Regain Your Confidence, Man!
You were a braver he!
You have a brave she;
Stay confidently;
Time will tick smoothly.
Think of your glorious past;
You are your own ship's mast;
God's grace is very vast;
Never look aghast!
Worrying helps not;
Believe not in lot;
You are a special pot,
This world has ever got!
Things will go on well;
Let mind not turn hell;
Ring the prayer bell;
God's miracles tell.
You had come thus far;
You are one sky's star;
None can be your par;
You are what you are!
Be brave again, man!
Make heart, head strong, you can;
Your brother is your fan;
You aren't a fish in the frying pan!
Take heart once again;
God decides both sun and rain;
Take the boon, not bane;
Your health, you will regain!
CUT YOUR WORRYING HABIT;
SCAMPER LIKE A RABBIT;
FEEL ALWAYS MOST FIT;
KEEP FACE AND HEART LIT!
‘Best of luck! Enjoy your foreign trip! 'Dear brother
Er.A.Joebert Selvan M.E. Chennai
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Sonnet: To my Big Brother
You are the best I have, my brother nice!
I know so well you suffer too like me;
Your heart is honest, broadminded, and wise;
I pray God must bless you quite soon surely.
You have a mind well-read, of course and sane;
I know that life has been to you unkind!
You are a boon, the elder son not bane;
Do continue your good work, I remind.
You are the one in whom I can confide;
Ever ready to help others always;
Don’t worry much, be brave; in God abide;
They are so nigh, your lucky, happy days.
So far, you have done well in life, don’t brood;
Be undeterred and never spoil your mood!
3-6-2001by Dr John Celes
dedicated to my most belov’d, elder brother
Er. A. Joebert Selvan B.E., M.E., Chennai, T.N., INDIA
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Sonnet: Praying Helps
I don’t know the cunning ways of the world;
I’ve delved in honesty and labor hard;
I don’t know the winning ways of the bold;
I’ve shelved my sinful ways and turned a bard.
I talk with God so frequently these days;
He knows my heart, its pangs and needs too well!
What can I do? Mystery enshrouds His ways;
He does those things that cannot give me Hell.
I know this world is too much for my head;
But worrying is of no use all the time;
Yet, praying fervently helps me instead;
The grace of God can make one’s life sublime.
My patience gives its verdict every time,
And gives me themes for yet another rhyme.
6-21-2002 by Dr John Celes
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Happy Wedding Anniversary
A special day to think about
The glory of how days had passed;
A special day to rest at last,
The woes and doubts about life past!
A special day to thank the Lord
Jesus, for bestowing blessings;
A special day to give the nod
For grace that prayer in life brings!
A special day to be afree
Of worries that the past had brought;
A special day to be happy
About God’s mercies you had got.
A special day to just rejoice
And stay in cloud nine for some time;
A special day of feats and poise,
And singing some nursery rhymes!
Most special day is ‘Wedding-Day’;
The heart is full of green-memoirs –
When children try to love repay,
Grand-children sing angelic-choirs!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 2-9-2009
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Sonnet: All Men Are Weak
No future correctly, can man predict;
About a few things only, man can teach;
Man’s actions make the world so derelict;
Even the nearest star, man cannot reach!
Mankind has limitations most profound;
Man’s ventures turn out to be quite futile;
Nature’s prowess keeps men almost dumbfound;
Man’s heart is always full of sin and vile!
God punishes him all the more with strife;
Unanswered are his queries in volley;
Dissatisfied remains his earthly life!
Alas! Most men don’t accept their folly!
Man’s faith in God is vanishing so fast;
But thought of hell can turn all men aghast!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 08-08-08
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Happy Birthday
A birthday comes just once a year;
Love the day when you were born!
That day, you feel so very dear:
Love the dawn of this special morn!
May be, you feel a bit older,
But your heart is young as ever;
May be, you turn somewhat bolder;
Your mind feels happy as never!
A birthday makes you grow in age;
It brings for you a great message:
‘Enjoy the life that God gives you;
Forget the past that’s weary too! ’
From this day, you must not ev’r cry;
From this day, to laugh more, you try;
This day, you ought to always smile;
This day brings fond memories awhile!
dear Mrs. Latha Vivek
From, Dean, V.P. AND ALL STAFF, PMC
Copyright by Dr John Celes 19-10-2010
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What’s Luck?
Luck is something that comes, not so often;
Luck is an occurrence in life, quite rare;
Luck’s unpredictable phenomenon;
Luck is a devil that is rarely kind!
Luck’s the last thing one should ev’r depend on;
Luck cannot simply come to all always;
Luck can’t work magic without labor hard;
Luck is futile if basic things aren’t done.
Luck is a make-up that needs a good face;
Luck’s a pretty dame with contours and shape;
Luck is an element of great surprise;
Luck is not the usual way, world goes by!
Luck is the decoration on a cake;
Luck’s a factor that clicks for some at times;
Luck isn’t the first thing, we trust any time;
Perseverance is key to success prime.
Copyright by Dr John Celes 11-23-2009
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About Brother Rabbit.
Brother Rabbit and Brother Terrapin wanted to run round a tree.
They went to Brother Bear and asked him to be the referee.
He said to Brother Terrapin, “You win if you’re the first to take the stone! ”
Brother Rabbit ran and won as Brother Terrapin could only go,
He cried, “Brother Rabbit has run, but has he really won?
Look here, my stone’s on me, so I’m number one! ”
When Brother Fox and Brother Rabbit meet,
Brother Fox always tries to eat
Brother Rabbit who often thinks how
To laugh at Brother Fox. Now
Brother Rabbit said, “Have we met, Brother? Hi! ”
“Oh! I haven’t had lunch”, Brother Fox replied.
“But when we yesterday met,
You also said that.
Poor Brother Fox had no lunch,
Then have for it grass or a branch”.
Brother Rabbit’s taught Brother Wolf a lesson.
He’s done it to amuse his little son.
Now, Brother Wolf’s in a cage.
Nothing he can change.
Yesterday he ate meat in a trap,
And Brother Rabbit didn’t let
Him run out, he locked him then,
He taught him and needn’t teach again.
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Dear Internet Ann!
You are someone very special;
I’m glad you are at least real;
’Tis nice that you aren’t virtual;
You are a blogging, good angel!
I don’t know how you knew of me;
I don’t know how you came so sly;
But I know you are very good;
I hope to see you if I could!
Your reading habit had found me,
Your heart allured by poesy;
You have a unique heart truly,
And candid mind with thoughts, shiny.
I see the love that comes from you;
I see the things you nicely do;
What brings you here, I do not know;
I wish you were some fairy, Oh!
You have a special way with souls;
You have in life some lovely goals;
How nice to see your extra roles!
I love to see your divine doles!
I wish I knew you in person;
But I can’t cite any reason;
This year’s Christmas season is on-
A wintry cold, without much sun.
Help me make world, a better place,
For future of the human race;
I wish to change its sad, mad face,
And help some come out of life’s maze!
A little while ago, we’re born;
And rapidly, we turned adults;
Man’s only planet, we adorn,
Despite our strife, suffering, insults!
I see the world’s in downward trend;
I’m happy having you as friend;
And soon, this world for all must end;
On human strength, we can’t depend.
God made each one of us with love;
He welcomes all to Heav’n above;
He wants each one, his mettle prove;
Before to His abode, we move.
Fondly dedicated to dear Ann, with love
Copyright by Dr John Celes 12-01-2007
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’Tis Time For More Miracles, Yet!
When fervent prayers had been said,
For days and weeks or years, perhaps,
And seasons too had changed for good,
’Tis time for more miracles, yet!
When mind had kept the heart in check,
Inhibiting the members well,
And heeded to the conscience first,
’Tis time for more miracles, yet!
When life was Jesus Christ-centered,
And word of God directed life,
And grace afilled the soul made pure,
’Tis time for more miracles, yet!
When storms in life had come and gone,
And Satan’s methods turned futile,
And war with devils had been won,
’Tis time for more miracles, yet!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 10-19-2009
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God, Give Me …
God, give me …
The chance to make my wife (spouse) happy!
The time and ways in life to express love;
The lucre needed to enjoy in twain;
The environs to make love like in dreams!
God, give me …
The mind to think about her (his) welfare well;
The heart to feel and speak out lovely words;
The healthy body for belabored love;
The grace of soul to encounter your bliss!
God, give me …
The occasions to reconcile with her (him):
The moments to relive the glorious past;
The lanes and roads to walk in Thine presence;
The blessings of Holy Matrimony!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 14-06-12
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What is Lent?
Lent’s a special soul-time, God-lent!
Fervent prayers should rent the air to heaven;
Meant is Lent to mend and make amends in spiritual life;
Repent, empty your sins pent up;
Spent life should make way for an improved one.
Ask God’s forgiveness for all sins to the very last;
Control your mind and body through more fast;
Charity must become your life-ship’s main mast!
Bury the iniquities and life’s short-falls of the past;
Enrich your soul with grace of God vast!
Gain victory in your spiritual war;
Heal the soul’s sinful scar;
Prepare for heaven that’s not afar.
Copyright by Dr John Celes 2-27-2009
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Sonnet: God Will Provide!
Your husband is the nicest man I know;
You are lucky to be his half-better!
He’s stuck to his good principles well; oh!
Never mind if he couldn’t be wealth-getter.
So thank the Lord and praise Heaven for this;
God will provide all things by miracles;
He has in store for you more earthly bliss;
He’ll guide you both through life’s few debacles!
Just pray that God should give you both, good health;
Just thank the Almighty for all He’s done;
Just stay more patient: God will give more wealth;
To live a Christian life is not some fun!
God gives us strife and with it solutions;
He uses us for His revelations.
3-6-2004 copyright by dr john celes
Dedicated to my beloved sister-in-law
Mrs. Josephine Joebert
poem by John Celes
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In Earthly Life…
Just take the good in every man;
Ignore the bad things if you can;
The Lord decides each one’s life-span;
Our good / bad are weighed by His pan!
Each birthday tells we’re much older;
With passing years, some get bolder;
God looks into each one’s folder;
One’s heart should never get colder!
We are what we are by God’s grace;
We must not don a mask for face;
No one escapes Almighty’s gaze;
Our bad records we must efface!
The short-cut route is sometimes fast;
It will not however long last;
The present soon becomes the past;
Man’s misdeeds make him an outcast!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 9-25-2006
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World Today?
The present world in doldrums lies;
Gone haywire are family ties;
Man looks beyond the clouds and skies,
With soul in sin, man stays unwise!
When human babes unborn remain,
And sinfulness seems boon, not bane;
And men are turning akin Cain;
God looks at men with great disdain.
When ‘devilised' are men by far,
And selfishness makes man a star,
Immorality is no bar,
As nations take to futile war!
Man forgets God is holy most;
The undeserving rave and boast;
The ravished man looks like a ghost;
Most men run from pillar to post!
The famous aren't really so;
The oppressed have no other go;
Disgruntled are the rich and poor;
Most things aren't how they should be, Oh!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 19-07-12
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’Tis Valentine’s Day,2008, Once Again!
If I be single, I can say
To my dear sweetheart, ‘I love you! ’
If I be married, I must say,
Dear spouse, ‘You are my Valentine! ’
’Tis Valentine’s Day, once again-
A day of romance and of love;
Let pour forth love from hearts like rain,
Expressing words, endearing now.
If all alone, just call your friend,
And spend the day in cheerful talk;
Write out a verse of love and send;
With him or her, go for a walk!
A lovely day to express love
To anyone, who’s near your heart-
When princes to princesses bow,
And say, ‘I love you! ’ with great art.
A day on earth when love prevails,
No matter what may come against;
A special day, the whole world hails,
And lovers met to love and danced.
Adorned are shops with reddish hearts;
Chocolate pastries afill their shelves;
Exchange of bouquets happen fast,
While Cupid’s arrows fly aghast!
Enjoy this day with wishes, smiles;
Enquire especial loved ones;
Enthrall your friends and well-wishers;
Enthuse the hearts that love you tons.
Oh, fill the world with pleasantness,
And spend the day with pleasantries;
Oh, pass the time in full romance,
And take your spouse/ sweetheart for a dance.
A day of charm, togetherness,
When love wins over emotions;
‘I love you! ’ are the magic words
That fill all hearts with happiness!
’Tis Valentine’s Day, once again;
Let love and romance fill the air;
It is a boon and not a bane;
Let’s show the world, we love and care!
Dedicated fondly to my beloved wife,
Mercy Celestine, Podanur
Copyright by Dr John Celes 1-30-2008
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Sonnet: Our Faith Saves Us
Whenever hope seems lost in earthly life,
Despair begins to seize the human heart,
And joys appear replaced by newer strife,
We want divine intercession to start!
Our faith should all the more be strengthened fast;
Desert all doubts of miracles on earth;
We must take heart from our glorious past;
Increase our pleas to God with prayers’ girth!
Victory cannot elude the brave and bold;
Success will smile our way ultimately;
God opens avenues surprising world;
Our life again is transformed so stately.
Victory comes to those who trust in the Lord;
Nothing surpasses the kindness of God!
Dr John Celes 1-28-2006
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‘Heart of Man’ as per The Bible
The heart within the chest just pumps the blood,
But ‘heart’ stands for mind’s functions entire,
Especially those deep and moral ones!
‘Heart’ stands for mental actions and feelings;
‘Heart’ represents the inner, real man –
His character influenced by divine.
Heart refers to all emotions and will;
And ‘conscience’ telling what is right from wrong;
Man’s duty prime is keep always heart pure.
Both good and bad arise from heart of man;
God sees man’s heart and knows its secrets all;
The heart can err unless properly trained!
The laws of God afill the righteous heart,
that stays afree of every sin and vice;
A foul, a mouth reflects corrupt, a heart!
Love God by heart, forgiving brother’s faults;
God judges man by seeing state of heart;
‘The pure of heart are blessed and shall see God! ’
Copyright by Dr John Celes 5-11-11
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Sonnet: Excessive Love is Futile
To love something too much could turn out bad,
For time decides the loss of many things;
When separations make a person mad,
Both peace of mind and heart can take on wings!
Attachment in excess could boomerang;
A bereft state cannot be lived at all;
Possessiveness could work like poison-fang,
Triggering person's defeat and downfall!
Better not to develop attachment much;
All states of life are not so permanent;
Much closeness can offset the magic touch,
As many things in life can cause a dent!
Don't love a thing in ways it doesn't deserve;
Love God alone with heart and mind and serve!
Copyright by Dr John Celes 25-04-2012
poem by John Celes
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Sonnet: ‘Get well soon! ’ Brother-in-law
You are in bed for heart ailment, right now;
You will be better when the morrow dawns;
God’s blessings are upon you and His love;
You will see many more wonderful morns!
Life-giver God has plans for you unknown;
Life-carer God will heal the body’s wounds;
Life-breather God will not leave you alone;
Life-extender God gives you suns and moons!
You don’t worry then, God’s our Master great;
He will not forsake nor abandon us;
The present strife will have to soon abate;
The pain will vanish followed by more bliss!
‘Get well soon! ’ Brother-in-law, we all pray;
The day of healing is not far away!
Fondly dedicated to my eldest brother-in-law,
Mr. Lourdurajan, Retd Auditor, Chennai
Copyright by Dr John Celes 01-06-2010
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Ground Zero- Twin Towers, USA, Tenth Anniversary 9/11/2011
Like a phoenix from the ash:
Twin towers from rubble
Should rise back to glory,
Despite attacks gory!
The pride of a nation great
Was hurt from depths of heart;
The shock still lingers on
As dear lives had been lost.
Tenth Anniversary
Brings memories of past;
A world united stands
To fight Terrorism.
Yet, hatred isn’t the key
To problems that we see;
Love is the missing link
Forgot by those who ink.
Bury the hurt of heart;
Don’t hurt back on your part;
Rethink on what went wrong;
Despair is in life’s song!
Let nations be alert;
Terror acts don’t seem brave;
Yet, men for love just crave;
Sow seeds of love, don’t hate!
No man is bad by heart;
The world turns some, insane;
Violence is always bane;
Let love of life remain!
Let new Twin Towers rise,
Showing newer resolve!
A sign of love and peace
As wounds of hearts all heal!
‘In memory of all the dear lives lost
And those who lost their own
to save their dear ones’ lives! ’
Copyright by Dr John Celes 9-11-’11
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