Manthena Damodara Chary writes

MY SPLENDID STORY

Since my birth I have a splendid story

I am never a buyer of counterfeit glory

I treat my mother as Goddess of poetry

Offering her all peerless pearls of poetry

You burn me alive with all assumptions

You bury my ashes with presumptions

My serious illness is a pathetic story

Preventing me from seeking any glory

I never befriend a venomous snake

Knowing that my life will be at stake

I can never dwell well with a scorpion

Stinging me with tail to keep me in pain

You crucify me as a Christ with malice

You always hate me out of cowardice

A fair friend speaks all words of solace

To comfort a man in the bed with grace

All fair friends have their finally fair say

They always assure us of their sure stay

Tears Are Yet to Come --  Chikako Okada

Manthena Damodara Chary writes

REFLECTIONS

Now I have grown old

I am boundlessly bold

Never play with the old

They are genuine gold

I observe joy and sorrow

A foreview of tomorrow

Can make thinner sorrow

Joy can never be narrow

As my youth was in bloom

Singing glory was in boom

Songs of the folk in stream

Enhanced my glory’s gleam

Days gone by were spent well

Without sorrow’s show of hell

I now hear grinding grief’s bell

My great joy sounds its knell

We often think we are savvy

When hearts burn with envy

Our thoughts rise above evil

To drive away dreadful devil

Let us glorify all our thinking

Eliminating all ideas stinking

We can build all glory striking

With endeavours to our liking

Boy with Burning Heart -- Nicola Bealing

Manthena Damodara Chary writes

TOGETHERNESS

My wondrous words carve your sculpture

My brush of emotion paints your picture

Your buoyant blush enriches your rapture

My dancing dreams weave your structure

Elegance in enormity is ecstasy in eternity

Endurance in clarity is eminence in plenty

Eloquence in charm is emergence in purity

Existence in reality is the essence in vitality

Loveliness speaks volumes of liveliness

Living in loveliness leads to cheerfulness

Stressful thinking strains our sprightliness

Let us live with tremendous togetherness

Splendid smiles symbolise sincerity

Genuine joy is the source of longevity

Wealth of wisdom indicates cordiality

Nobility of mind signifies magnanimity

Semangat Kebersamaan (The Spirit of Togetherness) -- Nurkania Ismono