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    Dark Eyes and Other Poems
    Dark Eyes and Other Poems
    Dark Eyes and Other Poems
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    Dark Eyes and Other Poems

    By R. Udaya Bhanu

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    Dark Eyes and Other Poems is a collection of poems that reflects love, death, hope, patriotism, frustrations and other intricacies of life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing Singapore
    Release dateJan 8, 2014
    ISBN9781482892833
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      Dark Eyes and Other Poems - R. Udaya Bhanu

      The Breeze

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      When the breeze blows

      the curtain sways.

      A lovely apparition

      delights my expectation.

      My vigilance unpaid

      yet I’m duty bound.

      With unceasing hunger

      my soul yearns for her.

      The cool breeze welcomes

      the uninvited rain.

      The window panes protects

      the swaying curtain.

      She stares at me

      with her dark eyes.

      A thousand secrets

      they tend to convey.

      Behold that swelling bosom

      a furnace of melting passion.

      The chalky window panes

      conceal the saucy smiles.

      I sweat:—

      The virgin fades

      with the breeze.

      The rain witnessed!

      The Nuptial Night

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      Tender is the night.

      The ravishing bride

      in gold and crimson

      lies on the taffeta

      laden with Jasmine.

      The full-moon smiles

      at her meekness.

      She trembles at his footsteps.

      The lights fade away

      as the fragrance of the joss-sticks linger.

      She squeals at his grip.

      Her lips are moisturized.

      The nuptial apparel drops.

      The rays falling on her bare

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