English Literature Discussions - Open Books Online2024-03-29T08:36:16Zhttp://openbooksonline.com/group/englishliterature/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noRELENTLESS GRIEFtag:openbooksonline.com,2024-01-14:5170231:Topic:11152132024-01-14T03:48:03.436Zvijay nikorehttp://openbooksonline.com/profile/vijaynikore
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<p>Other than Divine Grace</p>
<p>Is there ever</p>
<p>a mechanics</p>
<p>to alleviating GRIEF ?</p>
<p></p>
<p>Or, do we just go through</p>
<p>spiraling emotions</p>
<p>Grief</p>
<p>never calcified</p>
<p>often like a storm reborn</p>
<p>yet never</p>
<p>blown away like dust</p>
<p></p>
<p>Pain, you know, often times</p>
<p>is too precious</p>
<p>to give away</p>
<p>to let go, till</p>
<p>the breath subsides</p>
<p></p>
<p>Joy and sorrow</p>
<p>each with its own</p>
<p>tender…</p>
<p></p>
<p>Other than Divine Grace</p>
<p>Is there ever</p>
<p>a mechanics</p>
<p>to alleviating GRIEF ?</p>
<p></p>
<p>Or, do we just go through</p>
<p>spiraling emotions</p>
<p>Grief</p>
<p>never calcified</p>
<p>often like a storm reborn</p>
<p>yet never</p>
<p>blown away like dust</p>
<p></p>
<p>Pain, you know, often times</p>
<p>is too precious</p>
<p>to give away</p>
<p>to let go, till</p>
<p>the breath subsides</p>
<p></p>
<p>Joy and sorrow</p>
<p>each with its own</p>
<p>tender loveliness</p>
<p>never seeking</p>
<p>a gracious reprieve</p>
<p> ----</p>
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<p>-- Vijay Nikore</p>
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<p>(original and unpublished)</p>
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<p></p> Child labour (poem)tag:openbooksonline.com,2022-04-29:5170231:Topic:10829592022-04-29T02:00:42.091ZKALPANA BHATT ('रौनक़')http://openbooksonline.com/profile/KALPANABHATT832
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<p><br></br>Emotions never the same <br></br>Rainbow coloured they are <br></br>They come like a wave in river <br></br>And then gets mingled up in an ocean</p>
<p>Looking at a child <br></br>Working a place <br></br>How hard it seems to be <br></br>To hold up equipments for his seniors <br></br>Giving it as asked for <br></br>And again keeping back <br></br>Running here and there <br></br>Because he is a child <br></br>Can run and do the work <br></br>What if he is working as a mechanic at some workshop<br></br>No respect he gets…</p>
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<p><br/>Emotions never the same <br/>Rainbow coloured they are <br/>They come like a wave in river <br/>And then gets mingled up in an ocean</p>
<p>Looking at a child <br/>Working a place <br/>How hard it seems to be <br/>To hold up equipments for his seniors <br/>Giving it as asked for <br/>And again keeping back <br/>Running here and there <br/>Because he is a child <br/>Can run and do the work <br/>What if he is working as a mechanic at some workshop<br/>No respect he gets <br/>People around call him <br/>Chhotu, or by any other name <br/>Emotional do I feel <br/>To look at kids working <br/>They are small but heart too big <br/>To stand on one's own feet <br/>Is a dream of almost all <br/>But the only difference between adults and kids <br/>Kids need fresh air to inhale <br/>To look in to their dreams and study for it <br/>Though illegal it is to keep a child a labour <br/>But stomach sees no age bound <br/>They work to feed their family <br/>Though they become strong working and working <br/>But yes their childhood is gone <br/>Emotional yes I do feel <br/>When I see all this.</p>
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<p>Self penned, unpublished , </p> Secracytag:openbooksonline.com,2021-01-21:5170231:Topic:10427452021-01-21T19:28:52.936ZAazi Tamaamhttp://openbooksonline.com/profile/AaziTamaa
<p>A mysterious puzzle of the life</p>
<p>A mysterious character of the plot</p>
<p>Who could solve it who could spot</p>
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<p>A feeling that is my literature</p>
<p>A name that is my quot</p>
<p>Who could buy it who could afford</p>
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<p>An innocuous fire of the heart</p>
<p>An unconquer desire throughout</p>
<p>When it calm down when it naught</p>
<p></p>
<p>When spirits will connect to nature</p>
<p>When cold and fire come togeather</p>
<p>When everything will flow like…</p>
<p>A mysterious puzzle of the life</p>
<p>A mysterious character of the plot</p>
<p>Who could solve it who could spot</p>
<p></p>
<p>A feeling that is my literature</p>
<p>A name that is my quot</p>
<p>Who could buy it who could afford</p>
<p></p>
<p>An innocuous fire of the heart</p>
<p>An unconquer desire throughout</p>
<p>When it calm down when it naught</p>
<p></p>
<p>When spirits will connect to nature</p>
<p>When cold and fire come togeather</p>
<p>When everything will flow like water</p>
<p></p>
<p>The day will be doomsday</p>
<p>The day It will untie like a knot</p>
<p>The day it will ally like a clot</p>
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<p>How can I blot How can i forgot</p>
<p>A person that matters me a lot</p>
<p>A story that hearts me a lot</p>
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<p>Composed by: Ajeet singh (Aazi Tamaam) </p> Towards Youtag:openbooksonline.com,2020-09-28:5170231:Topic:10209622020-09-28T19:10:06.305ZShivam Jhahttp://openbooksonline.com/profile/ShivamJha
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Often, a beautiful thing unties</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With a beautiful surprise:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That explains you came how,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And your absence until now.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For you hold me so tight,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That all those broken pieces…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Often, a beautiful thing unties</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With a beautiful surprise:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That explains you came how,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And your absence until now.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For you hold me so tight,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That all those broken pieces</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Scattered being black and white</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Came together again, right.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For, those precious moments I live,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In which I find myself beside you;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Give me a strange happiness, new</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That no money or magic can give.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, may you reflect all in me:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In what I do and what I see;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In my words unsaid,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And in the goodness in me.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And may everything I do,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I do to be closer to you;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In lives that I’ll live through,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And in the one I have due.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Composed by:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Shivam Jha</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dedicated to:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Shri Krishna (श्रीकृष्ण)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><a href="https://todaystudentsthoughts.blogspot.com/2020/09/towards-you.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Original Post</a></span></span></p> An Unknown Doggytag:openbooksonline.com,2020-08-23:5170231:Topic:10153982020-08-23T05:15:48.634ZMukulkumar Limbadhttp://openbooksonline.com/profile/MukulLimbad
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<p dir="ltr">As I'm going to the office on my way, <br></br> Walking with my friend who says -<br></br> An unknown doggy follows us, may be, <br></br> I am not sure, I don't care! who cares?</p>
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<p dir="ltr">After about ten seconds, I pay attention,<br></br> Follower follows us without any tension,<br></br> Follower is of course not familiar to me, <br></br> & my friend. What happens then let's see,</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Have to find out the reason of…</p>
<p dir="ltr"></p>
<p dir="ltr">As I'm going to the office on my way, <br/> Walking with my friend who says -<br/> An unknown doggy follows us, may be, <br/> I am not sure, I don't care! who cares?</p>
<p dir="ltr"></p>
<p dir="ltr">After about ten seconds, I pay attention,<br/> Follower follows us without any tension,<br/> Follower is of course not familiar to me, <br/> & my friend. What happens then let's see,</p>
<p dir="ltr"></p>
<p dir="ltr">Have to find out the reason of following,<br/> It may be amazing as well as interesting,<br/> Looking at the doggy, ignoring us firstly,<br/> As do not aware of the thing completely.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">By making our walking speed slow, let's see,<br/> Oh! Doggy moving slowly that surprising me, <br/> We stop on the road for a while and watch,<br/> Doggy also stops. I wonder, how approach!</p>
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<p dir="ltr">We start to walk, we're followed in same way,<br/> Changing the track, same result, in same way, <br/> we still do not know what's the real mystery, <br/> As such thing never happens in our history.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">we move in round shape to get rid of any how,<br/> Doggy confuses, may think what to do now,<br/> Silly is ahead of us, no one is there to follow,<br/> Doggy begs help of us, oh no! we're in sorrow.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Mean while an old man passes beside us,<br/> Doggy follows the old man that pleasing us, <br/> After all some how we find out the reason,<br/> So late! When we apply the doggy's vision.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The Doggy is alone in unknown area, may be, <br/> Wants help of us from other Doggies, may be, <br/> Still a question remains unsolved in my mind,<br/> How Doggy treats us as masters or guards?</p>
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<p dir="ltr">- <b>Mukul</b> <b>Limbad</b></p> An Embrace of Heaven and Earthtag:openbooksonline.com,2020-08-21:5170231:Topic:10153482020-08-21T22:25:26.701ZMukulkumar Limbadhttp://openbooksonline.com/profile/MukulLimbad
<p>In the sky, clouds are dense everywhere,<br></br>They make hide the sunlight somewhere,</p>
<p>Gusts of wind is cool and amazing,<br></br>Take breath, the breeze is so healing.</p>
<p>It makes my soul feel happy again,<br></br>A strange kind of effect on my brain,</p>
<p>Save the earth from this killing pain,<br></br>Do come lovely, I welcome you rain.</p>
<p>Rain falls on the dry leaves and ground,<br></br>How sweet melody it is! so musical sound.</p>
<p>Earth longs love from the rainfall somehow,<br></br>Feel…</p>
<p>In the sky, clouds are dense everywhere,<br/>They make hide the sunlight somewhere,</p>
<p>Gusts of wind is cool and amazing,<br/>Take breath, the breeze is so healing.</p>
<p>It makes my soul feel happy again,<br/>A strange kind of effect on my brain,</p>
<p>Save the earth from this killing pain,<br/>Do come lovely, I welcome you rain.</p>
<p>Rain falls on the dry leaves and ground,<br/>How sweet melody it is! so musical sound.</p>
<p>Earth longs love from the rainfall somehow,<br/>Feel every drop makes the heart wet now.</p>
<p>Flash of lightning is in the sky to and fro,<br/>It's frightful but thrilling sight for me too.</p>
<p>cuckoo welcomes by singing sweet songs,<br/>To see the dance of peacock, everyone longs.</p>
<p>In this season, life is blossoming once again,<br/>Look! the nature is trying to smile once again.</p>
<p>See the rainbow! so sweet and it is worth,<br/>As it is an embrace of heaven and earth.</p>
<p><br/>- Mukul Limbad</p>
<p></p> Let's Work for our Soultag:openbooksonline.com,2019-11-20:5170231:Topic:9967222019-11-20T16:12:38.068ZSwastik Sawhneyhttp://openbooksonline.com/profile/SwastikSawhney
<p>Let's Work for our Soul<br></br> <br></br> Deplorable, Devastating, Disheartening<br></br> their condition was.<br></br> Garbage, Dirt, Poverty<br></br> Unfortunate their life was.<br></br> Irrespective of all odds and pains<br></br> Surreal, Sublime, Satisfying<br></br> Their smiles were,<br></br> Inwards & outwards visible with<br></br> Joyful, delighted, happy faces<br></br> In the wait of distributions.<br></br> My heart full of sense of gratitude<br></br> Overflowed with humanity & humbleness<br></br> Stood there, passing…</p>
<p>Let's Work for our Soul<br/> <br/> Deplorable, Devastating, Disheartening<br/> their condition was.<br/> Garbage, Dirt, Poverty<br/> Unfortunate their life was.<br/> Irrespective of all odds and pains<br/> Surreal, Sublime, Satisfying<br/> Their smiles were,<br/> Inwards & outwards visible with<br/> Joyful, delighted, happy faces<br/> In the wait of distributions.<br/> My heart full of sense of gratitude<br/> Overflowed with humanity & humbleness<br/> Stood there, passing eatables<br/> Felt, as if they were not just grains<br/> But lot more than that.<br/> Wondering.. ! how meager a sacrifice<br/> Of time and money it was<br/> Showering genuine joyous smiles<br/> Faces all vibrant and victorious<br/> Holding their shares in small hands.<br/> That being the most pious work<br/> My physical self sensed goosebumps<br/> Soul felt contended somewhat,<br/> Signalling to perforn such goodfeel tasks, quiet often more often.</p>
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<p>Composed by Swastik Sawhney</p> Friendship: A Bliss.. !!!tag:openbooksonline.com,2019-11-19:5170231:Topic:9960952019-11-19T03:51:07.235ZUshahttp://openbooksonline.com/profile/Usha
<p>Friendship: A Bliss.. !!!<br></br> <br></br> Wild Treasure... !!<br></br> An endless list of friends..<br></br> Casual.. Regular.. Special...<br></br> Formal..Technical..Dutiful..<br></br> <br></br> Wild Variety.. !!<br></br> An endless list of friends..<br></br> Loving.. Caring..Connecting..<br></br> Fighters.. Arguers..Dramatics..<br></br> <br></br> Wild Synchronicity.. !!<br></br> An endless list of friends..<br></br> Available.. Static..Hovering..<br></br> Absconding.. Careless..Lost..<br></br> <br></br> Loveliest of all FEELINGS..<br></br> Greatest of all…</p>
<p>Friendship: A Bliss.. !!!<br/> <br/> Wild Treasure... !!<br/> An endless list of friends..<br/> Casual.. Regular.. Special...<br/> Formal..Technical..Dutiful..<br/> <br/> Wild Variety.. !!<br/> An endless list of friends..<br/> Loving.. Caring..Connecting..<br/> Fighters.. Arguers..Dramatics..<br/> <br/> Wild Synchronicity.. !!<br/> An endless list of friends..<br/> Available.. Static..Hovering..<br/> Absconding.. Careless..Lost..<br/> <br/> Loveliest of all FEELINGS..<br/> Greatest of all ACHIEVEMENTS.<br/> Affectionate of all DESIRES..<br/> Amazing of all IDEOLOGIES<br/> <br/> Booming.. Blasting.. Bombarding..<br/> The bestest of all the GIFTS..<br/> O Lord.. ! Shower the Blessings..<br/> Upon a SHIP.. FRIENDSHIP..AMEN..!</p>
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<p>Composed by Dr. Usha Sawhney</p> Two little birdies (poem)tag:openbooksonline.com,2019-02-19:5170231:Topic:9752832019-02-19T17:43:48.332ZKALPANA BHATT ('रौनक़')http://openbooksonline.com/profile/KALPANABHATT832
<p>I wish to fly <br></br> But our wings are cut <br></br> The sky calls me <br></br> But we are in cages shut</p>
<p>We were Freeborne<br></br> no worries with us <br></br> Eating grains or fruits <br></br> Or insects so found</p>
<p>Dependent are we <br></br> For our masters bring us food<br></br> As per his wish or will.<br></br> And we the Poor ones</p>
<p>Stop! Said the other one<br></br> You see yourself in cage <br></br> But we are safe <br></br> From prey birds and wilds</p>
<p>The prison of ours <br></br> Is our home from then<br></br> The…</p>
<p>I wish to fly <br/> But our wings are cut <br/> The sky calls me <br/>
But we are in cages shut</p>
<p>We were Freeborne<br/> no worries with us <br/> Eating grains or fruits <br/>
Or insects so found</p>
<p>Dependent are we <br/> For our masters bring us food<br/> As per his wish or will.<br/>
And we the Poor ones</p>
<p>Stop! Said the other one<br/> You see yourself in cage <br/> But we are safe <br/>
From prey birds and wilds</p>
<p>The prison of ours <br/> Is our home from then<br/> The master looks at us <br/>
With love and care</p>
<p>Thinking and talking <br/> Swinging to and fro <br/> The two little birdies<br/>
Trapped in their thoughts</p>
<p>No way to go <br/> No strength to fly<br/> Till firm determination <br/>
To be free from all.</p>
<p>Self composed <br/> Unpublished</p> Arms and ammunition (Poem)tag:openbooksonline.com,2019-02-15:5170231:Topic:9746032019-02-15T17:13:44.459ZKALPANA BHATT ('रौनक़')http://openbooksonline.com/profile/KALPANABHATT832
<p> Guns and swords</p>
<p>Symbol of bravery</p>
<p>Used by soldiers</p>
<p>For country's victory</p>
<p>Guns and swords</p>
<p>Symbol of cruelty</p>
<p>Used by terrorists</p>
<p>To show their slavery</p>
<p>Men are both Soldier and terrorist</p>
<p>Thoughts do come</p>
<p>Classic or in fusion</p>
<p>Killing people</p>
<p>Task of arms and ammunition</p>
<p>Some die for country</p>
<p>Some die for no reason</p>
<p>What do they gain</p>
<p>killing mass in vain</p>
<p>Blood shed all…</p>
<p> Guns and swords</p>
<p>Symbol of bravery</p>
<p>Used by soldiers</p>
<p>For country's victory</p>
<p>Guns and swords</p>
<p>Symbol of cruelty</p>
<p>Used by terrorists</p>
<p>To show their slavery</p>
<p>Men are both Soldier and terrorist</p>
<p>Thoughts do come</p>
<p>Classic or in fusion</p>
<p>Killing people</p>
<p>Task of arms and ammunition</p>
<p>Some die for country</p>
<p>Some die for no reason</p>
<p>What do they gain</p>
<p>killing mass in vain</p>
<p>Blood shed all around</p>
<p>Like cannibals, not a man</p>
<p>Inhuman is the behaviour</p>
<p>They belong to no religion</p>
<p>How though ever they shout</p>
<p>They believe in their religion</p>
<p>For no religion ever has preached</p>
<p>Hatred and mass killing</p>
<p>For no reason at all</p>
<p>Betrayed are these men</p>
<p>By their own relatives and friends</p>
<p>Huts are empty</p>
<p>Fields are burnt</p>
<p>Villages in ashes</p>
<p>Men with no faces</p>
<p>Unidentified are their races</p>
<p>Covered in masks</p>
<p>Wearing arms all over</p>
<p>Kids and ladies Human bomb</p>
<p>What a shame! All inhumane</p>
<p>Self written and unpublished </p>