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~ LG’s Poetry Compilation ~

The Minstrel Boy

THE minstrel boy to the war is gone,
In the ranks of death you'll find him,
His father's sword he has girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him.
"Land of song!" said the warrior bard,
"Though all the world betrays thee,
One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee!"

The minstrel fell!--but the foeman's chain
Could not bring his proud soul under;
The harp he loved ne'er spoke again,
For he tore its cords asunder,
And said, "No chain shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and bravery!
Thy songs were made for the pure and free,
They shall never sound in slavery!"
Posted on 6/28/2007 3:16:07 PM
The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls

THE harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls
As if that soul were fled.
So sleeps the pride of former days,
So glory's thrill is o'er
And hearts that once beat high for praise
Now feel that pulse no more!

No more to chiefs and ladies bright
The harp of Tara swells;
The chord alone that breaks at night
Its tale of ruin tells.
Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes,
The only throb she gives
Is when some heart indignant breaks,
To show that still she lives.
Posted on 6/28/2007 3:16:16 PM
Oft in the Stilly Night

OFT in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond Mem'ry brings the light
Of other days around me.
        The smiles, the tears,
        Of boyhood's years,
The words of love then spoken,
        The eyes that shone,
        Now dimm'd and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad Mem'ry brings the light
Of other days around me.

When I remember all
The friends so linked together,
I've seen around me fall,
Like leaves in wintry weather;
        I feel like one
        Who treads alone
Some banquet-hall, deserted,
        Whose lights are fled,
        Whose garlands dead,
And all, but he, departed!
Thus in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad Mem'ry brings the light
Of other days around me.
Posted on 6/28/2007 3:16:24 PM
Tere Shehar K Log

Mujhe Dewaana samjhte hain tere shehar k log
kiun mery daman se ulajhte tere shehar k log


main aagaya waqt hon wapis nahi aane wala
kiun mera rasta takte hain tere shehar k log


jab bhi aata hay tera naam mery naam k sath
najane kiun kiun jalte hain tere shehar k log

aur kiun don main tujhe apni wafaon ka saboot
ab mery hall par haste hain tere shehar k log

Posted on 6/29/2007 3:23:19 PM
Mere dil mein basi hararat ho tum,
Meri aankhon ko mili shararat ho tum,


Dekhun tumhein to paalun mein duniya,
Na milo to milne ki baghavat ho tum,


Tumhari khamoshi keh jaati hai kai baatein,
Jise yaad karta hai dil kai raatein,


Tumhare nanhe nanhe se haath aur badi badi baatein,
Yaad reh jaati hein tumse hui sab mulakatein,


Ummeed ho hamari aanewala kal ho tum,
Hamare dilon mein basi mohabbat ho tum

Posted on 6/29/2007 3:23:39 PM
Baat Niklegi To Phir Door Talak Jayegi ,

Log Be-vajah Udaasi Ka Sabab Poochengay ,
Yeh Bhi Poochengay Ke Tum Itni Pareshaan Kyon Ho,

Ungaliyan Uthegi Sookhay Huey Baalon Ki Taraf ,
Ek Nazar Dekhengay Guzray Huey Saaloun Ki Taraf ,

Chooriyon Par Bhi Kaye Tanz Kiyey Jaayengey ,
Kaanptay Haathon Pe Bhi Fikray Kasay Jaayengey ,

Log Zalim Hein , Har Ek Baat Ka Taana Dengey ,
Baton Baton Mein Mera Zikr Bhi Ley Aayengey,

Unki Baatoun Ka Zara Sa Bhi Asar Mat Lena ,
Varna Chehrey Kay Taasur Se Samajh Jaayengay ,

Chahey Kuch Bhi Ho Sawalaat Na Karna Unsey,
Meray Baarey Mein Koye Baat Na Karna Unsey,

Baat Niklegi To Phir Door Talak Jayegi....
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:24:14 PM
khusbo'on ki tarha meri har saans main
piyar apna basanay ka wada karo
ranng jitnay tumhari mohabbat kay hain
meray dil main sajanay ka wada karo


hai tumhari wafaon pay mujko yakeen
phir bhi dil chahta hai meray dil nasheen
yoonhi meri tasali ki khatir zara
mujko apna bananay ka wada karo


jab mohabbat ka iqrar kartay ho tum
dhadkanoon main naya rang bhartay ho tum
baarha kar chukay ho, magar aj phir
mujhko apna bananay ka wada karo


sirf lafzoon say iqrar hota nahi
ik janib say hi piyar hota nahi
main tumhain yaad rakhnay ki khaon qasam
tum mujko na bhulanay ka wada karo
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:24:33 PM
(Har Qadam Tere Saath Rahon)


Terey her qadam key mey sath cahloun
Her din her raat her lamha terey sath rahoun
Too meri her sans mey khusboo bana rahey
Zindagi jo yuen guzer rahi hey her pal derta houn
Tujh sey biccherney key tassawer sey kanp uthta houn
Khawish hey haal mazi bun jaiy mera
Phir mey terey sath nai zindagi shuroo karoun
Tujh sey milney key baad yeh dua hey meri
Us jehan mey bhi mey terey sath rahoun...
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:24:47 PM
Phool hai gulaab ka
Phool hai gulaab ka
husn hai janaab ka
Tasveer tayri mairay dil main hai
Phir faida kia is naqaab ka

Posted on 6/29/2007 3:25:06 PM
Mera Raz Sab Pay Aayaan Hogia
Aray Mera Baat Kerna Geeraan Hogia
Yeh Kesay Mera Raz Sab Pay Aayaan Hogia
Chupaya ThaSab Say Tumhay Humnasheen
Yeh Kia Mujh Say Sab Pay Bayaan Hogia
Mudhosh Ker Raha Hai Tumara Qurb Aaiy Pari
Mai Aisa Apnay Jisum-o-Jaan Main Fana Hogia
Aanay Say Teray Aaee Thi Bahaar Humdum
Jaa Nay Say Teray Mousam Khizaan Hogia
Mujhay Douboota Raha Teri Aankhoo Ka Jaadu
Bin Peeaiy Sharab Janum Mujh Pay Nashaa Hogia
Barhtay Rahay Milaap Say Jazbaat Humaray
Jesay Zameen-o-Assman Mai Aatish Bapa Hogia
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:25:20 PM
Roi Aankhein Muskrane k baad,

Aai Raat Din dhal Jane k baad,

Meri Zindagi se Jao,

to zara mur kar dekh lena,

Shayad Zindagi hi na rahay tairay janay k baad....

Posted on 6/29/2007 3:25:38 PM
Tujhay sochon to kis tarah sochon,
Tujhay tasawwor mein laon to kis tarah,
Tujhay chahon to kis tarah chahon,
Tujhay samnay laon to kis tarah,
Kuch to rehem kar mere dil per,
Yeh rota hai teri yaad mein kis tarah,
Chahon tujh say hamesha baatein karna,
Per haal-e-dil kahon to kis tarah,
Kuch to sochna hoga mere baaray mein,
Kia socha ! yeh janoo to mein kis tarah,
Na dikha soorat apni awaz say karday aashna,
Magar Izhar ! yeh hoga to kis tarah...
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:25:58 PM
Har taraf khamoshi ka saya hai,

ZINDAGI me PYAR kisne paya hai,

Hum Yadoon me jhomte hai apki,

Aur log khetay hai

DEKHO.....

Aj phir PEE kar aya hai....!
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:26:38 PM
Pagal hain wo log jo pyar me ladkiyo ko miss karte hain

karna hi hai to machcharo ko miss karo

Jo jan hatheli par rakh k

larkiyo ko kiss karte hain.

Posted on 6/29/2007 3:27:22 PM
Bhul se kabhi hame bhi yaad kiya karo,
Bhul se kabhi hame bhi yaad kiya karo,
Pyar nahi to shikayat kiya karo,
itna bhi gair na samjho ki baat hi na kiya karo,
phone nahi to sms hi kiya karo!

Posted on 6/29/2007 3:28:00 PM
Dard kaisa bhi ho aankh nam na karo,
Raat kaali sahi koi gam na karo,
Ik sitara bano jagmagatey raho,
Zindagi mein sada muskurate raho.

Baantni hai agar bant lo har khushi,
Gam na zahir karo tum kisi par kabhi,
Dil ki gehrai mein gam chhupate raho,
Zindagi mein sada muskurate raho.

Ashk anmol hain kho na dena kahin,
In ki har boond hai motiyon se haseen,
Inko har aankh se tum churate raho,
Zindagi mein sada muskurate raho.

Faasley kam karo dil milate raho
Zindagi mein sada muskurate raho
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:28:16 PM
Neend bhari hai aankhon main aur intezaar kerta hon
Dekh meri nazron main tujhe kitna pyaar kerta hon...

Tum na raho paas mere to koi shikayat nahi
Main dost hijr ka sahi, wasl pe aitebaar kerta hon...

Main ro parrun teri yaad main jab chaudhween ki raat ho
Main ek baar jiya tha jab, ab baar baar marta hon...

Hassas kitna hon main kisi ko kuch khaber nahi
Main zindagi k khail main adhoora kirdaar kerta hon...

Tum door se bulaao gay main buhat paas aaun ga
Tum hud per kharre rehna main hud paar kerta hon...

Zindagi tere aane se aur tu na lot k aaye gi
Main phir bhi tere aane per inhesaar kerta hon...
Posted on 6/29/2007 3:28:45 PM



     WOWWWWW beautiful


Posted on 6/29/2007 4:29:01 PM
thank jaaaaaaaaaaaaan...
love you sis
Posted on 6/30/2007 12:24:35 AM
The Monument
Our elm began to die that spring, slowly.

Wanting stability in threat of change
we ourselves searched all summer
for a superlative glue,
found it in our store of hardest ware,
bought it dearly.

That fall our elm did die, slowly.

But we on variangled ladders
refastened the fallen leaves with
peerlessly permanent glue,
then stood back and looked.

Still it stands:
crisp, dead;
cutting the winter wind.

Posted on 6/30/2007 1:42:39 AM
A Capital Trip
We went for salmon,
me and him,
out past the last singing buoy,
on a choppy sea,
his wife aboard, too,
of course; as crew,
helpmeet, her feet
in high sturdy boots,
thick wool over all the rest.
I had on my flowery dress,
and like to froze
till he gave me his coat,
his big cozy jacket
right off his back,
when the wind whipped up
to a real squall
and rain fell hard
on the slippery deck,
rinsing my dainty hands.
We went for salmon,
came home with none,
no fish in the hold,
no wife in woolens,
a successful trip, nevertheless,
all told.

Posted on 6/30/2007 1:45:05 AM
What I want of you
I want an infusion of your knowledge
I want to converse with you from moon to moon
I want to know what your desires are
I want to understand your listening
I want to eat your calmness
I want to hum in the key of your music
I want to feel the texture of your skin

I want to know how things are joined together for you and how set apart
I want to taste the inside of your shell
I want to see how Fibonacci works for you

I want to hold with tenderness your secret tragedies
I want to make you realise what you didn’t know you knew
I want to move you to tears
I want you to be glad of the tears I move you to
I want you to give me the courage to be unreasonable

Posted on 6/30/2007 1:47:23 AM
Child

His little crunched up face
With round teardrops
And wrinkles that won't set in place
For five or six decades
Pleads for me
To recognise his total sadness
Just a fleeting, childhood sadness
Kissed away in a moment

In a moment
He'll be tall enough
To go on the rides
Alone
At that great height
Kisses are humbled by the gravity of adulthood
And fall,
Powerless as dust
Posted on 6/30/2007 1:48:20 AM
Wedding Blessing
May a house of love be always yours,
May you heed each others’ wishes
May pleasures come in twos and fours
And quarrels end in kisses.



Posted on 6/30/2007 1:48:27 AM
Fruit
On my creamy silk pillow
pale as moonlight
I will bring to you a basket
heaped with apricots
soft peaches
crescents of honeydew
ripe raspberries
red as bites
and pink fleshed papaya
spilling glistening seeds
onto a bed of fresh leaves


Posted on 6/30/2007 1:49:01 AM
Fruit
On my creamy silk pillow
pale as moonlight
I will bring to you a basket
heaped with apricots
soft peaches
crescents of honeydew
ripe raspberries
red as bites
and pink fleshed papaya
spilling glistening seeds
onto a bed of fresh leaves

Through all those coffin years
your bones bent and crying,
in the land of fat
the bovine land
the sweat pant land
you began
to eye the gleaming moon
pulling it down by the horns
to gnaw at its poxy craters

I fear my gift
if even a sole mouthful
prove too rich
for your malnourished body
juices running to your elbows...
you will fall dead
naked as at birth
stained like bruises by crushed fruit
smiling, your life completed.

Posted on 6/30/2007 1:49:19 AM
Earth
At nine point eight meters per second
per second
Earth clasps us to her bosom
In response we spurn her with our heels like
teenagers at home

Where else will we go --?
Out
with our friends to a club on Io
and next morning,
when all the garish cans of flat fizz
contain ash and God knows what,
What gentle curved horizon
will we press our drooping cheek to
and snore like babes?

Posted on 6/30/2007 1:49:37 AM
Faith

I dig deep to plant
The ground is dry
I plant alone
Pour scant water
Press down the earth, watched only by birds,
Grey sky.

I will wait
Through vacant winter
Listen for your voice
Naked sticks scrape in the wind
Hung with brittle ice
There is some color, red
Wind-chafed skin

But I believe in spring
In April's sweet showers
That pierce the drought of March deep to the root
Unfurling leaves kissed open by the sun,
Unmitigated tenderness unbruised.

Posted on 6/30/2007 1:50:15 AM
Plane

Travelling by air
Long haul
I fly
But I get no further
I try
But empty handed
I free fall.
The stewardess serves
A hearty meal
Of air pie
With plummet

Posted on 6/30/2007 1:51:05 AM
Plane

Travelling by air
Long haul
I fly
But I get no further
I try
But empty handed
I free fall.
The stewardess serves
A hearty meal
Of air pie
With plummet

Air
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© Louise Rill, e-poems.org 1999

Anxious
We fold our hands anxiously
Breathing short little breaths
Things flash past the windscreen
Catching the corners of our eyes
There's something round the next bend
I've been here before
In a tight seatbelt
I recall
Something round the bend


Posted on 6/30/2007 1:51:14 AM
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