While in Daŕkness

In Friendship

In Friendship

Politeness, a Fading Art

Human Being and Being Human

Language Unspoken

My Love To'ards Life

Day Dreams

The Candle and The Mirror

A Lie

My Affinity For Verse

Tears O'Joy and Sorrow

Stories Untold

Why “One Up Above The Rest”?

Why “ONE UP above the rest”?

In this world, I’m only a guest.

While living let me do the best,

If it’s so, I’ll be blest.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

1st May 2020

Memories're the Treasures o'the Heart . ..

The Songs I Write

What Was The Duty of The Teacher? ... Bharati Mukerjee

Where's The Road to Success?

Where's The Road to Success?

Where's

The road to success?

Which

Never come across my way.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

21st May 2020

My College Bells

What Was The Function of The Poetry . ... Bharati Mukerjee

What Was the Duty Of The Teacher ... Bharati Mukerjee

Writing for me .... Kiran Desai

When Helping the Poor. ...

Those Who Know Me Never Doubt Me

Friends Come and Go by Dorothy Parker

Theory

milk and honey

i have

what i have

and i am happy

i’ve lost

what i’ve lost

and i’m

still happy

- outlook

Theory

Theory of Reality

Love's Blind

I know Love's kind,

Sometimes 'tis too kind.

I know Love's blind,

Never thought 'tis so blind.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

13th July 2020

Tears O'Joy and Sorrow

Tears o'joy,

Makes me cry.

Tears o'sorrow,

Makes me cry.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

2nd July 2020

To Be Cultured Enaugh

To be

Cultured enaugh,

I need’nt be,

Qualified enaugh.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

3rd May 2020

What A Coincidence

My father died

On my mother’s

Birth anniversary

What a coincidence.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

3rd May 2020

What I Expected Not

What I expected not,

I got.

What expected,

I got not.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

27th May 2020

Those Who Want , Will Learn

Those who want to learn,

Will always.

Those who don’t want to,

Will never.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

27th May 2020

The Value O’Light

The value o'light

I realized,

After

Getting out o'darkness.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

22nd May 2020

What I Seek I Get Not

What I seek I get not,

What I get I do not seek.

Raj Kapoor. Filmfare 2nd October 1964

What Sounds Impossible

At times what sounds impossible,

Is easier than you think.

Sometimes what sounds possible,

Is harder than you imagine.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

24th May 2020

Eid-ul-Fitr

Eid-ul-Fitr, for us a festive day.

We celebrate today.

At home we stay

An’ for the whole world we pray.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

24th May 2020

Crazy Dream

Everybody,

Either young or old,

Has a

Crazy dream.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

20th May 2020

Caught in a Love-trap

In a love-trap,

I was caught.

While entirely different,

Were my plans

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

20th May 2020

Arundhati Roy

Class writer o’my time.

In writing

To a great height you rose

And had a style o’your own.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

20th May 2020

Oh My Best-Loved Fellow schoolmate

Oh, my best-loved

Fellow schoolmate,

Reminds me

Of the good old days.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

20th May 2020

Wisest men

At times,

Wisest men

Make

Silliest mistakes.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

20th May 2020

If You feel Pleasant

Better you’ll be

In your looks,

If you feel 

Pleasant.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

19th May 2020

The Songs I Write

The songs I write

In the riverbank,

Will get washed out o’sight.

Hurry, recite before it's blank.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

19th May 2020

We Love To Live

We 

Love to live,

When we

Live to love.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

18 th May 2020

The Happiest Time

The happiest time

Spent

In the seashore, 

Is memory, unerasable 

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

17th May 2020

Whenever I start a a Poem

Whenever I start

Start a poem,

Words begin

To flow.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

12th May 2020

I Always Get a Song

I always get

A song,

Whenever I want to

To sing.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

12th May 2020

Winding Roads

   I Love a road that twists and turns, a road that winds about-down the vales and up the hillsides, threading in and out... A road that holds some new surprise with every step you stray: a road with unexpected corners all along the way.

   Life's a road of many turnings where it's hard to guess-what is waiting round the corner, pain or happiness-frowning mountains dark with cloud or valleys of delight- shadows falling round the path, or sunshine warm and bright.

   Need we fear for what there be waiting round the bend- knowing that the love of God goes with us to the end? And though the twilight deepens as the sunset way we roam- the last turn is the best of all because it takes us home. ~ Patience Strong

Winding Roads

   I Love a road that twists and turns, a road that winds about-down the vales and up the hillsides, threading in and out... A road that holds some new surprise with every step you stray: a road with unexpected corners all along the way.

   Life's a road of many turnings where it's hard to guess-what is waiting round the corner, pain or happiness-frowning mountains dark with cloud or valleys of delight- shadows falling round the path, or sunshine warm and bright.

   Need we fear for what there be waiting round the bend- knowing that the love of God goes with us to the end? And though the twilight deepens as the sunset way we roam- the last turn is the best of all because it takes us home. ~ Patience Strong

My Birthday

Today, 10th day of lovely May,

Is my birthday.

At home I stay

And for the whole world I pray.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

10th May 2020

An Angel in the Room by Patience Strong

    Dearest mother, dear sweet soul, God beconed you away.You've passed into the Silence, but how near you seem today !

You haunt the shadows of the house; I pass you in the stair. I meet you in the garden, You are here and everywhere.

    Though your home is in heaven now we are far apart. The fragrance of your memory lives on within my heart.

Much do I remember when my childhood I recall.How good you always were to me.

The greatest friend of all.

     I believe that God let's mothers come to hover near-when their children need them, when in danger, doubt or fear-for often when I'm feeling sad, a light breaks in the gloom-and I could swear there is an angel in the room. ~ Patience Strong

   

Mothers Day and My Birthday

Today’s Sunday,

10th day

Of lovely May

Is “Mother’s Day”

As well as my birthday.

At home I stay

And for the whole world I pray.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

10th May 2020

Lullaby Tunes of Anoushka

Lullaby tunes of

Anoushka Shankar,

Lulls me

To rest.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

7th May 2020

P Susila Amma "The Crooning Queen"

Voice of Susila amma is soft and clear,
Her songs! I'm eager to hear,

Melodies of Susila amma are up to a standard,
As a songstress she's branded.

Interviews of Susila amma is so calm and slow,
When she chants words begin to flow.

Tunes of Susila amma has a fine tone,
It keeps me relaxed when I'm alone.

Humming of Susila amma makes me spell-bound,
I like the tempo in every sound.

Sad hits of Susila amma is heart-rending,
The liking to'ards her songs is never-ending.

Lullaby of Susila amma forces babes to sleep,
E'en the meaning goes skin deep.


Rhymes of Susila amma starts to float,
Well versed she's when it comes to musical note.

Live concerts of Susila amma has a strange power,
Each song is like a blossomed flower.

Singing style of Susila amma is her own,
The Crooning Queen who's well known.

-M Rezvie Omerdeen
 Matale
 Sri Lanka 
 13th October 2014

Incomplete is My Day

Incomplete is my day,

If I don't listen to

Heartrending Sitar versions

Of Anoushka Shankar.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

6th May 2020

So Proud The Sitar Is...

So proud

The Sitar is,

To be in the hands of

Anoushka.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

6th April 2020

Ghazals of Talat Mehmood

Ghazals o’Talat Mehmood,

Keeps me in a blue mood.

Songs an’lyrics are too old

But it’s more precious than gold.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

5th May 2020

A Love-song, So Melodious

A love-song,

So melodious.

In my mem’ry,

I’ve retained.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

28th April 2020

Little Happiness and lot O’Sorrow

Little happiness

And a lot o’sorrow.

This’s the state

O’my mingled mind.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

4th April 2020

Dear Evening

Dear evening,

Thanks so much

For bringing

Relaxation of some sort.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

4th May 2020

Splendid My Hometown Matale Is

Splendid, my hometown Matale is,

Sorrounded by Mountains,

Culture, Courtesy

And Civility.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

3rd May 2020

I’ve to Go With the Flow

Once in a while,

Unwillingly

I’ve to go

With the flow.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

2nd May 2020

Memories

Memories,

Either good or bad.

Difficult

To get rid of.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

30th April 2020

In the Atmosphere of Democracy

In the atmosphere of democracy,

You have the right

To accept or reject

What I say.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

12th October 2013

My College Bells

My College bells,

  Still ringing in my ears.

Lot o’things it tells,

   After many long years.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

29th April 2020

   

    

All What’s Spoken ....

All what’s Spoken,

Couldn’t be written.

All what’s written,

Could be spoken.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

20th August 2012

Everything is Funny

A girl was crying,
When her grandma was dying.

A sick woman was weeping,
When the entire village was sleeping.

A lazy man was yawning,
When it was almost morning.

A boy was crying for cheese,
When the pacifiers were appealing for peace.

Children were happily shouting,
When the flowers began sprouting.

Beaux were singing,
When the moon started springing.

My friends were joking,
When I told them to give up smoking.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

18th June 2012

White Cranes

White cranes,

Resting

Under blue sky,

On green branches.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

11th February 2020

In Politics, they say....

“In politics”, they say, “ there’re no permanent friends neither permanent enemies”. May be because there’s no permanent policy.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

1st October 2012

In Politcs

With a Foolish Friend I’d Rather Be

With a foolish friend I’d rather be

In the jungle,

Than with a wise enemy

In a Garden.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

25th June 2013

The Pleasure of Reading Old Letters

We Live To Learn

By living to

Learn,

We learn to

Live.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

27th April 2020

Politeness Becoming A Fading Art

Day by day,

So called politeness,

Becoming

A fading art.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

2nd April 2017

Unspoken Language

Why learn a language which is unspoken by none.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

26th April 2020

Unspoken Language

Why learn

A language,

Which’s unspoken

By none.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

26th April 2020

Luck

When luck

Knocked at my door,

Fast asleep

I would’ve been.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

24th April 2020

Mirror

Mirror shows always

Our minus points,

So we can

Make adjustments.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

24th April 2020

Words Make Think a Thought

“Words make think a thought.

  Music makes you feel a feeling.

  A song makes you feel a thought.”

~ E.Y. Harburg

   Songwriter

  

 

   

How a Good Man Should be?

Why debate,

How a good man

Should be?

Let me be one.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

21st February 2016

The Mistake I'm Making

The mistake I'm making

O'er and o'er again,

In a crooked road,

I'm trying to walk straight.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

27th February 2019

Innocence and Intelligence

Innocent is he

Who trust others,

Intelligent is he

Who trusts himself.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

7th October 2013

Solution for a Problem or Problem for a Solution

I prefer a person who finds

Solution for problem

Than a person who has

Problem for solution.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

3rd April 2020

To Write a Poem

To write a poem,

I need pain,

Enough pain,

More than a pen.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

21st April 2020

Fashion Today

Fashion today

Becomes unfashionable,

But it makes

A comeback.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

21st April 2020

Fashion Becomes Unfashionable

So called fashion

Becomes Unfashionable,

But it makes

A comeback.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

21st April 2020

I'm Keen

I'm keen,

When I read a book.

I'm keener,

When I read my Facebook.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

20th April 2020

POETRY IS.........

Poetry is 

The language in which

Man explores

His own amazement.

~ Christopher Fry

I pray

I pray that everything will become normal by the grace of Allah.

Evening in a Village

The twilight has a strange power,
Brings with it the aroma of evening flower.

Evening,when calm an’pale,

I listen to the chinkings o’the early nightingale.

Birds o’different feather,

Fly to their respective nests together.

Fishing boats returning to’ards the shore,

The beautiful sight I really adore.

Farmers and vendors, homewards bound,

They’ve to reach their homes before the dark’s around.

In the shore ladies assemble to chat’bout men an’matters,

There’s an old man who often flatters.

The evening breeze which blows from the west,

When the cool breeze touches me, I’m in my best.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen 

7th November 2014

 
 
 
 


 

Noor Jehan, “ The Singing Queen”

Noor Jehan,the unforgettable name,
The songstress who is still a fame.
In Radio, your songs were relayed,
In my cd player, your songs were often played.
'Anmol Ghadi' songs, you sang well in BBC,
Coz in melodies,you knew abc...
Your acting and your melodious voice,
Makes my heart rejoice.
When it comes to 'Noor Jehan Songs, I'm so crazy,
Frequently your songs I play when I'm too lazy.
I like to mention without any fear,
Ace actress cum songstress, you were of yester-year.
I don't like to compare you with any other,

You're the singing queen and my God-mother.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

Matale, Sri Lanka (17th September 2014)

Human Being and Being Human

Why call myself 

A human being,

If I don’t think of

Being a human?

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen 

18th April 2020

Life (Acrostic)

Let’s live our lives

In showing 

Faith to our Creator

E’en in our hard times.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen 

19th April 2020

Your Mind is a Garden - Author unknown

The Lady I Adore

 Gazing at the moon,

 Posing from the balcony,

 Wearing the richest costume 

 And a charming smile.

 Humming like a mermaid,

 In a romantic way,

 Feet tapping rythmically

 For a love-song o’some sort.

 Whom she’s looking for 

 And her notions?

 I’m eager to know,

 Coz she’s

 The Lady I adore.

 ~ M Rezvie Omerdeen (11/02/2007)

Poem of the Day “The Lady I Adore “

The World Has a Heart

I pray

I pray that everything will be back to normal by the grace of Almighty Allah.

East or West , Home is the Best

  East or west,

  Home is the best.

  Take some rest,

  Don’t call any guest.

  Enjoy your home fest,

  Don’t have an outgoing zest.

  This is our life saving test.

  So be in your nest;

  This is the entire world’s request.

  ~ Author unknown 

East or West

We Live in a Mixed-up World

We Live in a mixed-up world. Now a car is the necessity and walking is luxury.

~ Monta Crane in Sunshine Magazine 

We Live in a Mixed-Up World

Music Acts Like a Majic Key ...

Music acts like a majic key, to which the most tightly closed hearts open.

~ Marie Von Trapp

Music is Life

Music is life

That’s why 

Our heart

Beats.

~ Anonymous 

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Music Has Been....

Music has been 

My playmate,

My lover

And my crying towel.

~ Buffy Saint-Marie

Had Good Dreams

Had good dreams, woke now, and to think,and watch the moon.I had a pleasant time with my mind for it was happy.

~ Lousa May Alcott at the age of twelve- entry in her Diary.

Success and Work

The only place where success comes before work is the dictionary.

~ Vidal Sassoon and Donald Kendall

I Don’t forgive people Because....

“I don’t forgive people because I’m weak,

I forgive them because I’m strong enough to know 

People make mistakes.”

~ Marylyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)

I am the Author of My Life

I am the author of my life.

Unfortunately I’m writing in pen

And I can’t erase my mistakes.

~ Author unknown 

A Good Woman is ......

A good woman is like a book-entertaining inspiring and instructive; sometimes a bit wordy, but when properly bound, and decorated irresistible I wish I could afford a library.

~ R H Balsari

Don’t Judge Everything ...

Don’t judge everything by appearances - the early bird may simply have been up all the night.

~ General Features Corp.

It is Difficult To...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.

~ Mel Tobias in Taipan, Manila

Words Can Sometimes....

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.

~ Elie Wiesel

Words Can Be Beautiful....

Words can be beautiful.

So can dreams.

So can hopes.

~ F. Clifton White

To Say a Little

To say a little is often to tell more than to say to say a great deal.

~ Thomas Hardly 

Far from the Madding Crowd

Sometimes I just agree....

Sometimes I just agree with people so they can stop talking.

~ Jet Li

Newspaper Should Come With Emotions

If There Was No Poetry

Moment and Memory

It’s so sad....

It’s so sad when the person who gave the best memories, ends up being a memory.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen 

4th February 2020

The Sunrise

One for the Seasaw

This I have never understood:

WE CHOP DOWN trees but chop up wood;

WE DRAW DOWN wrath, we draw up wills,

WE RUN DOWN foes, we run up bills;

WE EAT food up, we down a drink,

WHICH is a little strange, I think.

WE TURN DOWN offers, turn up noses-

Just ONE last thought and then this closes:

WE SHOULD REMEMBER, we poor clowns,

THAT LIFE is full of ups and downs.

~ Richard Armour

The Wall Street Journal

Reader’s Digest October 1994

                     

                      

                      

                     

                      

                    

     

Life- Kiara Weeks

Untie The Ribbons

What a Life

When I laughed,

Sweetly and merrily,

They danced and sang

With me.

When I wept,

None but my shadow,

To share the sorrow 

With me.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen 

7th May 2012

Happiness and Sorrow

Happiness

A visitor from faraway,

Who comes to see me

But once in a great while.

Sorrow,

A close kinsman,

Who is with me

In the morn, noon and night.

~ M Rezvie Omerdeen

7th May 2012

The Lone Gazer

She stands there alone
Her eye on the silent sea
Her face that bears a mystic smile
Knows not what future lies in store
Alone and forsaken there she stands
Her feet lie resting on the golden sands
Perhaps a lover safely sunk
Beneath the waters deep and blue
Her eyes look down in painful smile
Yes! he is there whom they slew
Alone and forsaken as before
She is the - the girl of the golden sand.

A MAHILMALAR

S.S.C.

KOPAY CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, KOPAY.Magazine MARCH 1953

The Game Quite Fair

I regard the game which is quite fair,
I prize the film "Where Eagles Dare".

I admire the beauty of the twilight,
I adore the stars at night.

I relish music of some sort,
I prefer to pen a good quote.

I weep when things go wrong,
I respect the emotion in an old song.

I recite the lyrics I find,
I value an art of some kind.

I gaze at the folks who sing and dance,
I esteem the sentiments of a good romance.

I always cherish a good friend,
I hope to carry on the goodwill till the end.

I pray for my parents for doing whatever they could,
I regret for not achieving what I should.

I honour my teachers for the best guidance in school,
I feel sorry coz I often played the fool.

I wish to forget and forgive,
I salute the saints who taught me how to live.
~ M Rezvie Omerdeen
    Matale
    20th November 2013

I Won’t Let Pain....

The Meaning of Life