Famous Karma Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Karma poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous karma poems. These examples illustrate what a famous karma poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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I feel ancient, as though I had
Lived many lives.
And may never now know
If I am a fool
Or have done what my
karma demands....Read more of this...
by
Snyder, Gary
...Christmas was in the air and all was well
With him, but for a few confusing flaws
In divers of God's images. Because
A friend of his would neither buy nor sell,
Was he to answer for the axe that fell?
He pondered; and the reason for it was,
Partly, a slowly freezing Santa Claus
Upon the corner, with his beard and bell.
Acknowledging an improvident...Read more of this...
by
Robinson, Edwin Arlington
...1.
Get enough food to eat,
and eat it.
2.
Find a place to sleep where it is quiet,
and sleep there.
3.
Reduce intellectual and emotional noise
until you arrive at the silence of yourself,
and listen to it....Read more of this...
by
Brautigan, Richard
...Eamer o’ Keefe with your tinge of brogue
And Irish warmth, Daisy and Debjani
With your karma and cool verse, I salute you.
( III )
"Ecoutez la voix du vent" – listen to the wind’s voice
As Milosz commands "All your griefs,
My sad ones, are in vain" but offering
In recompense soaring sonatas which remain unread
Untranslated, relegated to the reserve stock
Of the Institut Fran?ais, along with Fargue,
Jacob and Larbaud while all those...Read more of this...
by
Tebb, Barry
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