Collections —> Love

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51. Boy


For Bharath's son Tejas as I saw him when he turned a year old. "Strewn with moments sublime - An act of love, scented with caring - For all whom you meet and enliven".


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52. Field of Truth


For people to explore and embrace their religious identity and "Do not sink to the level of the stereotype - Rather rise higher than the clouds above - Reach heaven, and touch God's face".


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53. Dear Lady


A medley - Dear Lady [Can you hear the wind blow] [Led Zeppelin]. A tribute to the [many] love songs quoted from below.


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54. Killing Time


Another medley (a few love songs). "Hold me in your arms for just another day - I promise this one will go slow - Ah memory, guess you'll have to do"


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55. What Time Remains


A somber reflection on death. "Precious is each minute and content he - Who fills each one with sixty seconds - Worth of distance run".


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56. Friends Oughtnt Fight


When I fought with a dear friend and asked "[Is there] No setting aside our cloak of bitterness?- Can you find it in your heart to forgive? - This madness that is my despair confounded".


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57. First Touch


Based on a weird dream I had... For that passing ship that brought me Sleep Eros.


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58. Lord Scamp


For animals and their power to intervene for us. "A grace from above that warms deep within - And touches to our marrow - a life truly blessed - To live on this Earth and on verdant greens run".


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59. Teach Us You Did


For my Teacher - "Love me you did for all of mine upto now - My turn to spread the love I learnt from Thou".


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60. Teakliness


For a girl I used to be fond of. "Like two ships passing solemn in the night - What happened to our love that gently faded from sight".


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61. The Bhaktas


For a friend's mother, on her birthday. A lady with unshakeable faith (Bhakta).


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62. In My Life


For the Beatles Song "In My Life" and a short reflection on an early love of mine. "in love for the first time - A woman to ride beside in any sort of clime - Who looked at me to the depths of my very soul".


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63. No More Cloudy Days


For a friend from days past. Romanticized version "My inmost mind only you can read - As I find a joy that you can relight".


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64. Angels


On the strain in relationships. "Why do we lose so consistently - When there's angels among us - Seems everything weve ever known is here - I never wanted it to die". That last bit from GnR


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65. Turn That Page


On Peace! - for Gene Rodenberry, creator of Star Trek - an imaginary future where we have conquered the lower tendencies and lead the Life Divine, beig kid and consisderate to one another.


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66. Well


A well of love - "What of thou and I? where on Earth shall we begin? - To continue some connect, discover love amidst the din".


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67. All My Loving


Begins by addressing Tracey, a future love, but becomes an address for this friend I fell out with.


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68. Babble


Rather Disjointed... Like the title says, its babble. If you ask, I can explain all the references. "A void thats no void at all but throbs in wonder - Creation, all of it - such cosmological splendour".


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69. When To Dream


This ones awkward. I gotta stop writing romance for people I know!


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70. Fudge


Too much romance for one night. But the flow is coming better. Wait till you reach 2020 :)


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71. Cosmic Shiva


For the Indian Trinity - shivA, vishnU, Maheshwara (AUM). "To love our neighbours and set all lower tendencies aside - Burn our ignorance with the awakening of the Guru inside".


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72. Miscreants


On Rape (not the excessively brutal kind). After we are done judging each other, gouging the others eye out and breaking their spirit, there I stand, waiting with loving arms to embrace all of humanity. As Rumi said... Beyond the rightness and wrongness of things...


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73. Us not Them


Me telling the tale of a couple - "Rebirth they found together, a baptism in holy rivers - Fair they made this world showing God's work amidst the diverse".


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74. Promise


Am slowly getting used to writing with words from other people. "Passion drives us - it's what makes the journey worth the while... Belief in oneself, trusting the outcome - even when we stumble".


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75. Resilience


Paraphrasing Bryan Adams' Star in this line "Dont give up, dont look back, theres a silver lining, its out there somewhere - We need a shining star to depend on, so shine forth and find the star in there".


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76. 2018


2018 and it's 5 preceding years - for Sahlan, Imran, Biraja & Simon


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77. Sculpting


Jointly on Brotherly Love


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78. Joy


Too bad it was all imaginary. "And in that winter, beside a warm ember - That hearth of ours where we make love - Meld our bodies till all our worries dissolve".


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79. Starburst


"Heart to heart, body to body. A torch - To bear testament to the love we share - In all the seasons with us without a care".


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80. Taken


Romance, too much time on my hands late at night. "still they wanted to be - Finding a bliss like grace from our maker above".


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81. NARMI


Imran (written backwards). "Queer his friends regarded him - a nutcase but good hearted - Who dreamt to change the world lest his dreams be thwarted".


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82. Sadness


Fiction, for a couple in love. "A surety that his love would stay on target, unerring as a dart - As close as two friends could get, there from the very start".


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83. Love Our Nature


For Simon of GoodCountry.org, a poem on unity. "I saw the world as one one night - No more wars, no waking in fright - Long and hard we had dreamed - Wake up and unite, we screamed".


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84. Woman


Woman of yester dreams. "And how that love runs true in every fibre of our being - A being that echoes the fragrance of the cosmic scene".


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85. Beaten


A different perspective on domestic abuse. "I saw the boy behind the monster crying out desperate - To be held in someone's regard, again by life to be tested".


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86. Light2


About the indian festival of light - Diwali from the epic the Ramayana. In the end, I mention Tolkien and his own epic, oft read and deeply moving.


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87. Wonder


Wonder, for a very special woman. "hear an old clock chime - As it turns midnight with the promise of turning dreams true - Dreams you held on to for a long time, that reach out and touch you".


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88. Tarun


For a friend. "Watch as yon fledgeling finds some heaven in the sky - Straps to pull us up when life boots us in the backside".


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89. Time travelling


Jointly, Outside Auroville. "Come back and let's build that tomorrow - A vision so fierce as to fill our marrow - Remember our true path as once we were led - Blood sweat and tears, so easily shed".


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90. Wake Up


Jointly, Sons of God - wake up and life the Life Divine. "Why does none fight for the very principle of right - Sons of God wake up, live the good life and in might".


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91. Plug Away


Filled with positivity and an impelling towards action. "The man of purpose never falls from the virility of youth - Builds a life that exemplifies virtue, nixes the uncouth".


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92. Nymphs and Angels


So much romance, so little remains... "Caricatures of nymphs and angels you bring to my mind - Making my inmost fantasy of you in every shape and kind".


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93. Still Loving You


About Agape (The Love for all that Consumes). "Things desired for all creatures great and small - That reflect the spirit of the God who made them all"


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94. Wie Lieben Dich


On finding a higher purpose than war. "We've always killed the very best of humanity... Where men gather together to teach Love's gospel - Come let's unite now, cast together our own spell"


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95. Captured Heart


Think again Imran! "Methinks we're destined to be utterly entwined - A love that engulfs us both, holding us enshrined".


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96. Woven


About Agape again. Love for all of creation. "Father, lover, friend, teacher daily your face changes - As we find new expressions to simply love in all hues".


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97. Fight


Live Valiant! "Guess I should, if I could go out and fight - For the victory of Good - fight with all might".


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98. Louise


Written together by 8 healers who follow Louise Hay. "I experience the beauty of the universe with love and joy - I set out to win it all with a loud yell of ahoy".


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99. Tonight


Inspired by the Kenny Roger's song We've got tonight. "Lend your love to me tonight for love we want to share - Make every minute count as into your eyes I stare".


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100. Joyland


With members of Lodge Mt Charity - a very special poem written with some very elevated friends.