M for Man, Money and Moon by Raj Arumugam
M for Man, Money and Moon by Raj Arumugam M for moon M for Man M for Money; and at last Man has seen the moonlight and now they know Man can make Money out of the Moon ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and […]
life on the escalator by Raj Arumugam
life on the escalator by Raj Arumugam slow time on the escalator easy baby; a life of leisure and idle moments… tra la la la li head held high and proud one foot on one step and one foot lower: it’s the picture of grace and ease; it’s cool baby stand leaning with no care […]
life begins tomorrow by Raj Arumugam
life begins tomorrow by Raj Arumugam when life begins tomorrow you’ll wait for sunrise and you’ll say life’s like a new day with sun rays and roses I wouldn’t mind having a few, you’d say and when life begins tomorrow you’d be waiting with test instruments like a child entering cold water or a nervous […]
Let us pull, pull the boat by Raj Arumugam
Let us pull, pull the boat by Raj Arumugam Let us pull, pull the boat, young man… away from the waters safe on to land just the while perhaps till the morning and pull, young one…take a deep breath and pull… generations have worked and gone past exertion and into a discovery of inner strength […]
let us go with no care by Raj Arumugam
let us go with no care by Raj Arumugam let us go with no care just the basic necessities, sweetheart; just the proper care and due diligence for the times afar but not forgetting each other for that’s all that’s the only we have here and now though time’s waves might roll our boat forwards […]
let’s go mummy by Raj Arumugam
let’s go mummy by Raj Arumugam Let’s go mummy, let’s mummy; let’s to the shops – we need to get a few good things Nothing for me, honest not a thing for me: just maybe for little Tom; he’s been crying you know, mommy; he’s been crying and we’ll get him a few biscuits and […]
Kangaroo talks to the Sun by Raj Arumugam
Kangaroo talks to the Sun by Raj Arumugam Hey Sun, look Man – I can move around and hop and I can run around even at 70km/h; I can kangaroo fight and kick for a mate and I can go all across the land – and you? All you can do is to spin and […]
it flows by Raj Arumugam
it flows by Raj Arumugam It flows people gape but do not see it flows they rather postulate and grasp at comfort-ideas and doctrine and theology and build systems of beliefs and fantasize in the hereafter But it flows not with a beginning or end or with a start or finish with promise or tension […]
in praise of the moon by Raj Arumugam
in praise of the moon by Raj Arumugam I will not sing you a song of praise O gentle moon there are too many modern people around too many enlightened minds tonight they reckon they don’t need your light; there are too many elect and too many going to Heaven and if I sang in […]
I waited by Raj Arumugam
I waited by Raj Arumugam I waited sweetheart and I have waited but you have not come I waited early and I waited past through the retreating light and the late hours of the night but you did not come O I have waited all eternity but you are not to be seen I have […]
I see you moon by Raj Arumugam
I see you moon by Raj Arumugam I see you moon this cool autumn morning you sing over the river and trees and you are supported by your dance troupe of stars Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry […]
I am the earthworm, Lord of the Underworld by Raj Arumugam
I am the earthworm Lord of the Underworld; you hardly think of me except perhaps as angleworm I give the earth nitrogen phosphates and potash; and the soil is rich for all my muscular contractions I create passages for air and water; and by sheer power of my burrowing I bring all these together and […]
I am content here by Raj Arumugam
I am content here by Raj Arumugam I am content here in my open with the trees and the birds that sing and the clouds above and the moon that radiates at night; and the feel of the warmth of the sun on my arms and chest and legs and the feel of the cool […]
How I saved Planet Earth by Raj Arumugam
How I saved Planet Earth by Raj Arumugam in the deserted streets last night the Aliens pointed their laser and equipment at me and one of them said: “Take me to your Leader.” And hoping to pocket all the presents they might have brought I said: “Well, I am the Leader of all Planet Earth.” […]
how far are you? by Raj Arumugam
how far are you? by Raj Arumugam how far gone gentle breathing partner how far gone from me are you in your sleep? how deep in your dreams and away from each other? how far are you gentle living partner how far gone within far, far, far within such unmeasured distance are you gone from […]
Hey birds by Raj Arumugam
Hey birds by Raj Arumugam Hey birds you rosellas and mynas and magpies it’s nice Spring and the flowers are in bloom in my garden; and it’s good to see you flying about as in a Walt Disney movie and see you hover at the flowers or on the lawn but really, must you sit […]
four legs good, two legs badOwl Hoots and Grasshopper Sings by Raj Arumugam
four legs good, two legs badOwl Hoots and Grasshopper Sings by Raj Arumugam Owl slept in the tree’s hollow but the silly Grasshopper on the branch outside made incessant noise ‘Kind Sir,’ said Owl, ‘would you stop singing and allow me to sleep? I’m nocturnal and sleep by day and so I need some quiet […]
four legs good, two legs bad by Raj Arumugam
four legs good, two legs bad by Raj Arumugam four legs good, two legs bad you believe in God good if not you believe in the Devil it’s this or that, you see? four legs good, two legs bad what I know is right you are wrong cos four legs good, two legs bad you […]
five moons for earth by Raj Arumugam
five moons for earth by Raj Arumugam sometimes I wish dear moon sometimes I wish the earth had five moons and all so positioned we can see one every night and then in twos and in threes never four (just so for mystery’s sake) and then all five all in perfect alignment once a year […]
emotional bond by Raj Arumugam
emotional bond by Raj Arumugam O setting Sun do not drag my heart down with you; for it’s known in nations where you do not shine as often you bring cheer and smiles away till you come again; do not let then my heart dear Sun sink with you Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam ————— The […]
dear owl, forlorn like King Lear by Raj Arumugam
dear owl, forlorn like King Lear by Raj Arumugam dear owl, where is your home after all the day and night of rains that you should sit forlorn like Lear on the pavement this cold, sunless morning? you will make one again dear owl and you will hoot again in nights and stay discreet in […]
dear moon, you will understand by Raj Arumugam
dear moon, you will understand by Raj Arumugam darling moon dear moon do not be offended we have stripped you down to rock and a plain face and we show pictures of you in black, gray and white; and though a writer of verse, in this verse, I strip you of your romance and aura; […]
days of quiet by Raj Arumugam
days of quiet by Raj Arumugam here is the forest the world withdraws a little; quiet, silent and calm the trees wait in their own nature The morning is beautiful, the progress of the day smooth and the evening pleasant and the nights pensive and still. Time moves slowly and thought is as radiant as […]
dance of life by Raj Arumugam
dance of life by Raj Arumugam we bring you life today sway right and left and forward and back and gyrate and turn and twist; and life is fruit and flesh and it is pleasure and joy too and we bring in our bodies in our bodies, in our nakedness we bring you mystery and […]
Daddy, daddy, I can’t go to school by Raj Arumugam
Daddy, daddy, I can’t go to school by Raj Arumugam daddy, daddy, I can’t go to school why darling, what’s wrong with you? I’ve got a runny nose, daddy – can’t you see? and my cheeks are blue I just think I’ve got the flu but sweetheart, you look as fresh as the rose outside […]
complete text of the discovery of Kama Sutra by Raj Arumugam
Part 1 At the Saint’s Book Store (Singapore, 1970) when I was just 15 and just after a trip to the National Library I saw a slim volume at the Saint’s Book Store (named after a TV series and true to the borrowed name, a second-hand book store) and its spine said: Kama Sutra Now […]
an evening’s music by Raj Arumugam
come, it is a cool evening; it is time for the body to rest and the mind to withdraw within; let us play then a raga for this evening: notes and a rhythm and a flow that shall bring quiet, peace and calm in one’s being; and perhaps as you play the melody and magic […]
ah poor moon by Raj Arumugam
ah poor moon by Raj Arumugam ah poor moon you’re just hanging around and through no fault of your own you attract all these weirdos these lunatics and the vampires and the blood-sucking bats and the sleep-walkers and murderers and the flesh-eaters (the moon made me do it!) and the lunatics and the werewolves and […]
ah, happy crow by Raj Arumugam
ah, happy crow by Raj Arumugam ah, happy crow (uncaring that humans may not find you very pleasant) you sit on the branch of that shady tree and you peck at a bone you’ve brought yourself and you are busy, busy, busy eating; and I, happy too, sit here at a table, eating my sandwich […]
absent-mindedness; or I Dream of Spices by Raj Arumugam
1 My mother would say: “Little boy Raj… Go to Muthu’s and get some cinnamon, betel leaves and ginger and garlic” And so I go to the shops singing all the way and when Muthu asks me what I’d want I rattle off a list: “Sesame seeds, onions tomatoes and pickles” And back home, Mother […]
a gentle day by Raj Arumugam
a gentle day by Raj Arumugam easy and smooth the day comes and goes like a falling leaf or a graceful cat on the roof; perhaps like drops of dew drip drip drip gently into the lake of time below; dawn morning midday afternoon evening sunset dusk twilight night and I’m left in quiet and […]
The Unsound Utterance by Raju Baruah
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The Storm by Rainbow Reed
The Storm by Rainbow Reed On granite rock, The woman sat. Damp hair trickled down her back, Azure highlights glimmering, Golden curls shimmering. Seaweed sparkled; waving wildly White foam horses rear and pound, Surging through the rocky mound. Crashing against the sleeping stone. Woman sits and Stares alone. Black cloud glares, Fog horn blares, Lightning […]
The Mystic Isle by Rainbow Reed
The isle arose from swirling mists, Slicing through the broken skies, Lurking beneath the whitened waters, Dark hungry fangs of piercing stone Impatiently waiting for their prey: A trawler beached on Mystic Rock. Darkened creatures with heads of foam, Shake seaweed hair and madly moan. Watch wood crash into surging tides, Splinters fly, while the […]
Spiritual Memories of Mother by Raj Napal
She bore me, she nurtured me, and she cherished me. Danced with me in the rain, cried with me when I was hurt. Cooked hot meals on cold wintry nights, tucked me warm at night. Cared for me always in that warm nest of her love. A warm blanket, a shield against all things bad. […]
Prayers by Rainbow Reed
Jimmy Choos’ stalked across the floor, Ripping, clawing against the antiqued oak, Stuttered, stiffened; listened to deep silence Then slowly circled, nowhere once more. The gold straps coiled around her calf’s, Winding, binding, painfully twisting… D. and G. suit clinging about her, Her grey silk blouse rustled in the breeze, While around her stalk, staccato […]
This by Ralph Angel
This by Ralph Angel Today, my love, leaves are thrashing the wind just as pedestrians are erecting again the buildings of this drab forbidding city, and our lives, as I lose track of them, are the lives of others derailing in time and getting things done. Impossible to make sense of any one face or […]
Breaking and Entering by Ralph Angel
Breaking and Entering by Ralph Angel Many setups. At least as many falls. Winter is paralyzing the country, but not here. Here, the boys are impersonating songs of indigenous wildlife. Mockingbird on the roof of the Gun Shop, scrub jay behind the Clear Lake Saloon. And when she darts into a drugstore for a chocolate-covered […]
It Takes a While to Disappear by Ralph Angel
It Takes a While to Disappear by Ralph Angel The city purrs, it hums along, the morning hardly risen. A well-dressed drunk smears her finger across a doorman’s lips and whispers. Someone stumbles. Someone curses. Someone hoses down the pavement. We must have made a mess of things again, all fuzzy black and white and […]
In Every Direction by Ralph Angel
In Every Direction by Ralph Angel As if you actually died in that dream and woke up dead. Shadows of untangling vines tumble toward the ceiling. A delicate lizard sits on your shoulder, its eyes blinking in every direction. And when you lean forward and present your hands to the basin of water, and glimpse […]