Tiger, Tiger! poem by Prof. Ashok Tiwari
June 14th, 2010 at 23:51Tiger, Tiger!
By Prof. Ashok Tiwari
Tiger, tiger, burning bright!
Dreadful is your present plight!
God’s mighty act of your creation
Filled Blake’s mind with fascination!
You are our national animal,
No other creature is you equal.
In deep forests you’re no longer found.
Your roars there no longer resound.
You are Goddess Durga’s mount,
All this does no longer count.
Tiger, tiger, burning bright!
Dreadful is your present plight!
Now your body is your enemy!
It is seen in terms of money.
Alive, some admirers you may please,
Dead, you’re worth lakhs of rupees!
The money is such a temptation,
In hunting you where’s hesitation?
Hunting you is no great art,
A steel trap, a bullet through the heart!
Your skin ladies wear for vanity—
An act devoid of all sanity!
It adorns a tycoon’s drawing room wall
Or the floor of some palace hall.
In China your genitals, ground to powder,
Restore old men’s sexual drive and power.
Your bones are used in medicines.
Your flesh and fat cure rheumatism.
Your skull is transformed into a trophy,
Your teeth hang in charms and jewellery.
Tiger, tiger, bright as flame!
Your extinction would be our shame!
In jungles may you thrive again!
May this wish not be in vain!
Lord of beasts, long be your reign.
Your blood jungle trails never stain.
May greedy plans of poachers fail.
May they spend their lives in jail.
May posterity still get to see
Your beauty, power and majesty.
Tiger, tiger, bright as flame!
Your extinction would be our shame!
Tags: poem, prof. ashok tiwari, save tigers
June 15th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
A nice artistic way of explaining the present scenario ………. hope the Tiger and its importance is understood better .
August 22nd, 2010 at 7:58 am
Poem: Tiger By Bhavyata Kush
tiger-tiger,tell me the truth,
you are so beautiful,
but not so cool.
nature has made
you like that,
and you belong
to the family of cat.
you shine in the sun,
and look very fabulous.
we are stunned when you run,
with speed which is quite done.
you hunt with a stunt,
hide in the bushes,
and capture the hunt.
but some have captured your skill,
they make you pet and lesser kill.
then also you show your skill,
some are kept in a circle,
and some show circus tricks.
but as you have started to
disappear,
the question is there why to kill.
tiger-tiger don’t feel afraid,
we will keep you safe,
and not become extinct.
September 14th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
a heart touching and lovely poem…..
February 24th, 2011 at 4:32 pm
TOO GOOD,LOVELY,EMOTIONAL AND GIVES US AWRITE MESSAGE TO THE WHOLE WORLD———–NANCY
May 12th, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Teri bhain di,mere saleya koi chaj di cheez likh lai
October 30th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
a very good poem i think every body who reads this poem will like it
January 4th, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Mr.Bhavyata Kush I Liked You’r Poem !!!