MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL

MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL

AS ODE TO SPRING

Leafless vine did cling to the wall

Frozen chill of winter did Fall

Stood with sullen and grim face back

All the blood-sap did have it lack.

Warm Wind came 'n touched to awake

To bring back Green what trees forsake

Kissing the buds for them to flower

For air to uplift fragrance to shower

All around laughter, all around smiles

And the dance of flowers beguiles

Feet do dance and hearts do throb

For rhyme they press on music's knob.

Through the old leaves, new leaves peep

The shrubs do shine and green grass creep

Birds do flutter and butterflies dance

Hearts do soften to seek for a chance

Chirrup chrip chrip chrip chrip chrip clang

Bang bang bang bang bang bang rang

Leaves and petals as hands do shake

And say," We are all of Natures' make.

In our veins same Nature's Love flows

On our faces His colors do glow

Colorless light do colors disperse

That gives stars, moons and Universe

Disperse colors and disperse love

Fly the symbol of Peace white Dove

Spring says, come and dance as One

Without my Love and Shine is none.

POETRY AND LOVE

Poetry and love

Live together

Can never be deleted

From the pages of history.

Poetry and love

Are always together

When a new born

Tenderly presses and suckles

The soft warm breasts

And mother putting her hand

on the back of the kid's head

Presses to her with passionate touch.

Poety and love are always there

When a fascinated child runs after butterflies

In fields full of flowers

When he plays and splashes in streams

Feels the shivering thrills in rising and falling waves.

Poetry and love are together

When a tender touch of opposite gender

Or glance of loving eyes creates strange sensations

Makes hearts throb fast with desire to be one

Forgetting what is the sacred or the sin

Creative surge of art opens it's buds to flower.

Poetry and love are there together

When like yellow brown leaves

With withered wrinkled parched skins

We fall in the arms of mother earth to be her part

The mother earth lulls to lasting sleep

To let one merge to emerge again.

Poetry and love are always together

In all stages of life in our history

Only the meanings are different

ASPIRATIONS

The wind asked the rain drop

Go and be a stream.

The drop streamed and called back

Blow to give life breath to the living.

Sun asked the spray of the Spring

Open your arms to embrace the rainbow

The Spring pressed the rainbow to the heart

And called back," Spread you colors in the universe."

The bee asked the flower

Open up the colorful petals and spread fragrance

The fragrance smiled and called back;

Come and give me kiss of the life blood.

The dream flew to the sky and asked

Give my hope shine of your stars

The stars twinkled and called back

Be truth of the Time and the Dawn.

The hope asked the dove

Fly and spread love and peace

The dove flew around and called back,

Be presence in every suffering eye.

YOU ARE THE LOVE ------------

You are the Love

Ever evolving

Ever dissolving

The truth -seen unseen

Ever pulsating

Ever throbbing

The creative of the creation

The Timeless

A form or formless

Love free of births

Everlasting

A blessing

You are Truth of origin

Truth of present

Truth of ages

True--to be true

I see you everywhere

Inland, sea and sky

Truth of stars, suns and the moons

Humming sounds silent love in space.

I hear sudden burst of notes

Rise and fall of waves like

Rustling sound the skirts

Smiles and shine of your existence

Seen -unseen fire burning

Internal or external

Flame of ever burning fire of Love

The Love that is He and The She

Combined in Oneness

Of present, of eternity.

A song of evolution

Ever flowing music of in Space

Around us

You are the Love

You are the Creation

You are the source

To merge and emerge again.

MOTHER EARTH NATURE

O, Mother

You gave me birth

Fed me by your blood

Fed me by your breasts

Cradled me in your arms

Taught me stand on my feet

Taught me walking

By holding my arms and hands

Taught me love by caressing me

Taught me how to protect

Against changing weather

You cried to see me in pain,

Tickled me to make me laugh

Taught me to respect father

Whom you loved to be my father.

Mother, you are not only mother

Who fed me putting morsels in my mouth

Who nursed me with nursing hands

You are like Mother Earth

Who roots trees deep to stand firm footed

And teaches to fight against storms.

You are mother, earth and Nature

As what I am today is all due to you

I salute you, O, my mother.

As Mother Earth, as Mother Nature.

MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL

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MOHINDERDEEP GREWAL, a prominent progressive poet who gave new orientation to traditional poetry by his post-modern diction and global vision. He has been writing lyrical poetry Ghazal and verse for the last 5 decades in his mother tongue Punjabi and his six books are published.. He did masters in English and Punjabi and served as lecturer in English. During his education he studied literature from classical to modern, which gave new dimension to his poetic diction. After migration to U.S. A and Canada, he began to write in English to convey his thought at global level. Through his poetry he always wrote and writing still to spread love, peace and oneness in society. As a progressive poet , he always wrote against social evils prevalent in society. He is using his pen to fight against discrimination, hatred, radicalism, and poverty, exploitation of people, men and women. He is spreading his views with critical and sarcastic tinge against oppressive forces. He writes with smiling hope to spread love and peace asking humans to be humane and work to remove disparity at large. Mohinderdeep Grewal, a poet with burning consciousness, is whose light he perceives the fault lines which cause darkness in our minds. As a crusader, he has a powerful spirit to pursue the goal of a world free from exploitation. His book in English, LIGHT and Fragrance of Words has been published by Ardus Publication, Vancouver, Canada. As a chairperson of several English as well as Punjabi Associations, he is working to promote language and poets to spread his positive thoughts worldwide .He has served at different positions of honor in associations of state as well as international level. He was honored by reputed organizations at different occasions. He got Icon of Peace award and Life Time Achievement Award for 2018. One of student of Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India has compiled and published his poetic work, SHABDAAN DI RIM JHIM ( shower of words) . he has attended many International events worldwide and got awards of recognition.