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Discover our poem explanations - click here!Searching... Subject: HINDUISM Matches Found: 89 ABOUT MAYA, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Lift the mosquito net and look at yourself Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion ALL RIGHT, DEATH, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Who needs to fear death? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion ALL RIGHT, YOU CRAZY WOMAN, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Just to have your feet touching him Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ME? I AM IN THE NEXT SEAT, by KABIR Poem Source Variant Title(s): Breat Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion COME ON, MIND, LET'S GO STEAL, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Then grab those feet and run Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion DARK MOTHER, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: It will dive fast to its freedom Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion DOES SUFFERING SCARE ME? O MOTHER, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: I brag about my suffering Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion EPITAPHS OF THE WAR, 1914-18: HINDU SEPOY IN FRANCE, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This man in his own country prayed we know not to what powers Last Line: We pray them to reward him for his bravery in ours. Subject(s): Courage; Hinduism; Prayer; Religion; World War I; Valor; Bravery; Theology; First World War FISHERMAN HAS CAST HIS NET, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: She can handle death Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion FOR THE LORD OF CAVES (1), by ALLAMA PRABHU Poem Source First Line: I saw an ape tied up Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion FOR THE LORD OF CAVES (2), by ALLAMA PRABHU Poem Source First Line: Looking for your light Last Line: There can be no metaphor Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion GO ON WITH THE DECEPTION, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Why add buttermilk? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion GO ON-I KNOW YOU, MOTHER, I KNOW YOU, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: At the feet of the dark devi Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion GO ON-YOU'RE ONLY DEATH'S FLUNKY, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: And beaten, who's going to save you? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion HINDOO FUNERAL SONG, by EDWIN ARNOLD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Call on rama! Call to rama? Last Line: Ram! Ram!—oh, call to rama. Subject(s): Funerals; Hinduism; Religion; Burials; Theology HINDU ILLUMINATION, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: T loping down the stairs at mellifont Last Line: The mahout's gaze, upon me all this while Subject(s): Elephant-drivers; Hinduism; Religion HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ESCAPE ME?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: I'm going to get shiva to spank you Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion HOW MANY TIMES, MOTHER, ARE YOU GOING, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: He will be safe at your feet Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion HURDWAR, A PLACE OF HINDOO PILGRIMAGE, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I love the feeling which, in former days Last Line: And owns the true god in the false god's shrine Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Hinduism; India; Religion I SPENT MY DAYS IN FUN, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: And dig in to their supper Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'M DAZED THINKING ABOUT IT, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: But shake me loose from this fear of death Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'M NOT CALLING YOU, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Full of goods, then sunk it Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'M NOT CALLING YOU MOTHER ANYMORE, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: The pain, life after life Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'M SICK OF LIVING, MOTHER, SICK, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: You've broken me in this life Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'M SWEATING LIKE THE SLAVE OF AN EVIL SPIRIT, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Out of my head like a rocket Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'VE GIVEN MY HEART, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: My journey calling on the name %of durga Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU, MOTHER, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Every evil every foot of the way Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion I'VE GOT YOU FIGURED, HARA, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Those feet trample fear Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion IN PRAISE OF KRISHNA, by RUSKHAN Poem Source First Line: Beautiful his peacock crown Last Line: When krishna's form %dwells within? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion IS THERE YET, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Hurrah for kali,' I'll just dance off Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion IT'S THIS HOPE IN HOPE, THIS HAPPENING AGAIN, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: In your arms and go home Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion JUST THINK OF IT, MIND, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Then what can he do? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion KALI, by LUCILLE CLIFTON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Kali %queen of fatality Last Line: Kali. %who is black Subject(s): Courts And Courtiers; Hinduism; Religion KALI, WHY ARE YOU NAKED AGAIN?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: When you're like this Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion LISTEN TO THIS STORY, MOTHER TARA, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Beaten by the six tenants Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MADANA, by DORA GREENWELL Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Summer! Summer! Soft around Last Line: Therefore all the haunted air %trembles -- madana is there! Alternate Author Name(s): Dorothy, Greenwell Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MAHABHARATA: BOOK 17. THE GREAT JOURNEY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to narayen, lord of lords, be glory given" Last Line: "where they have gone, there will I surely go" Subject(s): Death;heaven;hinduism;india;religion; "dead, The;paradise;theology; MAHABHARATA: BOOK 18. THE ENTRY INTO HEAVEN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to narayen, lord of lords, be glory given" Last Line: "waiting to greet him, gladdening and glad" Subject(s): Heaven;hinduism;india;religion; Paradise;theology MAHABHARATA: NIGHT OF SLAUGHTER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "to narayen, best of lords, be glory given" Last Line: Kripa and kritavarman Subject(s): Hinduism;india;religion; Theology MAHABHARATA: THE MORNING PRAYER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Our lord the prophet (peace to him!) doth write Last Line: Read fatihah forth beneath the mehrab-board Subject(s): Hinduism;india;prayer;religion; Theology MANTREYA UPANISHAD, SELS., by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I am I, but also the other Last Line: I am he! Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MIND, WHY DO YOU FRET SO MUCH, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Though he's the son of the sun? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MIND, YOU GAMBLED, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: In my back row Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MIND, YOU JUST STAY AWAKE CRYING, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Who are out to steal your goods Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MORNING SHIFT IN BANARAS, by STEPHEN AJAY Poem Source First Line: They say this is the fast track for hindus; here the river is more full of Last Line: Tomorrow Subject(s): Death; Hinduism; Rebirth; Religion MOTHER, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THIS?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Let me see you once and for all Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MOTHER, INCOMPARABLY ARRAYED, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: An impossible beauty? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MOTHER, TELL ME WHERE I SHOULD STAND, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: With a beggar's bowl and a cast-off rug Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MOTHER, THIS BEAT-UP SHACK, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: A prisoner in his own house Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MY LIFE'S LORD, GIRI, MY HUSBAND, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: At dawn-starved for moonbeams Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion MY MIND DREAMS UP THIS IMAGE, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: And show herself to ramprasad Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion NOW CRY KALI AND TAKE THE PLUNGE!, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: And you're going to come up with a fortune Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion O GIRI, I CAN'T COMFORT, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: In her small bed, fast asleep Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion O MIND, DO YOU STILL CHERISH THIS FANTASY OF YOURS?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: In clay and then offers it up prayers? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion O MIND, YOU THINK IT'S ALL IN FUN, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: And count the cost of beauty? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion O MOTHER, WHO REALLY, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: To be kind, this misery will pass Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion OM; A MEMORY, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Faint grew the yellow buds of light Last Line: And brahm looked from his shining eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Children; Hinduism; Religion; Childhood; Theology PITY MOTHER, DO I WORSHIP YOU, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Who else has that strength? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion SALSETTE AND ELEPHANTA, by JOHN RUSKIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis eve -- and o'er the face of parting day Last Line: And seeks redemption from the incarnate god. Subject(s): Elephanta Caves, India; Hinduism; Religion; Salsette (island), India; Sculpture & Sculptors; Theology SHE'S NO ORDINARY GIRL, MY UMA, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Whom even the holy can't approach? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion SHE'S PLAYING IN MY HEART, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: At your feet Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion SHOUT HER NAME: KALI, KALI!, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Of a world heartsick, dazed Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion SING KALI'S GLORY, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Can just get out Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion SO I SAY: MIND, DON'T YOU SLEEP, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: So unsalvageable a rogue? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion SOMEHOW THE TIME WILL PASS, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Your greatness, into the sea of this world Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion SONG OF THE HINDOO WOMEN, WHILE ACCOMPANYING A WIDOW TO FUNERAL PILE, by MARIA JANE JEWSBURY Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Not in grief to the pile we go Last Line: Thy last bright thread of life is spun! Alternate Author Name(s): Fletcher, Maria Jane Jewsbury Subject(s): Funerals; Hinduism; Religion STUDENT, DO THE SIMPLE PURIFICATION, by KABIR Poem Source Last Line: And he is the one who has made it all Variant Title(s): The Pitche Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion TELL ME, BROTHER, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DEATH?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Finally one with water Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion THAT'S IT, MOTHER!, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Into the saving waters Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion THE HINDOO SCEPTIC, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I think till I weary with thinking Last Line: And your god be no reflex of you Subject(s): Doubt;god;hinduism;religion; Skepticism;theology THE HINDOO'S DEATH, by GEORGE BIRDSEYE Poem Text First Line: A hindoo died; a happy thing to do Last Line: "begone! We'll have no fools in paradise!" Variant Title(s): Paradise; A Hindoo Legend Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion; Women; Theology THE INDIAN UPON GOD, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I passed along the water's edge below the humid trees Last Line: His languid tail above us, lit wth myriad spots of light. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): God; Hinduism; Religion; Theology THE RUG, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O siva! / beat my soul like a rug Last Line: O siva! Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion; Theology TO IMRAN IN BOMBAY, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Salaam aleikhem, imran, once more Last Line: The eyes of planes, the lights of travelers Subject(s): Bombay, India; Hinduism; Religion WHAT AM I-A RICKETY THING, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Unless you take me lovingly to you Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHAT DID I DO WRONG?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Of your world in a black mood Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHAT GOOD IS A TRIP TO KASHI?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Day and night, in kashi Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHAT'S MORE TO FEAR, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Can be had for the picking Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHAT'S SO GOOD IN YOU, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Why isn't there food in your father's house? Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHO CAN EXPLAIN YOUR PLAY, MOTHER?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: He can see right through those old ploys Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHO'S WITH YOU, MIND, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: And take you amidship Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHY GO LIVE BY THE GANGES?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Who calls a stepmother %mother Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHY SHOULD I GO TO KASH?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: And all good things are yours Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WHY TELL ME WHAT TO DO?, by CHANDIDAS Poem Source Last Line: His black skin is always with me Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion WILD WOMAN OF THE FORESTS, by KABIR Poem Source Last Line: Herding cows by his side Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion YOU SLEEP ON IN THAT SLEEP OF DESIRE, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Though called and called Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion YOU THINK MOTHERHOOD IS CHILD'S PLAY?, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Stone-don't call yourself %the mother Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion YOU'D BETTER NOT TOUCH ME, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: Let death not come too near Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion YOU'LL FIND MOTHER, by RAMPRASAD SEN Poem Source Last Line: You work the rest out from these hints Subject(s): Hinduism; Religion |
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