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Poems by John Matthew

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Where Giant Mushrooms Grow!

... Agree with me, don’t dissent, fall in line futile windmill tilters ...

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The Bombay Train Song

... Their secrets as the tired warrior returns ...

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Is White a Color?

... The churning of all yellow, blue, green ...

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Being Me!

... You will find me a little away from the meeting place ...

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Muskaan — A Poem

... Wringing the joys from the sadness of life ...

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Sonnet for Mother

... And, with her man, she would rest there ...

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Time Stands Still over Govandi Station

... Time stands still over Govandi Station ...

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Passing showers

... If you come out of the fort, step over the moat, ...

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To my son

... To my children, too, I will pass this wisdom ...

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Loneliness

... Hurtful mimetic thoughts that passed me by, ...

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To an Online Friend

... Do you exist? Do you still inhabit Internet protocols ...

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Resolutions

... And the lights of celebration to die, ...

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Delhi – A Re-visitation

... In your dark corners soldiers, spies, princes plotted to kill, ...

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Die in shame!

... Your revenge, your wretchedness!If it’s your laziness, unforgivable indolence, ...

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Bombay

... City of gold, they say, which never sleeps, ...