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| Perhaps the gods laugh at our self- destructive gaffe of acting like gods. HAIKU POEM ROSALIENE BACCHUS |
we fool ourselves
don't we
in the name of god
sanctimoniously
we walk
nose tilted toffee nose
greater and better
than the others
in the name of god
listen to the music the raaga
the melody of eternity
immortal
the archetypal ultimate coexistence
that some believe is here for personal use
not understanding it is here
not for us but we are here for it
and
don't we not forget as the neocons and the coalition
who do not possess the means to bribe man
or god whom he fears
why invoke the name of god falsely
to do the dirty work
in the name of god!
Poem from if only the gods were awake by Gary Girdhari, A
Guyana Journal Publication, New York, USA, May 2011.
don't we
in the name of god
sanctimoniously
we walk
- with heads high
nose tilted toffee nose
greater and better
than the others
in the name of god
listen to the music the raaga
the melody of eternity
immortal
the archetypal ultimate coexistence
- of time and space and being
that some believe is here for personal use
not understanding it is here
not for us but we are here for it
and
don't we not forget as the neocons and the coalition
- of the willing
- now forgetting...
that god does not listen to the rich only
and cannot be bribed
- by eloquence
and the veneer of affluence
who do not possess the means to bribe man
or god whom he fears
why invoke the name of god falsely
to do the dirty work
in the name of god!
Poem from if only the gods were awake by Gary Girdhari, A
Guyana Journal Publication, New York, USA, May 2011.
in the name of god Gary Girdhari |
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Gary, a Guyanese-
American living in
New York, is the
Editor and Publisher
of the Guyana Journal.
Trained in the
natural sciences, he
ventured into the
world of poetry in the
mid-1990s.
His poems in if only
the gods were awake
were written over
several years. They
speak to nostalgic
feelings, emotions
and love, nature and
society, war and
peace, and
philosophy.
American living in
New York, is the
Editor and Publisher
of the Guyana Journal.
Trained in the
natural sciences, he
ventured into the
world of poetry in the
mid-1990s.
His poems in if only
the gods were awake
were written over
several years. They
speak to nostalgic
feelings, emotions
and love, nature and
society, war and
peace, and
philosophy.
I write poetry because something or someone out there
excites my thought processes. My poetry relates to
people, matters, and things that I care deeply about.
Poetry for me provides a very private space that allows
freedom of imagination - to look out into the distance
and marvel, and, contrariwise, to look for openings to
the heart from a distance.
GARY GIRDHARI: Excerpt from the Introduction to his poetry
collection, if only the gods were awake, May 2011
