love growing by Raj Arumugam
love growing by Raj Arumugam it does not seem to be a complete love this love that seems to grow on me that grows over you; for one day like today it is your smile I remember as I drive home and it is that which hovers in my dream; and the other day was […]
love by Raj Arumugam
love by Raj Arumugam you come too late; I’m quite dead Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam ————— 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 you’ll find original […]
little teddy bear lost by Raj Arumugam
little teddy bear lost by Raj Arumugam Little Teddy bear pink and cuddly lying on the kerb with the lights of the cafes bouncing off you Oh who’s missing you tonight crying for her teddy bear? maybe it’s little Amy asleep who dropped you while her mum carried her into the car? and maybe now […]
little Sara’s sleep by Raj Arumugam
little Sara’s sleep by Raj Arumugam Mum, says little Sara Yes, darling, says Mum Let’s not sleep tonight. Why, sweetheart? Cos, mom, have you never thought about it? the world might disappear when we sleep and when we wake it may never come back; so let’s watch over the world tonight as everybody else sleeps […]
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 of Ms Anonymous by Raj Arumugam
Life of Ms Anonymous by Raj Arumugam sometimes, baby you’re soft and angelic; for some time you’re a saint and sometimes you’re a bitch sometimes life takes you along sometimes you’re Athena sometimes you’re innocent and taken for a ride; sometimes you’re the CEO sometimes you’re dumped bad, darling O; O sometimes you’re the Black […]
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 […]
Li Po, the moon and me by Raj Arumugam
Li Po, the moon and me by Raj Arumugam You know lovely moon Li Po was drunk and he paddled out to you seeing your reflection and he jumped in to the lake embracing you in the waters and so he drowned; but, you know loving moon, I will not come to you thus; instead […]
Li Po drowns by Raj Arumugam
Li Po drowns by Raj Arumugam Li Po sits drinking wine; he is in his garden below the tree reciting his poems to the night and he sings to the cool air and he sings to the moon and he drinks more in between Li Po walks to the lake and he sings to the […]
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 the calm of the evening by Raj Arumugam
let the calm of the evening by Raj Arumugam let the calm of the evening let it descend in our hearts; embrace its coolness and its quiet its invitation to thought and reflection; let its peace let its power come in; and perhaps let us put aside all our concepts and vengeance and perhaps in […]
let’s love the lawn by Raj Arumugam
let’s love the lawn by Raj Arumugam let’s love the lawn sweetheart let’s trim the lawn; let’s get it cut and neat and fine; let’s do the groovy lawn dance baby so the neighbors will be green as nourished grass let’s feed the lawn sweetheart all chemicals and fertilizers; let’s read the warnings first baby: […]
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 […]
laugh to cry by Raj Arumugam
laugh to cry by Raj Arumugam I don’t love to cry (do you?) but when I laugh it seems I laugh to cry because I laugh so much and so long so unrestrained my laugh takes me to cry; so though I don’t love to cry I just laugh that leads to cry but it […]
last words to the moon by Raj Arumugam
last words to the moon by Raj Arumugam just as people sitting in your spell soon tire of your charm so I’m tired of writing lines to you as you are bored being the subject; but well, wait till I fall in love again Copyright ©: Raj Arumugam ————— The End And that’s the End […]
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 […]
Kadambari by Raj Arumugam
I walked past and I heard you play the sitar, Kadambari; and I waited at the side in the streets as I heard the soothing tunes and the notes and the playfulness and the pleas and eloquence and the pain and the joys and the ecstasy O I heard the coming to of each note […]
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 just love you by Raj Arumugam
I just love you by Raj Arumugam I just love you sweet woman I saw you and I love you I’m not a poet or a singer nor gifted with skillful brushes to convey this feeling in my heart and mind I don’t even know if the words I choose are right or inapt I […]
I bring hope and love by Raj Arumugam
I bring plenty and abundance; I bring beauty and well-being I bring that which is wholesome and I bring that which is good for all of mankind and I bring goodwill to all nations and all peoples of the world may all countries be at peace; may all the people of the world be as […]
I am Yun Du-seo by Raj Arumugam
I am Yun Du-seo by Raj Arumugam I am Yun Du-seo, dearest fellow-beings; I lived in Korea and this is my self-portrait I send to you as a greeting from the past; I had my life to art and loved my fellow-beings and the creatures of the earth; and I send this to you just […]
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 […]
how did poetry begin? by Raj Arumugam
how did poetry begin? by Raj Arumugam how did it begin anyway this love of sound and words and rhythm and word-painting? did a bunch of perhaps thirteen men and women gather one night under the star-covered trees and eat pizzas and say: tonight we’ll all not drink sake or soma and we’ll not have […]
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 […]
Head of a Smiling Young Woman in Three-Quarter View by Raj Arumugam
Head of a Smiling Young Woman in Three-Quarter View by Raj Arumugam 1 she’s the delicate head of a young woman in Agnolo Bronzino’s drawing; she says, ‘Look. You can look; look, I don’t really mind; and if you feel shy, I’ll have my eyes and face down all the while’ and in her charm […]
gum tree loved by the sky by Raj Arumugam
gum tree loved by the sky by Raj Arumugam there’s this gum tree that stands alone its skin and bark white as bone and its leaves quivering in the wind shimmering in the sun; and it’s so pretty and tall and proud the blue sky says: “I’ll come stand guard over you embrace you full […]
good bye, my sweet angel by Raj Arumugam
good bye, my sweet angel by Raj Arumugam goodbye, my sweet angel you and I now must part; the sun sets gently and so it does too in our love goodbye, my sweet angel the ocean waves come to play along the beach but soon they retreat; and so too now we go in our […]
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 […]
Female ghost in the moonlight by Raj Arumugam
Female ghost in the moonlight by Raj Arumugam OOOOhhhh…..eeeeee…..oooeeeeeyoooo…. O moon, pale and alone like me O inhabitant in deserted skies as I in lonely wilds with my ghost baby; let us put a charm together a curse on men who betray their wives and who put their seeds in young unwise girls and run […]
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 […]
doughnuts for sale by Raj Arumugam
doughnuts for sale by Raj Arumugam O come buy doughnuts doughnuts doughnuts doughnuts for sale sweet ones, ladies and yummy ones, gents; precious doughnuts you’ve never seen in your lands I made them with my own hands each sugary and yum to the core round and hollow in the middle each doughnut like Einstein’s universe […]