घडेरीले उत्पादनमा, ल्यायो खडेरी
धानका बाला झुल्ने ,खेत भए मझेरी
हिजो सम्म धान फल्ने, खेतमा गिटीबालुवा
थुपारेर खाना पछी, पुग्ला कसरी
खेति योग्य जमिनलाई, टुक्राटुक्रा पार्दा
भोकमरीले गर्दा रुनु ,पर्ला धरधरी
खाद्यान्नको निम्ति भुमि, उपयोग नहुदा
अनिकालले संकटकाल, ल्याउला बेसरी
दलालीको मुखमा मूल्य, मनपरी बढाउने
चाडै रोकोस यो सरकारले, यस्तो मनपरी
बिदुर अधिकारी
रामपुर,चितवन

Late at night I stay awake
wondering how you are
i wish i could be closer
than having to be so far
our love was true, you said yourself
now all i have are memories on the shelf
all this time and you throw it away
just so you can have someone new
to break their heart with which you play
i love you still ,and you love me too
but dreaming is all that there’s left to do
so don’t be scared to dream of me
cause in your dreams that’s where i’ll be
watching you watching me
close your eyes now
dream of …

Think the world a common home, enemies there’ll be none
Forget all malicious thoughts and strangers there’ll be none
What have all the dead taken ? They’ve empty handed gone
Those who shared love on earth have been blessed with love
Leave the portals of your heart ajar in brightness it will smile
Sow the seeds of love and life will sprout throughout the clime
Cleanse the heart ot all that’s ill and violence will escape
Who would be an outsider if the world as yours you take ?
We’ve wasted enough blood but now, this must never …

There is a cold wave and people die,
There is a heat wave and people die;
Occurs an earthquake and people die,
All rivers in spate and people die.
Then the dirty water and people die,
And the air pollution and people die;
Comes the food poison and people die,
And the empty stomachs and people die.
Quack doctors and fake prescriptions,
Wrong medication and the people die;
Use faulty mix and the wrong designs,
The crash of building and people die.
Death is destined,people don’t deny,
Death is certain, people are not shy;
Why by these that the people die?
How long like this …

LIFE
Clean springs
Rushing rivers
Calm and peaceful pond
Aggressive flood
Powdery white snow
Rock-hard ice
Warm dropping rain
Impatient waves
Evaporating steam
Polymorphic “Life”
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NEW NUKE-POWERS
Languid griffins gathered
on the field again
wearing human pelt
in the name of meliorism
ready for another battle
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ELECTION
Slogans were chanted
Huge mass gatherings were called
Phamplets were posted on the walls
Door-to-door visits were made
Bulky manifesto were written
People again seemed to be optimistic about
another “Mid-term”
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LOVE
Deconstructed heart is
hanging on a silk thread
trying to match the beatings
with yours

Sunil Khanal
Bellevue, NE, USA
July 2002