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1. Amore


An early poem and a wakeup for us all to see the beauty in life, overcome worry and live infused with love.


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2. Thank You


Inspired to write again after 3 years, this one simply shows gratitude to the Lord for things we behold.


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3. Sara


Thought of in November, I wrote this to 4 women I loved greatly as if as one.


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4. Wishes


Birthday wishes for a good friend of mine. I usually send this out on birthdays along with a fresh poem.


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5. Sandra


Another early romantic poem (they get better with time).


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6. Mother


A tribute to mothers, especially mine - "lights that guide us through the dark".


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7. Son


On myself, this tells a personal tale of my youth.


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8. Sasha


Dedicated to 5 of my school teachers, the poem ends with me yearning to join them behind the blackboard someday.


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9. Ebbs and Flows


A plea to one and all to have enthusiasm in life to "flow through our niggles" and be "full of joy" despite the ups and downs.


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10. Infants


About babies and how they can soothe our hearts. For my mother Uma.


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11. Hope


A message that Hope shalt spring, eternal in the human breast - and that we "live eternal in God's light of love".


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12. Brother


For my dearest friend whom I see like a brother.


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13. Cousins


A plea to cousins to treat each other well and accumulate good memories of "mischievous deeds and healthy fun".


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14. Mentors


For mentors who "push the boundaries of our abilities", a "chain of nurturers showing us the way".


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15. Nature


Beginning with romantic thoughts like "standing under a waterfall beside one you love", this poem ends with a call to have "deep wells of love, for the plants and animals that share this planet".


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16. Muse Male


Love, from a woman's eyes, for her man "whose graceful nature and toil, kept us in abundance and comfort".


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17. Doing


About seeing life as a constant effort to Serve God through benevolence to his creatures.


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18. Friends


For a dear friend who I "thank for being steadfast in love for those are the very things - that makes us feel not like paupers but as kings".


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19. Love


An earnest plea to love one another "for it is only when we express love that we become closer to our true self".


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20. Teeming With Life


How the world can be if Builders (Change Agents) were all given a chance to "reshape that stream of activity around us until the possibility of greatness is achieved".


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21. The Path to God


Describes God and the divinity within. A path to "guide the traveller to his journey's end".


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22. Dauntless


For Bethany Nikka Ferret, character in Curious Lives, a bold, young and dashing adventurer - captain of the sea rescue boat - Resolute.


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23. Perfection


Another poem in the Spirit series, Perfection tells us how life can be when we are inspired - "deep seated in our mind it liberates".


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24. Acres Wild


Named for the Jethro Tull song, this poem tells of forests that "give a weary traveller rest", - those of us who "see acres wild, filled with the wonder of a child".


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25. A Friendly Nod


America - On looking back to my time in Bellevue in Nov 2013 and how I was touched by so many people - receiving both positivity and encouragement.


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26. Wistfulness


Introducing Tracey (future imagined lover) - a character from Wilbur Smith's Diamond Hunters.


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27. Touched


One more of those devotional poems that talks of life, with "experiences so engraved in our minds - emotions that linger in all shapes and kinds".


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28. Cycle


Begins with a mention of the Indian God of Death - Yama, this one talks of the cycles of life and death - each one ending with a rebirth


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29. Inspire


For my mother - "with her at my side, the battle of life to fight, saves me from danger, my anchor in any plight"


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30. Eros


For Tracey again, this one ends with - "soaring on cupids wings, the couple would reflect - years later, on that love - so pristine and perfect".


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31. Mademoiselle


A romantic poem in French about how "my days are incomplete without you - the nights without colour and alone".


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32. Tether


Another fun romantic poem. This one sung by a friend while the ink was still drying.


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33. Sivam


Devotional - For Mahakala and Mahakali (the Primal Aspects) - Lord and Queen of TIME. "reveal themselves they do to a few - seers and saints in every hue - to instill in us a sense of direction - to stay the course".


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34. Once


Now the memories are a tad painful... Here's to the love that never was! "spent in spirit but not wistful - for the next time I shall savour with care - every moment that two lovers can share" Did I even savour the next one?


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35. Light


I think of those days I was rapt - "so deep the bond we lovingly forged - feel you beside me our lips engorged".


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36. Glimmer


For a girl I met that evening, sitting quiet and not talking much - "It gets lonely sometimes as one waits - For love to come and flood the gates"


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37. Friends2


For a dear old friend, in memory of good times and a imperative to "raise our glasses we did in toast - to a life from which we would wrest the most".


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38. Notables


For Tolkien et alii - a tribute to books, movies and songs - hence the category Medley. "to rediscover the Flame Imperishable - set in the heart of every man able".


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39. Striving


As the poem ends, it makes you ponder "in striving we find we've grown, our hearts widening, - our minds reaching to the far galaxies glimmering".


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40. Dwell


Ah, to be young and in love again... "methinks a partner is the best thing to keep - in sickness and in health, a spirit so deep - entrenched in your soul"


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41. Maa


On the death of my grandmother Vasantha whom we used to call Maa.


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42. Music


For my grandmother again - that carnatic vocalist of yester year. "music was in you its what gave your life soul - soul that rang true as a melody in a bowl".


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43. Toi


For my teachers Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa, written at their ashram in Pondicherry. "We seem on the brink - of total annihilation our pilot extinguished with no time to pause and think - to follow our highest right as dictated by that voice from within".


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44. Fate


Lost in time... "a love that engulfed us - through storm and rain that love animated me and was - a bulwark against the harsh world, cozy and secure".


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45. Stormy


Dedicated to Richard Bach, ispired by his character Stormy, who with her partner Strobe work to teach children by "Open[ing] their hearts to the glee of boundless flight - Supporting them so dearly with all of our might"


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46. For AFT


9 things I learned by loving 9 different women :). Written with a hope to leave the past in the past and look to the future...


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47. To Hold


Wedding Vows (as to be expected - there wasnt even a girl on the horizon when I wrote this :p)


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48. Nos Animaux


A poem in French about the animals and animal characters in my (younger) life.


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49. Go Back


I was thinking about my father and how often we'd like to "Go Back" in time, especially when as we grow, we find relationships with loved ones strained.


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50. Prayer Rebirth


At every death, there is cause to pause and reflect on these, it helps put living in perspective and to celebrate the time we have (left).