Wild Dark Love Song by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Wild Dark Love Song by Sharmagne Leland-St. John Her man, A wild dark love song Borne deep within her gypsy soul He’s gone to live in jagged mountains Where salmon jump and sing In tarns High above The cloud lines Beyond the silver moon In the shadow of the Cader Idris In misty mountains Where […]
Evolution by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Evolution by Sharmagne Leland-St. John I swim near summer shadows glide over dappled shoals keeping to the fluid shallows reminiscent of the womb where I learned to swallow gulps of tantalising air in the amniotic sac where I shed scales preferring skin and hanks of auburn hair upon my head where I dispensed with fins […]
There Were Dry Red Days by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
There Were Dry Red Days by Sharmagne Leland-St. John by Sharmagne Leland-St.John There were dry red days Devoid of clouds Devoid of breeze Sound bruised My burning bones Dirt cracked my hands And caked my cheeks No buds on limbs of trees No birds on branches No hope of rain Scrawny chickens Kicked up dust […]
I Said Coffee by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
I Said Coffee by Sharmagne Leland-St. John I said coffee I didn’t say, “would you like to cup my warm soft breasts in your un-calloused, long, tapered, ring less fingered hands?” I said coffee I didn’t say, “would you like to run your tongue along my neck just below my left ear-lobe?” I said coffee […]
Peaceful Battles by Shekhar Srinivasan
“When He wants you to win, why sweat over those that don’t” The time for judgment had come, Ready to face the trial, Without being beguiled by emotion, Or perturbed by denial, Taking it with a smile on the face, With no guilt or remorse, For truth filled every ounce of effort, With win or […]
Passed Away Pain by Shalini Samuel
I was crawling deep down the woods Red, yellow, orange, green fruits smiling Flowers hanging above banged my head I was crawling, crawling and crawling * Days passed without a way out. Nights frightened me with darkness. Thorns and insects piercing my skin I started walking, walking and walking. * Rough became the forest terrain, […]
Pain Became My Friend Today © by Shannen Wrass
Pain became my friend today She showed me how to hide She’d been watching from a distance Every tear I cried Pain became my friend today She reached out her hand to me Then pulled me into darkness And introduced me to misery Pain became my friend today Emptying my heart Staying as my constant […]
Open sky by Shailendra Chauhan
They have closed the door and discussing and creating something I am sitting idly in the lawn under the open sky on green pious grass close to lamp-post Bicycles, motors, trucks are running in the street, I am unable to concentrate I listen to the pruning sound of shears Somebody is trimming the myrtle plants, […]
On the edge of time by Shailendra Chauhan
On the edge of time Withered is mind Lowered are Senses Cherished desire hangs Carefully like an arch Frigidity domineers Body and mind It’s hard To escape unarmed In this difficult time Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster
Life-companion by Shailendra Chauhan
a poem on you Shall write the twenty years of an enigmatic past an epic unusual an enormous geography The tale of a river ever-flowing freely, perpetually It’s necessary to intonate the rippling sound of water Narrate the contentment Speak of the faith reverence and dedication And this too that a river be called a […]
Joker of the Pack by Shekhar Srinivasan
One card in a 52 pack, Is a joker with no knack, Should he be sacked for his lack, The system shall go off track, Wonder what keeps them ticking? Perhaps a tea spoon of tricking, Or a little bit of boot-licking, And a bottle full of mimicking, Smothering the scruples of honesty, Kissing the […]
Its gonna be sunday by Shailendra Singh
someday I will not find myself obsessed , with the challenges I am blessed, I would not find myself surrounded , with the things that have left me confounded, I will not find myself entangled, to the aspirations which dangled, someday I will cease to say , I will complete this by may, Someday all […]
In her reach by Shailendra Chauhan
It’s day-break It’s hotter under the sun A woman with a bundle of sticks on her head is proceeding towards the town Along side fields The imprints come up of her barefooted walk with a confidence that tomorrow’s bread is in her reach Bread that’s bread only and nothing else No sensation, no frustration, no […]
Human Spirit by Shawn Ervin
Human Spirit by Shawn Ervin I find myself in a time of trouble, I’m left alone to face the scoundrels, I feel the world fighting me with rage. Tearing me down, bringing me to rubble, Taking more, never feeling full, They keep me trapped in my cage. I’m feeble and no longer have the power, […]
Emotions in exile by Shailendra Chauhan
The highest peak Kanchanjungha looks from India silver-white, radiant Snow-covered Himalaya wakes up with sunrise turns gigantic One morning I saw the dawn from Tiger Hills Severe waiting The recurrence of rays intermittently The Sun shrouded in misty clouds appears all of a sudden radiates all-over the valley Tall trees Vast greenery A Tibetan Refugee […]
Desire for You by Seema Gupta
My stars of sky, my bree’s of beachI feel you are united and bonded with melike a bird thirsty of water for monthssuddenly finding a oasissome power making you and me togetherwith same frequency of intense feeling floating somewhere in the beautiful horizon with an equal wave length. you are my point of attraction, fantasy and dreams where my […]
Brother by Shashini Fernanadez
Fighting for no reasons, Making me cry for nothing. For all the fights we fought, And all the tears I shed. Everything you mean to me, You could never know, In all the ways you’ve changed my life, I could never show. The way you take care of me, You are my shinning star, And […]
At The Gate Of A Hospital by Shahida Latif
At The Gate Of A Hospital by Shahida Latif Lo! Who is being down loaded, From the ambulance, Covered with the bed sheet, All spotted with blood, And now tossing for life? Her swollen belly portends, That it contains a pre-born babe. Oh! They tell she has been shot, By her husband: the crown of […]
Apathy by Shailendra Chauhan
Shrinks slowly the eagerness as tortoise shrinks its neck An apathy is spread over the trees and the sky The lovely trees look not so lovely The heart thrills not with joy Straight goes the road from one town to another almost quietly ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, […]
Agonizing picture of human existence(Rural Life) by Seema Gupta
Agonizing picture of human existence —————————————————— Rich in plenty of hunger with empty bowl living in dark empty dirge and elegy as owl body engraved with dirty old torn habiliment Emaciated physique odor without any treatment scarcity of death but no human existence No piece of land to toil for subsistence eyes glitter with twinge […]
A Mesh by Shahida Latif
A Mesh by Shahida Latif A Mesh Over the loathsome lying culture, I see a hovering leading vulture, Came from the distant alien land, Each bony joint to apart, disband, And eat the last remains of flesh, Under the false pretentious mesh, Of terrorism. Poetry In Englishwww.poetry.monster
Tear of warm dew of mind by Seema Gupta
If A moment before being separatedThe last touch of our fingerswould have stoped there and thanand would have Merge into meWith its completioni would have lived few more moments’… ————— 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. […]
Stir in Stillness by Shruti Talnikar
STIR IN STILLNESS Silent shimmers, silent shine Silent words & silence- mine Silent city, silent rush Silent me, silent blush Silent rains, silent clay Silence digs in-a silent play Today I wanna untie the lace of moroces Wanna bid bie evrey malacy that crosses Today I let my emotions play Today, I don’t wanna fix […]
Statistic by Shivam Pandya
A statistic maketh a man The man becometh a number. The track is long, winding, With numerous hurdles thrown in at will, And running, slaving on it, Are the zombies, toiling with an inked till. A statistic maketh a man The man becometh a number A blasphemy it is, on the track, To have an […]
Projector by Shreekumar Varma
in a hall where curtains crush the last sunrays, they wait in semi-silent stupor– hundreds, facing a white bright screen; kindred, as they share a dream. no-one notices me; the screen sparkles to life and the story begins, spouting from my eye through a magic ray slicing the night– image quickens and becomes life. i […]
Noe more unto my thoughts appeare by Sidney Godolphin
Noe more unto my thoughts appeare by Sidney Godolphin NOE more unto my thoughts appeare, Att least appeare lesse fayre, For crazy tempers justly feare The goodnesse of the ayre; Whilst your pure Image hath a place 5 In my impurer Mynde, Your very shaddow is the glasse Where my defects I finde. Shall I […]
Night At The Marina by Shreekumar Varma
He plucks a flower from her hair finds her soul embedded; “I’d rather have a flat for us, what will your father spare?” The waters crunch into the night soaking up a tremble, She takes his hand upon her cheek “I haven’t had a bite.” The moon is pale upon her smile; stomach gives a […]
Lord when the wise men came from farr by Sidney Godolphin
Lord when the wise men came from farr by Sidney Godolphin LORD when the wise men came from farr Ledd to thy Cradle by A Starr, Then did the shepheards too rejoyce, Instructed by thy Angells voyce, Blest were the wisemen in their skill, 5 And shepheards in their harmelesse will. Wisemen in tracing natures […]
Kumarakom (after the boat tragedy) by Shreekumar Varma
days after the drowning when companion villages raised the memory of their various dead, and boats and blame were re-examined, and officials packed up, exhausted, dredging out certificates and compensations; one evening when the wails had stilled the sky like ghost singers fading out, and the lamp reached the threshold like any other evening, the […]
Hymn by Sidney Godolphin
Hymn by Sidney Godolphin Lord when the wise men came from farr, Led to thy Cradle by a Starr, Then did the shepherds too rejoyce, Instructed by thy Angells voyce: Blest were the wisemen in their skill, And shepherds in their harmlesse will. Wisemen in tracing Natures lawes Ascend unto the highest cause, Shepheards with […]
Cloris, it is not thy disdaine by Sidney Godolphin
Cloris, it is not thy disdaine by Sidney Godolphin CLORIS, it is not thy disdaine Can ever cover with dispaire Or in cold ashes hide that care Which I have fedd with soe long paine, I may perhaps myne eyes refraine 5 And fruiteless wordes noe more impart, But yet still serve, still serve thee […]
I stood musing in a black world by Stephen Crane
I stood musing in a black world, Not knowing where to direct my feet. And I saw the quick stream of men Pouring ceaselessly, Filled with eager faces, A torrent of desire. I called to them, “Where do you go? What do you see?” A thousand voices called to me. A thousand fingers pointed. “Look! […]
I saw a man pursuing the horizon by Stephen Crane
I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. “It is futile,” I said, “You can never -“ “You lie,” he cried, And ran on. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. […]
I met a seer by Stephen Crane
I met a seer. He held in his hands The book of wisdom. “Sir,” I addressed him, “Let me read.” “Child — ” he began. “Sir,” I said, “Think not that I am a child, For already I know much Of that which you hold. Aye, much.” He smiled. Then he opened the book And […]
I looked here by Stephen Crane
I looked here; I looked there; Nowhere could I see my love. And — this time — She was in my heart. Truly, then, I have no complaint, For though she be fair and fairer, She is none so fair as she In my heart. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem […]
I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night, by Stephen Crane
I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night, The sweep of each sad lost wave, The dwindling boom of the steel thing’s striving, The little cry of a man to a man, A shadow falling across the greyer night, And the sinking of the small star; Then the waste, the far waste of […]
God lay dead in heaven by Stephen Crane
God lay dead in heaven; Angels sang the hymn of the end; Purple winds went moaning, Their wings drip-dripping With blood That fell upon the earth. It, groaning thing, Turned black and sank. Then from the far caverns Of dead sins Came monsters, livid with desire. They fought, Wrangled over the world, A morsel. But […]
God fashioned the ship of the world carefully. by Stephen Crane
God fashioned the ship of the world carefully. With the infinite skill of an All-Master Made He the hull and the sails, Held He the rudder Ready for adjustment. Erect stood He, scanning His work proudly. Then — at fateful time — a wrong called, And God turned, heeding. Lo, the ship, at this opportunity, […]
Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground by Stephen Crane
Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground. Why do you stand, expectant? Do you hope to see it In one of your withered days? With your old eyes Do you hope to see The triumphal march of justice? Do not wait, friend! Take your white beard And your old eyes To more tender lands. ————— […]
Forth went the candid man by Stephen Crane
Forth went the candid man And spoke freely to the wind — When he looked about him he was in a far strange country. Forth went the candid man And spoke freely to the stars — Yellow light tore sight from his eyes. “My good fool,” said a learned bystander, “Your operations are mad.” “You […]