Thy Wanton Hair
THY WANTON HAIR
Thy wanton hair
Thy dimpling cheek
How humble is the mien
Of the meek
To question me, thee and others
Well, nature is rich
In all its hue
Dainty. doubling mumbling and fair
Not the stuff that time outwears.
(karnailsingh Heranwale)
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The Body And Memory
THE BODY AND MEMORY
The body and memory
The fame and absence
Have in them
Traces of death
Catch you
God knows where?
Writing is an intoxicant
That lulls us to sleep
We wield it to wield the other
We do not know
We are wielded by.
(karnailsingh Heranwale)
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In My Childhood
IN MY CHILDHOOD
In my childhood
I trapped rats
And let them off
Now rats have set
Traps for me
Some at every step
The traps of mind
For the mind
They have made my life
A life-long prison
Without any hope
Of release
In this birth
Or the next
(karnailsingh Heranwale)
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Thy Innocence
THY INNOCENCE
O dear,
Do you know
How the shafts of your sight
Have pierced my heart
Penetrrted the soul
Thy innocence
Has overtaken
My whole being
When I say yea
It is thy yea
When Isay nay
It is thy nay
How overwhelming
Is the love at first sight:
(karnailsingh Heranwale)
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A Sacred Bond
A SACRED BOND
Dressed in rituals
Marriage comes to be
A sacred bond
Miming the throbbings of heart
It begins to shatter
For worse or better
The moment
The ritual
Is over
It hovers
This way or that
Dismantling
All the mantles
That woo it
For woe is it.
(karnailsingh Heranwale)
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Marriage- 2
MARRIAGE-2
Marriagehas eaten into
Our vitals
We tumble
And fumble
Joint or nuclear
Family had its day
We are men of clay
Not ready to surrender
Ourselves
Alone or together
In fair or foul weather
Let us face it
Aboon or bane
Mend
our destiny
Of abel and CAIN
(KARNAISINGH HERANWALE)
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For Thy Belief
FOR THY BELIEF
f
For thy belief
I can make any sacrifice
Of body or mind
Since I have no body or mind
For all is lost into you
My being is not a medium for yours
But the two at vain march to realms
Unknown
Except those who know
That their identity is no identity
Except the identity of their better self
The other
Yea frankly thyself
(karnailsingh Heranwale)
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Re-discovery
RE-DISCOVERY
Hail the you in you
You may woo or let it woo
It is part; it is whole.
It is the centre also a pole.
It proceed s; it recedes
It is innocent
It is baudy
It is drab it is gaudy
Steer clear of the gutter
In and about you that doth matter
Blush is blush
Success is success
Ever -tightening
Even-brightening
Ever-heighteni ng.
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The Green Eyed Damsel
The Green-Eyed Damsel
Bouyed up with imagination
It all started
In innocence
The precipice
An ephiphany
Turning and turning
The host glossed over
The slick smooth togue
The grey blue eye
Bothered about nothing
But itself
Each sitting ended
On ordering
The word
Afloat
From the shore
Sinking half-mast
Missed by the host
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The Gurusikh
THE GURUSIKH-
BELIEVES IN THE ONENESS OF GOD.
IS VOID OF FEAR.
IS ABOVE ENIMITY.
IS ALWAYS OPTIMISTIC.
RESIGNS HIMSELF TO THE WILL OF GOD.
UPHOLDS SPIRITUALISM.
RISES ABOVE CASTE AND CREED,
IS INVARIABLY HIGH-SPIRITED.
EARNS HIS LIVING HONESTLY.
HAS PASSIONATE DETACHMENT.
IS PROGRESSIVE.
EMBRACES DEATH GRACEFULLY.
IS COMMITTED TO WHAT HE SAYS
SHIES AWAY FROM DISCRIMINATION.
IS KNOWN FOR HOSPITALITY.
CONFORMS TO DASWAND PRATHA.
STANDS FOR 'MIRI' AND'PIRI'.
PRAYS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF ALL
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