Inspiring Poem Quotes

“Ripped Jeans & Twenty Dollar Shirt (The Sonnet)

Ripped jeans and twenty dollar shirt,
That's how we'll change the world.
It is okay if your outside is dirty,
Make sure your heart is without dirt.
Too many people wear suits and boots,
In order to cover up the filth within.
Those who have their character intact,
Care not whether their clothes are shinin'.
The world needs purpose, integrity, honor,
None of which is predicated on clothes.
Those who think clothes make the person,
Will never discover any of the civilized roads.
Heart makes the person, heart makes the world.
A world without dirt comes from a heart without dirt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Making Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race

“No Love Without Tears (The Sonnet)

There is no love without tears.
There is no diversity without difference.
There is no revolution without smears.
There's no justice without inconvenience.
There is no development without flaws.
There is no dignity without disrespect.
There is no learning without falling.
There is no heart without heartbreak.
There is no path without the thorns.
There is no pedestrian without weariness.
There is no dream without the hardship.
There's no determination without doubtfulness.
Only those who have felt excruciating pain,
Can help others without expecting any gain.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“Do something so radical


Do something so radical that the laws of nature are shaken,
Do something so radical that your very existence becomes someone's dream,
Do something so radical that it appears impossible to your brethren,
Do something so radical that others either hate you or worship you to the extreme,
Do something so radical that your breath becomes someone's mental essence,
Do something so radical that the intellectuals keep silent in front of you,
Do something so radical that the weak regains strength by your presence,
Do something so radical that no one can ever repay with all the I O U,
Do something so radical that no death can ever make you perish,
Do something so radical that all the sons and prophets pay you heed,
Do something so radical that your immortality makes history cherish,
Do something so radical that the meekest of slaves starts to lead,
Do something my friend that matters to humanity beyond the society's wildest imagination,
Thus you get to be the solution and not the problem like the rest of the population.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana

“Honor He Wrote (The Sonnet)

I am not a writer, writers have limits,
I have none, I only have responsibility,
The responsibility to unite the world,
The responsibility to humanize humanity.
We are setting out on this journey,
With the awareness of being responsible,
For responsibility makes one honorable,
Honor makes one responsible.
Fervor of honor is beginning to fade,
From the fabric of society and self.
It is definitely no sign of progress,
In fact it is a sign of utter decadence.
Honor is, in truth, another name for character.
With the demise of honor all good will disappear.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Character No Commodity (The Sonnet)

Character, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for luxury.
Integrity, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for security,
Virtues, I say, are no commodity,
To be traded in for applause.
Values, I say, are no commodity,
To be traded in for comfort.
Warmth, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for image.
Humility, I say, is no commodity,
To be traded in for respect.
A life without honor, I say,
Is a life totally gone astray.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“The Motto Sonnet

Hard as steel and soft as flower,
That's the motto for a civilized human.
Tough as thunder, sweet as honey,
That's the motto for a braveheart human.
Not too much unguided sentiments,
Not too much intellectual coldness,
To give either of them total slack,
Is to bring destruction and lifelessness.
Corazón primero, después dinero,*
Thus speaks the human of revolution.
Humanidad primero, después verdad,**
That's the motto for the being of evolution.
Strength, warmth ‘n reason, all are needed.
And all are to be guided by oneness uncorrupted.


(*Heart first, money later. **Humanity first, truth later.)”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers

“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 11

You wanna get laid?
Get laid, but with consent.
You wanna jump off a cliff?
Just jump, with an active brain.
You wanna try booze?
Try it, but with moderation.
You wanna smoke weed?
Do it, but with self-regulation.
Try out everything you wanna try,
Figure out right 'n wrong for yourself.
It is your life, test it to its limits, but,
Be sure not to harm others in the process.
Get it all over with, for plenty work remains.
Live to build a world, not to pamper shallow tenets.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Honor He Wrote Sonnet 73

Better a lion in sheep's skin,
Than a sheep in lion's skin.
Better a giant in a gentle vessel,
Than germs in a fancy canteen.
When not needed act mostly a sheep,
But occasionally you gotta let the lion out.
Be a disinfectant and sanitize the world,
Not germs that make disease break out.
All social sickness is caused by selfishness,
And hypocrisy is what makes things worse.
Wipe out all hypocrisy from your being's core,
The world is a reflection of what's in our heart.
I say again, lion on the inside, sheep on the out.
When chihuahuas wreak havoc, let the dinosaur out.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Ain’t No Sinner (The Sonnet)

When we think ourselves weak,
We become weak.
When we think ourselves sinner,
We become sinner most meek.
Yes we are fundamentally cruel and divisionistic,
Yes the evil in us is stronger than our good.
That's because our ancestors survived through cruelty,
They didn't have much scope to practice their good.
But we ain’t our ancestors in our way of life,
We don’t have to watch out for predators in every bush.
Then why do we still behave like predators ourselves,
Why don’t we break this tribalistic tradition of ambush!
No more cruelty either on ourselves or on those around!
Embolden your backbone into a fountain of kinship unbound.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work

“Darkness makes me alive,
Darkness gives me flight.
Darkness makes me aware,
Of the tiniest glint of light.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Divane Dynamite: Only truth in the cosmos is love

“Does the winner take it all?


They say, in the end winner takes it all,
The loser has to bear the despair and fall,
The winner is there standing tall,
And the loser is moving like shadow on the wall,

While the winner is welcomed by the loud applause,
The loser is still contemplating failure and its emotional clause,
Where he feels time and life, in a state of pause,
And is awakened by this thunderous applause,

Not for him, today, not for him,
And a feeling sad takes over him and he feels grim,
The lights in the playground of life turn dim,
And now nobody, just these faint lights and distant stars look at 
him,

He stares back at them in the darkness,
With a sense of isolation a feeling of aloofness,
And then a feeling a freshness and a look of brightness,
Descends upon him amidst these moments of darkness,

And he believes again, he hopes again, and he stands again,
With the will not to surrender, and rise and gain,
No matter how much the pain,
His moment of applause, his winning moment, his new reign,

Of triumph and endless glory,
Where he will be the author of his success story,
And he competes again, this time to win without seeking glory,
Because there is always glory in the winner’s story,

So, he runs and he runs, and reaches the finish line,
He looks behind and claims, “today victory is mine!”
For every failure something is always waiting, always there, the
finish line,
Only if you are willing to run again, compete again, and not let one 
failure define,

You, your life or your will to win,
For winner may take it all, but he/she can never take your will to 
win,
The fish will swim, the fish will be happy as long as it manages to 
flap its fin,
So today let the winner take it all, but tomorrow if you have the will
to win, you will win,

Let them sing, “the winner takes it all, 
The loser is bound to fall,”
But the loser will rise again and stand tall,
That is when everything else, except him shall lose and fall!”
― Javid Ahmad Tak, They Loved in 2075!