T A RAMESH

T A RAMESH

A Legacy Of Mahatma Gandhi

We Have To Be Thankful To!

Patience and self-restraint are needed for all to overcome

Infection of viral disease like Corona taking a long time

To disappear as other diseases like SARS, Spain Flu...

And by doing so, it gives a great training to live with it!

Living life avoiding infection of any disease is the best

Way for the survival of humankind in this precarious world;

This kind of training due to Covid 19 for survival is indeed

A sort of moral means to maintain cleanliness for health!

Nothing is lasting and permanent in this precarious world

Of ours, in which we live life in an unique way indeed and

Also, this reminds all of the saying that cleanliness is

Next to godliness inspiring all with spiritual boost up!

Self-restraint from lavish wishes restrains us to basic

Necessities of life for survival against deadly disease;

This indeed is leading to spiritual way of simple living

And high thinking, a legacy of Mahatma Gandhi we cherish!

Love Lives Long But Lust Dies Soon!

Twin pyramids stand as twin hills on the vast desert;

Desert sand sans green vegetation anywhere is blanket;

Blanket blank with any writing on it delivers nothing;

Nothing is seen until oasis comes to quench the thirst!

Thirst and hunger need proper produces from farms out;

Out of nowhere how beautiful twin pyramids have come;

Come sure like twin hills as if burst out of passion;

Passion of desert queen brought empires and kings down!

Downward dip of mind and heart of many seek joy in valley;

Valley having great pleasure giving flower is nice beauty;

Beauty as serpentine one only can make all weak and die!

Dying so they have created history and lesson to the world!

World going on the right path reaps rich harvest and joy;

Joy won't be lasting, if it's swayed by lust and not love!

No Dazzling dance of Glamorous Beauty is Equal to Natural Beauty!

If rain comes, it comes with biggest floods everywhere

Except in desert ever needing solace by dancing damsel;

Despite all glamour real joy does not lie in glitter

But only in natural beauty, love and food healthy ever!

Sans food, water and pleasant climate with green fields,

No beauty of glamour and dazzling dance of dames ever

Fulfil body, mind and soul to live a wholesome life

Filled with natural joy and satisfaction ever in world!

Natural prosperity is the first base that can only

Bring peace and joy out of progress made by efforts

With the inspiration of beauty of richness of Nature

Whatever be the accomplishment by man in any artifact!

Survival of all in desert is difficult life that teaches

The value of Nature beautiful with rich crops and all

Along with paradise of flowers and fruits all have to

Cherish ever and not exploit and destroy in foolishness!

Which Is Sustaining Power – Ambition Or Love?

To surmount woes of the world is like crossing a desert;

But without a oasis, there is no respite to overcome it;

In spite of that, many empires have risen and fallen

With ambition to be powerful and dominate others there!

It is history that talks about those civilizations as

A lesson for all to know that power corrupts and makes

One arrogant and mad to conquer all and make them knell

Down to their feet and remain as slaves to satisfy them!

But literature always talks about love that captures all

Hearts and even makes one cross the desert to see God

To recover lost status by subduing the tyrant to knell

Before the Almighty and respect love of God for good..!

All bad things in the world may help one to reach the

Pinnacle of power but love only sustains one steady!

T A RAMESH

T A RAMESH: Born on 28th August 1950, the Author after working as an industrialist in Sri Lakshminarayana Industries for 22 years, is occupied with writing poems and essays since 1989 and has become a Writer Publisher at Halo Papers, India publishing books from 1996 onwards; from 2005 he is occupied with publishing his poems and articles on internet; from 2005 on he has become a world website poetry writer. He has written about 130 English Books such as novel, short stories, non-fiction ones and poetry books. Achievement Awards: He is honoured with Best English Book Author Award by Sourashtra Community Welfare Chamber in 2005, elected as Poet of the Year 2010 for his fine philosophic poetry by the readers of www.coffeeconnectionpoets.com , honoured as Best Writer in English with Sourashtrian Achievers Award by BVK-SITCON committee at Madurai in 2013, also honoured with a prize of $250 for winning in www.poemhunter.com Poetry Contest in September 2013. Anthologies and Videos: Further his poems are published in Poetry Anthologies like The Enchanting Verses International and Conifers Call magazine and Fiesta of Love (Songs of Loving Hearts) and his poems such as Colourful Flowers (2009) and Water of Life (2009) are released as Poetry Videos on www.youtube.com and www.myspace.com. He is also honoured with the publication of his poems in Romanian language in 2014 in Geneza Visurilor, an Anthology of International Poetry. From 2015 on his poems are published in Our Poetry Archive for the promotion of world peace and unity against racism and terrorism and also from 2016 on his poems are published in Pentasi B World Friendship Poetry website!   He has been honoured as the Chief Guest  to release the Book, Zest With Literature by Arangapriyan Thejeswi at Trichy on 13th Februay 2019 and his poem, Mahatma – A Living Legend has been  published in the Poetry Anthology – A Poetic Tribute to The Mahatma  along with 150 Poems by World Poets to celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by Gandhi Global Family and Gandhi Gyan Prathistan, Hyderabad  on 28th December 2019. Country of Origin: INDIA; Mother Tongue: Sourashtra; Nationality: Indian; Place of Living: Pondicherry. Permission for Publication: I hereby give explicit confirmation of my permission for publication of my above  poems in the OPA October 2020 General Edition.