am the warrior
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The authority on poetry pauses;
the world holds its breath. This head – greybeard,
skinhead – forehead already lined
with self-imposed responsibility for
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Beauty is in the
Faces of my people,
When smiling in peace.
Enjoying light african showers,
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The man inside the beast
Is our beloved President.
Yes, it is our President,
He is a man of Peace,
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I keep on saying and believe
"The world is for us to live"
With fellow brethren
To share the concern
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