Greece Madum…! by Perugu Ramakrishna
She sashayed towards me Like an angel Spreading moonlight All over the path she treaded Enchanted I kept staring at her At last I managed a word, “Kalimera”(Good Morning) She smiled and held my hand I felt at that minute; that was the hand; the holy hand that has been Guarding me from near and […]
Frozen by Priyanka Tungana
I think I saw you today, across the road Moving in a crowd breaking the soft pattern of people Your side-burns seemed to have grown and Your ruffled hair now helps you make an impression I move a step forward to talk to you With a sense of belonging sweeping my heart But something held […]
From Another Sky by Pierre Reverdy
From Another Sky by Pierre Reverdy What shall become of me I feel myself dying Help me Ah Paris . . . the Pont Neuf I know this town Brief pleasures Brief sorrows My life Is it really worth mentioning Anyone could say the same And how else to pass the time I dream of […]
Forgotten by Priya Prithviraj
There’s a scented silence here, that’s broken only by the ticking of the kitchen clock, and the sound of rain. As I sit by the window, watching drops of rain chase each other down the windowpane, a cup of warm tea sits on the table, forgotten. Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster
Forbidden Silence by Preeth Nambiar
When the way stretched from morning still evenings, tired of my struggle to catch those dicey moments escaping from my fingertips, in the twilight evening of serenity when I smiled, there was silence – melancholic silence! Holding the arms of the beloved listening to the songs of earthly love when slept, when the withering May-flowers […]
For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy
For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy Life is simple and gay The bright sun rings with a quiet sound The sound of the bells has quieted down This morning the light hits it all The footlights of my head are lit again And the room I live in is finally bright Just one beam is […]
For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy
For The Moment by Pierre Reverdy Life is simple and gay The bright sun rings with a quiet sound The sound of the bells has quieted down This morning the light hits it all The footlights of my head are lit again And the room I live in is finally bright Just one beam is […]
Elijah by Peter Bardsley
Elijah was a prophet of the God of Israel That he had many enemies it is not hard to tell. The foremost was the wicked queen whose name was Jezebel. Ahab refused to trust the Lord and with him have compliancePreferring with a heathen neighbour to make a close alliance; To seal the deal he […]
Eating a Wampee by Piera Chen
The skin parts like curtains, Out tumbles a tender load. The tongue fumbles for the flesh, Flicking, shoving, Letting the sweetness guide its plunder Like a traitor’s hand. Two seeds glisten in the quiet of a palm. Beside them the shriveled skin Neatly folded upon itself Without a hint of an arc. Like a moth […]
Dying Love!!! by Praveen Parasar
A fear in heart Of losing the game of love Being left alone, or To go blank emotionally, Sometime Makes me weak, and Makes me do; what Would make you, my love, happy! I say, I love you I do not feel it anymore, I say, I do not want to lose you, but It […]
Diving Deep by Pawan Kumar
What can be the most precious thought that I can brood How can I interact therein and churn the stuff lying? Billions of human minds with each unique in constitution & patterns Each has unique impacts depending upon experiences one gets. Billions of possibilities & a single mind capable of thinking great Many nerves & […]
Dead On Arrival by Preethi Saravanakumar
Divine Spring buds bloom; magnificent nature’s crown awaits golden light! Tantalizing scent… of love greets the morning sun, glorious union! Alas! Winter smiles… Amber-rays find dried petals; Dead on arrival! Copyright ©: Preethi Saravanakumar ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — […]
Creators by Pawan Kumar
Creators ————– How are epics created, from where the material comes How much is one prepared and big plot is created? How is a book written what chapters to be imbued, and one thinks beyond his time & ideas are generated? How does he decide purpose and dares in forward direction, collects necessary ingredients & […]
Composition by Peter Cooley
Composition by Peter Cooley I have watched from this chair all afternoon alone, while snow traces features of hills I’d never noticed, watching the light fall, get up, fall, pulling the dark after it. No one is here. No one inhabits me but my poem, images that stumble, rise to take the air, refusing measure, […]
Coconut by Paul Hostovsky
Coconut by Paul Hostovsky Bear with me I want to tell you something about happiness it’s hard to get at but the thing is I wasn’t looking I was looking somewhere else when my son found it in the fruit section and came running holding it out in his small hands asking me what it […]
Childhood Memories by Preethi Saravanakumar
Backyard; Sweet memories unbarred. I find Pure white flowers enshrined DivineChildhood days, now resign. Copyright ©: Preethi Saravanakumar ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here […]
Betrayal by Priyanka Dutt
Do you look back To that time When we first met? There we were 2 people Lost in the crowd Looking here and there Till something clicked And u were suddenly my friend We spoke, we laughed Our togetherness was the talk of the town And with the changing colours of the seasons Our bond […]
Anguish of Fate by Pierre Reverdy
Anguish of Fate by Pierre Reverdy I ask the open door on the white wall I ask the roof And the field sloping behind the house A hand enfolds the earth in its fingers and tosses it to changing hues of a sky which is here the russet of a hare All the other animals […]
Abyss by Pierre Reverdy
Abyss by Pierre Reverdy I was ready for all that might happen Head lowered Feet touching my head And everything that moved in the corner Against the wall Opposite me and beside me The mirror as it faded had begun to tremble There was a light Long ago and the face that I see Midnight […]
A Saturday Sunrise by Philo Ikonya
Menu+ Home 100 Poetry Monster Poets Directory Best Love Poems Free Poetry Quotes Publish your Poems an old church spire pierces the quiet morning. Industrial smoke rises too. I am watching actual reflections early. The open sky has come to meet us, here dawn is at 9.30am. Your nights are long, darkness fell at 3 […]
A reason for you by Pritha halder
Elated is your face, Placid is thou mind; Perhaps in me – the reason you’ll find. When your heart trumpets with pride, And the highest achiever is shy; Perhaps in me – the reason may lie. When your head is held high, And the biggest malady at cure; Perhaps in me – “humanity” is pure. […]
A man who set his journey back to time by Preeth Nambiar
Through the falling lids of jaded eyes, show me a land dense of green, amidst the woods appear the streams, the bells of anklets of a naughty girl hide beneath the huge tree trunks. Chasing the shyness deep in the woods, lead me to the virgin lands, unseen, worn! Show me a hut there to […]
A Longing for Silence! by Preeth Nambiar
Come aboard, O dear, with your wings wet of rain! Though the nails would bruise my skin, leave your pace upon my palm, stay caressed by the softest touch! There is warmth within me to shelter your dreams and my duffel has grains to feed your hunger. On the shore of the flooded river, amidst […]
A Heart Divided by Pierre Reverdy
A Heart Divided by Pierre Reverdy He so spares himself He so fears the coverings The sky’s blue coverlet And pillows of cloud He is ill-clothed by his faith He is so afraid of steps that go awry And streets chipped in the ice He is too tiny for winter He so fears the cold […]
A dragonfly that committed suicide by Preeth Nambiar
I thought of its possible past – birth from a tiny egg; the amusement to see the beautiful world around it; the joy of flying amidst the plants in the wild gardens; the moments of togetherness with loved ones and at the end the pain of understanding its wings getting tired even in the slowest […]
To Youth by Sarojini Naidu
Long have we dwelt together, thou and I; Together drunk of many an alien dawn, And plucked the fruit of many an alien sky. Ah, fickle friend, must I, who yesterday Dreamed forwards to long, undimmed ecstasy, Henceforward dream, because thou wilt not stay, Backward to transient pleasure and to thee? I give thee back […]
The Soul’s Prayer by Sarojini Naidu
“O Thou, who mad’st me of Thy breath, Speak, Master, and reveal to me Thine inmost laws of life and death. “Give me to drink each joy and pain Which Thine eternal hand can mete, For my insatiate soul can drain Earth’s utmost bitter, utmost sweet. “Spare me no bliss, no pang of strife, Withhold […]
The Illusion of Love by Sarojini Naidu
Only a transient spark Of flickering flame set in loam of clay – I care not …since you kindle all my dark With the immortal lustres of the day. And as all men deem, dearest, you may be Only a common shell Chance-winnowed by the sea-winds from the sea – The subtle murmurs of eternity. […]
The Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu
Our shining loads to the temple fair… Who will buy these delicate, bright Rainbow-tinted circles of light? Lustrous tokens of radiant lives, For happy daughters and happy wives. Some are meet for a maiden’s wrist, Silver and blue as the mountain mist, Some are flushed like the buds that dream On the tranquil brow of […]
The Snake Charmer by Sarojini Naidu
In what moonlight-tangled meshes of perfume, Where the clustering keovas guard the squirrel’s slumber, Where the deep woods glimmer with the jasmine’s bloom? I’ll feed thee, O beloved, on milk and wild red honey, I’ll bear thee in a basket of rushes, green and white, To a palace-bower where golden-vested maidens Thread with mellow laughter […]
The Queen’s Rival by Sarojini Naidu
Around her countless treasures were spread; Her chamber walls were richly inlaid With agate, porphory, onyx and jade; The tissues that veiled her delicate breast, Glowed with the hues of a lapwing’s crest; But still she gazed in her mirror and sighed “O King, my heart is unsatisfied.” King Feroz bent from his ebony seat: […]
In The Bazaars of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
Richly your wares are displayed. Turbans of crimson and silver, Tunics of purple brocade, Mirrors with panels of amber, Daggers with handles of jade. What do you weigh, O ye vendors? Saffron and lentil and rice. What do you grind, O ye maidens? Sandalwood, henna, and spice. What do you call , O ye pedlars? […]
Wandering Singers by Sarojini Naidu
Through echoing forest and echoing street, With lutes in our hands ever-singing we roam, All men are our kindred, the world is our home. Our lays are of cities whose lustre is shed, The laughter and beauty of women long dead; The sword of old battles, the crown of old kings, And happy and simple […]
Village Song by Sarojini Naidu
Would you cast your jewels all to the breezes blowing? Would you leave the mother who on golden grain has fed you? Would you grieve the lover who is riding forth to wed you? Mother mine, to the wild forest I am going, Where upon the champa boughs the champa buds are blowing; To the […]
Transcience by Sarojini Naidu
Dawn will not veil her spleandor for your grief, Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty To lotus blossom and ashoka leaf. Nay, do not pine, tho’ life be dark with trouble, Time will not pause or tarry on his way; To-day that seems so long, so strange, so bitter, Will soon be some forgotten […]
Suttee by Sarojini Naidu
Hath blown thee out with their sudden breath; Naught shall revive thy vanished spark . . . Love, must I dwell in the living dark? Tree of my life, Death’s cruel foot Hath crushed thee down to thy hidden root; Nought shall restore thy glory fled . . . Shall the blossom live when the […]
Street Cries by Sarojini Naidu
Rousing the world to labour’s various cry, To tend the flock, to bind the mellowing grain, From ardent toil to forge a little gain, And fasting men go forth on hurrying feet, Buy bread, buy bread, rings down the eager street. When the earth falters and the waters swoon With the implacable radiance of noon, […]
Song Of A Dream by Sarojini Naidu
Lone in the light of a magical wood, Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang; And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang, And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed, And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed In that magical wood in the land of sleep. Lone in the light of […]
Past and Future by Sarojini Naidu
And so the past becomes a mountain-cell, Where lone, apart, old hermit-memories dwell In consecrated calm, forgotten yet Of the keen heart that hastens to forget Old longings in fulfilling new desires. And now the Soul stands in a vague, intense Expectancy and anguish of suspense, On the dim chamber-threshold . . . lo! he […]
Palanquin Bearers by Sarojini Naidu
She sways like a flower in the wind of our song; She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream, She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream. Gaily, O gaily we glide and we sing, We bear her along like a pearl on a string. Softly, O softly we […]