Pongal Tamil New Year Greetings
‘Thai Pirandhaal vazhipirakkum’
Vazhi vaghuthaal, valam peralaam
‘Pongalo Pongal’ naadheghum mulanghettum
Indiayargal ulaghenghum santhoshathudan vaazhatum
En iniya
Pongal mattrum
Tamizh Puthaandu Nalvaazhthukkal
Vanakkam
Dr John Celes 14-1-2010
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Festival Thai Pongal
Autumnal equinox is loud
Devas are asleep sound
Wintry inclemency is around
Reaching a solstice high abound
This and that sometimes and sometimes
Hide and seek of sun's gimmicks
A phase of rain and cold in sweeps
To sow and reap rice gold in heaps
Holy Margazhi awakes
In black and grey nips bathes
Sanguine blot in rising mirth
On the forehead of mother earth
Margazhi sings her morning melody
Thereon stringing in harmony
Thiruppavai Thiruvempavai and Bhajans
Holy Margazhi auspicious, matins propitious
Margazhi grown pregnant
Thai born resplendant
From their sleep Devas are out
Festive exultation bursts out
'Pongalo Pongal' for three days
Thanking for the rains and crops
In hands with flora and fauna lots
Indra, Varuna, Surya and else gods
' Bhogi kottu' is to ring out
'Pongal pandikai' is to anew set out
Kaanum Pongal, is ''Jalli Kattu'
Sharpened horns coining bulls are out
Bunchy turmeric, ginger, sugar cane satiable
Decoratively around the pot of Pongal
Cuisine of rice and jaggery glossy winkle
With ghee, cardamom and nuts- sprinkle
Vernal equinox is favourable
Sun is offered the Thai Pongal
A new year greately grateful
Upheld is festivel of Thai Pongal
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Happy Pongal,2012 (in poem)
May harvest crops of rice and sugar-cane,
Raised up by human toil and sun and rain,
In cooking-pot well blend with milk, honey,
To boil over bringing joy, health, money!
May Pongal kolams show this in great hue;
May clothes anew and festivities too;
May Maker bless humanity full view;
May Pongal show our faith in God that’s due!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 15-01-2012
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Happy Pongal and Tamil New Year,2010
To staff, CRRIs and students
May festival of harvest bring
Wealth, prosperity as we sing,
And cleanliness of surroundings,
For Indians and other earthlings!
May festival of harvest bring
More piety, less worldliness,
Regard for animals in farm,
And all who give us happiness.
May festival of harvest bring
More joy to homes, our kith and kin,
As colorful ‘kolams’ adorn
The houses, showing Indianness!
May festival of harvest ring
The bells of labor and of toil,
As sweetened rice begins to boil,
O’erflowing in clay-pots to soil!
Wishing all Indians globally
‘A Happy Pongal,2010! ’
And Tamilians globally,
‘A Happy Tamil New Year,2010! ’
Copyright by Dr John Celes 14-1-2010
From, Dean, IRT PMC, Perundurai
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The Breakfast
Look, the golden plate is ready set
On the round table for breakfast.
Glitters reflecting tinges of my blood
In tune with the table of mud
With the green medow streaking to fret.
Listen, worshiping Aurora at dawwn daily
Comes to me that golden plate by priority.
The green paddy rooted in deep water
Fans soothingly with its ricy flavour.
Feel, it makes golden plate more catchy.
I cook the rice to petalsoft
Adding ghee and jaggery enough to taste.
I resolve with my prayers in bundle
To offer the made rice i.e 'pongal'
To the above deity of splendid light.
On the muddy table, over the glisten
Placed a plantain leaf, served on
The pongal.I then whisper'my sun,
Enlightened by the plate of your glisten'!
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A Music Concert at the Suruli Hills!
‘ p..e..n..n..y..c..u..i..c..k',
sing the cuckoos from the trees
and the mellow music swells,
the Suruli dell and paddy fields.
The falls from the nearby knolls
chimes: 'p..e..n..n..y..c..u..i..c..k',
and dribbles over the breeze to cool
and makes it whistles the tune of
‘p..e..n..n..y..c..u..i..c..k'.
The rills through which water flows
down the hills from the Dam,
fills the dales with red soil
and tells the Tamils who till the lands
to recall their Lord Col. Pennycuick
who sold his own estates in Eng-lish land
and buil tthe strong Mullai Periyar Dam
across the western ghats
to slake the thirst of the Tamils
and their land where the minstrels are born.
The thankful ancient race
collect around the statue of their Lord,
cook sweet rice, ring out a peal of bells
and yell out, 'Pongalo Pongal'
and the name of Pennycuick.
on this day, his birth day
and their New Year Day,
the fifteenth January
and feed all with rice and sugarcane
and their bulls too which jingle
the chain of bells tied around their necks.
- 15.01.2012.
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Beware of Global Warming!
‘The earth is warming faster every day;
Green-house gases allow excess sun’s ray;
Man’s actions melt the glaciers fast;
Endangered lives may not long last! ’
Copyright by Dr John Celes 2-19-2010
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Styles Of Beggary-4
Regular absentees festively so present
Deepavali and Pongal scavenge to harvest
'Not paid, not supported sufficient'
Grinning memo haunts the government
Tipped grin salutes bright
And
Road doesn't remember the sweeping faces
Year throughout as mostly their labourless absence
And the unending hands of cadgers..
Festivels are beggary-days
For divine boons
True but untrue
As 'inam' is angry beneficence
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Warning of Global Warming!
A Polar Bear Pleads:
‘The icy-ground of polar caps
Is melting in a rapid way;
I’m perched atop an ice-berg tip;
I may not be alive next day! ’
“Our existence is endangered;
Stop warming up of earth, Mankind! ”
Copyright by Dr John Celes 2-20-2010
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Mai Thai Girl
Written by Wilfred Mellers, Saturday, July 31,2010 @ 1: 40 AM
I just want you to know
Every day for you my love will grow
You are the only one for me
For in your loving arms I always want to be
From the first time I met you I cannot for get you
And each and every little thing that you do
You are the light of my existence
In my life you’ve brought back substance
Mai Thai girl
With others I wont bother for I can love no other
Mai Thai girl
You are my sweet lady and your having my baby
Mai Thai girl
I need you like sunshine please you will be mine
Mai Thai girl
You made me complete and I love you my sweet
You are the sunshine and the rain
From your love I can’t refrain
I can never tell you lie’s
For god I see in your eyes
You’ve got my total attention
And all the things I dear not mention
You bring the joy into my world
I thank god that you are my girl
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Give God the First Place…
Place God before all things in life;
Love God because He loves you more;
Ask God and walk on Heaven’s road;
Please God by keeping His commands.
Pray God to show the way on earth;
Plead God to be your guiding Light;
Prove God your love is from your heart;
Tell God to keep your soul sin-free!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 3-7-2010
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Dear God…
You are the Potter!
We are the clay;
You made us better,
Than what we say.
You gave us good shape,
And soul inlay;
We behave like ape
Often, some day!
If we had cracks,
That came some way,
Do plug all the leaks,
God, we all pray!
Let’s hold the water,
You pour in us;
What’s the matter?
What’s the fuss?
You know us too well;
You know our hearts;
You know where we fell;
You know our parts.
Help us to do well,
What You approve;
And let the world tell,
Greatest is God’s love!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 7-9-2010
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Doctor’s Day,2010
Doctor, doctor, carer of sick!
Doctor, doctor, healer on earth;
Doctor, doctor, noble is thine field;
Doctor, doctor, serve thine brethren well!
Doctor, labor all the more;
Clean and dress the chronic sore;
Let no person taint thine name;
Never forget thine great aim.
Doctor, let not wealth allure;
Doctor, lead a life all pure;
Doctor, try to always cure;
God will bless thee on earth, sure.
Dear Dr.B, K, Padmavathi M.D.,
‘Happy Doctor’s Day,2010! ’
From the Dean and staff of IRT, PMC
Copyright by Dr John Celes 7-1-2010
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Happy New Year,2010 (in acrostic)
May the New Year,2010 bring about
Happiness in homes
Amity of nations
Prosperity of peoples
Peace around the globe
Yearning for wisdom
Nobility of professions
Emergence of godliness
Well-being of souls
Yielding to humaneness
Egress of hatred
Abatement of inequality
Reunification of belligerent states
Copyright by Dr John Celes 12-31-2009
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PONGAL ‘O’ PONGAL (in acrostic)
Prosperity
Obeisance to God
New avenues in life
Gratitude to God
Advent of harvest
Love for God
Overall cleanliness
Peace
Opulence
Newly dressed
Gratitude to farm animals
Aeolian chant of celebration by global Indians
Love for man
Copyright by Dr John Celes 13-01-2010
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On ASH WEDNESDAY
Ash your body;
Wear sack-cloth;
Fast and abstain;
Reconcile with God.
Ask forgiveness
For sins past;
Pray fervently
For soul’s grace.
Meditate well;
Open your heart;
Offer your life
To Jesus Christ.
Humble yourself;
Ask God’s help
To lead a life pure
Obeying His code.
Copyright by Dr John Celes 2-16-2010
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Birthday Greetings
‘Happy Birthday’, Cathy!
May you be much happy;
May your future be bright;
May you live in the Light!
May Lord Jesus keep you;
May God always guide you;
May your aims, dreams come true;
May Almighty bless you!
Fondly dedicated by daddy,
To his loving daughter,
Catherine Mary Einsteina,
On the occasion of her birthday.
Copyright by Dr John Celes 29-08-2010
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Doctor’s Day,2010(acrostic)
Doctors are a noble lot
Often misunderstood, a slot
Caring for the sick and dying
They comfort the anguished and crying
One true noble profession, world envies
Really doing yeoman service
Sacrificing precious time for patients’ sake
Demanding not much in return
Always ready to save lives
Yet, the world seems dissatisfied!
‘Happy Doctor’s Day! ’
Copyright by Dr John Celes 7-1-2010
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What’s Holy Matrimony (Marriage) ?
A carriage divine,
With earthly wheels unequal,
Plying on mundane terrain of all kinds,
With varying speeds,
Pulled by horses of virtues,
Driven by mutual love, will-power and forgiveness.
It holds just spouses two,
Of opposite sex,
To start with;
And children join with time,
Adding more joy and woes,
With wavering harmony,
Set to go towards heaven,
But if callous,
Could turn hell-bound!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 1-31-2010
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Happy Birthday Song
You are my love;
You are my life;
You’re all things to me,
Oh my dear wife!
My dear sweetheart,
If not for you,
Life would be empty,
What would I do?
My love for you,
No words can tell;
But it is so true;
May you live well!
My angel on earth,
Born for me, it seems;
You are my mirth,
My hopes and dreams.
Fondly dedicated to my beloved
Wife, Mercy, on her birthday
Copyright by Dr John Celes 1-6-2010
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Sonnet: On Obedience
If you had been so good that you
Obeyed your parent’s wishes, then,
Be glad you did as Christ did do,
And walked upon road to heaven.
If you had prayed to God from heart,
And did your duty as Christ did,
Don’t you worry when you depart,
For you had done just what God bid.
If you had tried avoiding sin,
But fell victim to tempter’s calls,
God will help you finally win,
As Christ raises you from your falls.
Obey the codes that God had set;
Eternity is what you get!
Fondly dedicated to my niece,
Mrs. Jubilla Richard, on her birthday
Copyright by Dr John Celes 2-8-2010
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