Al calor de una guitarra by Mara Romero Torres

Al calor de una guitarra by Mara Romero Torres Adentrarme en la niebla que oculta la luz cansada y enfrentarme al guerrero que asoló mi madrugada. Batirme en juicio divino con la sombra del vacío de este llanto, de esta hiel, de este fuego, de este frío. Buscarte para besar el pozo de tu mirada […]

Ahmad Al-Za’tar by Mahmoud Darwish

For two hands, of stone and of thyme I dedicate this song.. For Ahmad, forgotten between two butterflies The clouds are gone and have left me homeless, and The mountains have flung their mantles and concealed me ..From the oozing old wound to the contours of the land I descend, and The year marked the […]

A Noun Sentence by Mahmoud Darwish

A noun sentence, no verb to it or in it: to the sea the scent of the bed after making love … a salty perfume or a sour one. A noun sentence: my wounded joy like the sunset at your strange windows. My flower green like the phoenix. My heart exceeding my need, hesitant between […]

A Lover From Palestine by Mahmoud Darwish

Her eyes are Palestinian Her name is Palestinian Her dress and sorrow Palestinian Her kerchief, her feet and body Palestinian Her words and silence Palestinian Her voice Palestinian Her birth and her death Palestinian End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave  Talking Writing […]

Your choice by Mrunmayi Mandan

Your choice Helplessness, nervousness, tumbling down, You could only feel till you touch the ground, Everything and everywhere, exuberance or despair, You control and you decide from your toe to your hair, You can change the world you are in, You can fly without wings or swim with no fins, Your fate has been molded […]

Yin and Yang by Muralidharan Mudaliar

Yin and Yang by Muralidharan Mudaliar A part of yang In every yin Seeks a part of yin in every yang Round and round From dawn to dawn From star to star From sky to sky Yin and yang You and me In a mindless flux Forever and forever Yin -ing yang Yang- ing yin […]

Worry by Mridula Makkuni

Your concerns are so small,your worries miniscule yet they are big to you what you must cook and when you should wash your clothes what your nephew said and how your wayward daughter acts your sorrows are huge when you are belittled by your loved ones you cry and your eyes swell up staring into […]

Twiddle-de-dee by Muralidharan Mudaliar

Twiddle-de-dee by Muralidharan Mudaliar I wring time Traverse space Watch the crowd Watch the stars Walk the lanes Look every pretty thing askance Grovel Fantasize Hallucinate Pray For a glimpse of her face That was And will again be mine Feb 92 End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external […]

The Wedding Night by Mukeshkumar Raval

The Luna With all its celestial light, Poured from the sky, the magic white, On the newly wedded bride; The cool breeze on terrace Played with her locks Like the wind plays with water, The chill Fondled on her face As surfs do gently shatter; Suddenly A sonic boom, A mild heart quake, Fission in […]

The Storm by Muralidharan Mudaliar

The earth for the rain forever cannot long The birds have to somewhere break into song A clear dawn lurks to break the dark forlorn Brewing and brown Just beyond my horizon Sweet promising warm Is it the whiff I caught ? Of a lurking storm How long how long For the clouds to form? […]

The most noble bird, wife by Mukeshkumar Raval

A bird of nobility that flies in the sky of every home carries the weight of bond fixed before five millenniums. She is not a lonely star deserted at the dawn, she is the milky way that nourishes children of stars Dare not I to betray her for age or looks she is free from […]

The Morning Breeze by Mousumi Guha Roy

Awake in the light of dawn. Picking up flower The heart beats at morning breeze. The memorable feeling of touch of breeze. The Krishnachura tree, Full of red flower The mind recedes back in the dawn. The sky is black at eleven o’clock. The thunder of Kalbaisakhi, The month of Chaitra (March) The rain washed […]

The ME inside by Muralidharan Mudaliar

The ME inside by Muralidharan Mudaliar Stares at me Mocks at my effort Teases me to try Scorns spurious raising And sees thru my feints Watches the darkness And searches for me.. But the teeming brain never spans Only the void yawns on And there’ never never a word All the wind that wails All […]

The Labour by Mousumi Guha Roy

A group of people get inside the bus, Comes down from the bus. They are about fifteen, with digging hoe, in hand. The black people of village. They are going to work, in row. They are labour, Mixed with soil, sweat and salt. I can recognize their sweat and salt, Sweat and salt of hard […]

The Drum-Stick Tree by Murali Sivaramakrishnan

I do not know for how long I stood in the fork of the drum-stick tree Gazing long and hard at the school as it lay among the ruins of my long lost life There was not one living soul Only ghosts that floated about Defying earth’s gravity What does it mean to live together […]

the branches of pine tree by Mousumi Guha Roy

The young leaves of deodar, The green branches of pine tree. The hope of life. A white rose. The dense leaves of mango tree. The month of chaitra(march) The blowing wind, The endless treasure in nature, The endless bright sun beam. The confined mind. End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject […]

The Beyond by Muralidharan Mudaliar

A cry from beyond, calls to ‘that’ within, An answering cry from within, Tries to reach out to ‘that’ beyond. Through maze and darkness, The calls try to reach out from that beyond, To the soul, that cries within, My answering call never reaches out, The beyond remains the beyond, Only the soul cries from […]

Sting by Muralidharan Mudaliar

Sting by Muralidharan Mudaliar Oh ye sting Coiled and rearing Straining to unleash You I nurtured in vile For ages Vicious, volatile, Fangs barred Seething Closeted in a myopia I brewed In your venom For ages A temper perennial A zest –tossed On the gushes and cascades But ye sting I kept you honed And […]

Snake Pit by Muralidharan Mudaliar

A snake pit In bits and pieces And phases and leases You Reveal its hem and hilt Its frills and fancies Soft folds and ( dark) peaks Its wet crevices Its secret passages And honeyed recesses Later late and wise Deep deep down Among shriveled folds I realize I am stuck To wallow in this […]

Six-Word Poem by Monty Gilmer

Six-Word Poem by Monty Gilmer Loveless in the arms of Morpheus. End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave  Talking Writing Monster. Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe […]

Rain all along by Mukeshkumar Raval

Love me less O lady love me long Rain all along o lady rain all along As the earth absorbs but not all the rain The excess water goes wasted in vain So love me less O lady love me long Rain all along o lady rain all along Everything in proportion pleases more Ships […]

Poem by Murali Sivaramakrishnan

I love streamers and trailers Linked to something it might be easy to trail Streaming in the wind. But there is always something to follow. I love sparklers lit on both sides They are quick to sign off They leave a secret trail Of streaming sense Written in the blackness of coal. End of the […]

Poem by Murali Sivaramakrishnan

I love streamers and trailers Linked to something it might be easy to trail Streaming in the wind. But there is always something to follow. I love sparklers lit on both sides They are quick to sign off They leave a secret trail Of streaming sense Written in the blackness of coal. End of the […]

Parody on a Haiku by Issa by Monty Gilmer

Parody on a Haiku by Issa by Monty Gilmer Relax, dust bunnies. I housekeep casually, just as Issa did. End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave  Talking Writing Monster. Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US Quant.com – a search engine from France, […]

No Regrets by Muralidharan Mudaliar

No Regrets by Muralidharan Mudaliar Whatever It may be Doom or despair Rain, dry weather Windward or lee Where life drives me Riches or ruin Or whatever it be worth The memory and the mirth Is mine , is mine And with me it is fine Mar 92 End of the poem 15 random poems […]

My Mother by Claude McKay

Menu+ Home 100 Poetry Monster Poets Directory Best Love Poems Free Poetry Quotes Publish your Poems Home » Topics » Mothers My Mother by Claude McKay I Reg wished me to go with him to the field, I paused because I did not want to go; But in her quiet way she made me yield […]

My impure god and I by Murali Sivaramakrishnan

Each day My impure god and I Wake to light and walk alongside. Each night My impure god and I Walk the dark under a starless sky. Everything is so clear. So, where’s the need to be pure? And yet Many a day and night We wear our hearts inside out Searching within The dark […]

My Dear Old Mother by Walter William Safar

Menu+ Home 100 Poetry Monster Poets Directory Best Love Poems Free Poetry Quotes Publish your Poems Home » Topics » Mothers My Dear Old Mother by Walter William Safar A whisper… soft, gentle and perfectly close is spreading through the air in this warm April morning. My mother’s whisper is so close, yet so far […]

Mother by Shahida Latif

Mother by Shahida Latif Mother: bounteous blessing, A sheltering shield, fragrant flower, Gurgling founting fountain of love, Incarnated patience and sacrifice; She cares least, For her own appetite and dress, When her own children remain, Unfed, undressed. She tosses on the bed, When they are ill disposed, She bleeds, receives pain, When they are hit […]

Lost and Found by Muralidharan Mudaliar

Lost and Found by Muralidharan Mudaliar Lines That vents A fit of passion Reminisced Revokes The memory Of the perfume And the gale Little verses Lost / forgotten Revoked Says Once I was alive. Mar 86 End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry Cave  […]

Leaving Albania by Morelle Smith

Leaving Albania by Morelle Smith My mind is peeling away from this place – separating, like two sheets of paper. Once, this place and I were stuck so close together – your time pressed against me like sun on my palm, like a thumb, like a hard coin, like a hand or a whole other […]

In torque by Muralidharan Mudaliar

In torque by Muralidharan Mudaliar In flight Or flow Frisky or frenetic Density high or low Twisted or trundled In unmindful glee or glow Dithering or decided In inebriated gloating Or sobering cold A blue sky beckons Over the earthly show End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external links: […]

In the Blaze.. by Muralidharan Mudaliar

In the Blaze.. by Muralidharan Mudaliar In the Blaze.. In the blaze of the flame What the fire, What the cinder What the desire ? Did the cinder Consummate the fire Or the fire the cinder Who burned Who got burnt Did the desire To burn Die in the fire In the blaze What the […]

I Salute You , O Women! by Ms Tabzeer Yaseen

You should have an existence of your own, This is the dream that I have sown. Don’t get lost in this crowd, Do stand apart and make yourself feel proud. You always sacrifice yourself for others, Retaining many oceans of sorrows. Sometimes mother, sometimes wife, sometimes sister, Who gives her best in every character. Buried […]

I like to let the word fly about by Murali Sivaramakrishnan

I like to let the word fly about Not tied down to its meanings Like a dog on a leash And be walked on the beach. But let it prance around, flip and turn And perch on the tiniest branch Of suspense and dream In the balmy glow of a rainbow Like a crazy cormorant […]

I a soul by Muralidharan Mudaliar

I a soul by Muralidharan Mudaliar Complex and racking Every once I pause to gauge Contemplate Reckoning none Free floating I move one Sometime once In a random circle Racking I pause again to search Reckoning none I float on May 87 End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external […]

Hunger and Thirst by Muhammad Dawood Jan

One fine day; while on my way I saw a child in sheer dismay His eyes vexed with eternal pains No flesh was left; just bones and veins A sketch of sorrow on his face As his relatives; none to embrace A homeless orphan with nothing to eat His hunger not for bread or meat […]

Here by Muralidharan Mudaliar

Here by Muralidharan Mudaliar Where Poignant words fail to provoke Where Profound thoughts fall flat Where Probing silence never interpret where solitude becomes routinous where friends tag sans bond where the pseudo trip mars the vice where work is psyche bound Oh Master Take the cash and let the credit go April 87 End of […]

Haiku: The Bluebird and the Sky by Monty Gilmer

Haiku: The Bluebird and the Sky by Monty Gilmer (A found poem from the writings of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson) The bluebird carries the sky, the daily bread of the eyes, on his back. End of the poem 15 random poems   Poetry by subject Some external links: The Bat’s Own Poetry […]