Harinder Cheema Poetry

 Brief bio 

Harinder Cheema is an internationally renowned , award-winning poet, novelist, author, editor, anchor, and a motivational speaker. A Naji Naaman Laureate, she stands among distinguished global literary voices and has been featured in 50 Memorable Women, Asia by the Stockholm Project. Her work has also been featured in the prestigious Farsala Academy, Greece, and Café Philo, New Delhi. Her poems have been translated into many national and international languages. She is a motivational speaker and has been invited by many colleges and Universities of India as a guest speaker. She has also graced various national and international literature festivals and events as a distinguished guest.

Poems

1. God and Me

Make me like the river oh Lord!

That quenches the thirst of those in need

That gives its water to all,  without the bias of caste and creed

A symbol of abundance flowing even through the weeds

Make me  like the Tree oh Lord!

That does not eat its own fruit

But satisfies the hunger of a passerby 

Walking on that route 

Make me like the Sun oh Lord!

That shines on one and all

That brightens the whole Universe 

And provides warmth to short and tall

Make me like yourself oh  Lord!

So that I become forgiving and fearless

And escape the clutches of the  "Maya "

Please free me from the circle of birth and death.

Brief bio 

Harinder Cheema is an internationally renowned , award-winning poet, novelist, author, editor, anchor, and a motivational speaker. A Naji Naaman Laureate, she stands among distinguished global literary voices and has been featured in 50 Memorable Women, Asia by the Stockholm Project. Her work has also been featured in the prestigious Farsala Academy, Greece, and Café Philo, New Delhi. Her poems have been translated into many national and international languages. She is a motivational speaker and has been invited by many colleges and Universities of India as a guest speaker. She has also graced various national and international literature festivals and events as a distinguished guest.

Poems

 God and Me

Make me like the river oh Lord!

That quenches the thirst of those in need

That gives its water to all,  without the bias of caste and creed

A symbol of abundance flowing even through the weeds

Make me  like the Tree oh Lord!

That does not eat its own fruit

But satisfies the hunger of a passerby 

Walking on that route 

Make me like the Sun oh Lord!

That shines on one and all

That brightens the whole Universe 

And provides warmth to short and tall

Make me like yourself oh  Lord!

So that I become forgiving and fearless

And escape the clutches of the  "Maya "

Please free me from the circle of birth and death.

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The Satan Walks in Spotless White

I hear  hollow vessels making noise

I see fake  people faking poise

The knowledge exhibition is

 full on

when Wisdom walks all alone

 People are happy to see others sad

I  witness a circus of "Good pretence " with "Intentions bad"

There are performances to get the best actor award

Which baffles this innocent bard

The snake sheds  some thousand skins

And still emerges as a snake from within 

The fangs  intact  for a deadly strike 

Injecting venom with every fatal bite

Beware people! the "Times" are not right

As the Satan walks in spotless white.

Harinder Cheema.

India