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Happy Valentine’s Day 2008 From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(639 days old)
Happy Valentine’s Day 2008 A lovely day, For world to say, ‘I love you!’ ‘So, will you?’ A day of fun, Under the sun, For young and old, As years, unfold. A day of joy, For girl or boy… more
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Sonnet: ' Whispering Hope!' From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1347 days old)
A girl of beauty, shy and innocent! She liked to stay aloof in her own world; She read a lot of books while in convent: Stood first in school in every exam held! She had few friends and stayed a… more
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Sonnet: Ash Wednesday Pleas From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1347 days old)
God, turn the Wheel of Time to usher in An era of new hope and joy, mind’s peace; My heart afilled by sorrow, mortal sin Is weary of its wages and disease! God, bring the season of great happine… more
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Sonnet: A ' Xian's Life! From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1348 days old)
When problems seize a man upon the earth, The cause is devils, nature, God or I; The Christian has a dreary life since birth; In all his strife, Jesus remains near-by! Why blame someone for thin… more
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God, Give Me Back My ... From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1353 days old)
God, Give me back my joy; Give me back my good friends; Give me back my good old days, When I was just a boy! God, Give me back my peace; Give me back my will-pow’r; Give me back my piety, … more
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Sonnet: God Knows From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1354 days old)
God knows my silent tears I shed so oft, In solitude and secrecy of heart; God knows my sorrows, grief and feelings soft, And time to redress them, ’fore I depart. God knows my trials, tribulati… more
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A Bard’s a Bruised Reed! From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1448 days old)
Oh, They make me mad- people: known/ unknown; They make me sad- wiliness / ego; They’re after money’s comfort on earth! Sense/ common-sense are things that’re a dearth. Oh, They know how poets… more
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Sonnet: Quake in the Valley! From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1495 days old)
The earth has shuddered in the Kashmir vale! For long, the Himalayas are seismic-prone; The death and destruction is sad a tale; There is no time to rescue or to moan. The quake didn’t care for … more
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On Looking Back! From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1499 days old)
This was my cup and this, my draught! If it was good, to thank God, I ought; If it was not, and perilously fought; Let me take blame and be not distraught; If things didn’t happen, the ways I so… more
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Sonnet: God TV’s Tenth Birthday From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1504 days old)
A charismatic couple rings in souls; Their aim to bring Jesus to homes turns true; They deliver the Bible through ‘Sky-holes’! A billion souls, Holy Spirit will woo. Their dream divine is almost… more
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Sonnet: World Elders’ Day 2005 From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1504 days old)
They slogged all life for self and family; They sacrificed their precious time for all; They worked for children’s sake primarily; They made others’ life sweet: their own like gall! But those we… more
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Sonnet: Surrender All To God From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1507 days old)
The ways, God plans are astoundingly great; The things, God does are incredibly strange; Strong faith in Almighty can change man’s fate; Divine results are most pleasant in range. God knows our … more
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Sonnet: Make Life on Earth Secure From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1521 days old)
When umptine lives get lost in hurricanes, And many more are lost to Tsunamis, And Nature’s furies take more down its lanes, Man promises an earthly life of peace! When affluent cities get destr… more
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Sonnet: God is Great From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1523 days old)
Denies me God, some things that I did ask; He gives me many more, I don’t deserve; He knows my heart despite my facial mask; He helps me timely and Him only serve. Perhaps I ask for things not i… more
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The 9/11 Reality From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1525 days old)
Hate-filled hearts, Had razed to the ground, Twin towers of concrete and steel; By forcing planes, Like huge missiles: Destruction so complete; The world had been caught unawares; Buildings c… more
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Sonnet: 9/11 Revisited From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1525 days old)
Etched in mankind’s history stands nine-eleven: - Horrendous event that shook USA! Hell unleashed upon an earthly heaven: An unfortunate Terror-stricken Day. A perplexed world turned mad with an… more
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Sonnet: My Childhood Reminiscences From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1527 days old)
Can I forget my mother’s cooking skills, Her punishments and kind advice at times? Can I forget the games at school and drills, My kindergarten teacher who taught rhymes? Can I forget my sibling… more
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Hurricane Katrina 2005 From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1533 days old)
Wind and water, sand mixed mud; Blowing over New Orleans; Bringing rain from bursting clouds; Flooding States like ne’er before! Peeling roofs and tearing roads; Bringing bridges down by force;… more
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Sonnet: Blame Oneself From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1540 days old)
A leaf so young has withered on a tree; A mighty branch has broken off the trunk; A bud has failed to blossom splendidly; A fruit unripe into the soil has sunk. A lamb that strayed has fallen fr… more
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Sonnet: Marriage From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1544 days old)
Tho’ marriage is a gamble, we must take; Some blissful moments it gives which look great; Two horses pulling cart- ’tis worth the stake, Than facing singly, life’s perilous bait. Great car… more
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The Rose-plant From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1546 days old)
A plant bore roses ten in number all, And two got nipped when young by Nature’s way; One blossomed to adorn God’s celestial throne; Six bloomed becoming beauteous flowers big, To put forth seed th… more
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Sonnet: the Fifty-eighth Indian Independence day From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1553 days old)
’Tis fifty-eight years since India turned afree! Our homage to all freedom-fighters great; The blood of martyrs won freedom ably; ‘Satyagraha’, ‘Ahimsa’ set the date. The Nation’s Father, Gandhi… more
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Sonnet: My Alto Car From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1558 days old)
My Alto looks superb and majestic, From Maruti Udyog- ‘The talk of town!” With color, silky silver metallic; My dignity will escalate on own. Even the rich appear to go for it; Five-geared, wit… more
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Sonnet: Death From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1559 days old)
Like a log of wood eaten by white-ants, Like the leaf-bare trees of the cold winter, Like the warped bones/ tusks of dead elephants, Death devours my body contour. Like a moisture-rusted iro… more
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Terrorist Strikes! From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1587 days old)
Why fell the trees laden with fruits? Why cut the saplings ‘fore they grow? Why mow down fields ‘fore harvest-time? Why bull-doze crowds in market-squares? Why hold to ransom by-standers? Why spr… more
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Fear Not, You Beggar-man From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1595 days old)
Fear not, you beggar-man! When thou scorch’d by the Sun, Which tanned thy head and skin; No food or drink, grow thin! Trudging the streets and lanes; Seldom a person sane, You meet; begg… more
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A Tribute To My Revered Father From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1595 days old)
My Father was a great teacher, Good husband to my good Mother; He taught his pupils very well; In an old house, did he dwell. Well he reared his children seven! Lived for up to eight times… more
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Relax, Be Cool, My Dearest Brother! From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1597 days old)
You studied well Throughout in school And got your Diploma; But duty first Became your aim: A job you had to join. You went to work When just a teen, To help the family; You labored hard A… more
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On Blood-donation From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1641 days old)
Bleed a little; Bleed a while; Bleed for someone; Give him Life! Blood is precious; Blood is Life! Give your blood and Save a life. Some blood lost when From blood-stream; Saves a life f… more
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Sonnet: My Offertory to God From
drjohnceles
in POETRY
(1644 days old)
God, give my father, some years that are mine; He was so loving and so good to me; He labored hard to earn and keep us fine; He did his duty most remarkably! God, give my mother, some years … more