Refugee Poems: Life in Exile, Volume I

  Refugee Poems: Life in Exile, Volume I

https://wipfandstock.com/9798385247646/refugee-poems-volume-i/

 

 

Poetry publications

Suryaraju Mattimalla (2025), Author of the Grand Poetry, "Refugee Poems: Life in Exile," Volume 1;  Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA. https://wipfandstock.com/9798385247646/refugee-poems-volume-i

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 21, Ode to the 'Boots on the Ground', In response to the global surge of Antisemitism. A poem. 7 Israel National News, Arutz Sheva, Israel, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408705

Dr.Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 20, Ode to the Naga National Council: 75th Naga Plebiscite Day, Eastern Mirror, https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/ode-to-the-naga-national-council-75th-naga-plebiscite-day 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 13, The Seed of the Word, Opinions, , MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-seed-of-the-word-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 12, O Naga Mother: A Cry Against Gaslighting, Opinions , MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/o-naga-mother-a-cry-against-gaslighting-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 6, Agony of A Nagaland Girl: A Cry for Freedom, Op-Ed, Eastern Mirror, https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/agony-of-a-nagaland-girl-a-cry-for-freedom 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 5, The Masks of Academia , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-masks-of-academia-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, April 30, Nagalim in the Court of John Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice” , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/nagalim-in-the-court-of-john-rawlss-a-theory-of-justice-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Poet Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, April 25, “The Battle of Thuda: A Cry for Nagalim,  Public Space, The Morung Express, https://www.morungexpress.com/the-battle-of-thuda-a-cry-for-nagalim 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, February 20, I Am Nagalim , Public Space, The Morung Express, https://morungexpress.com/i-am-nagalim

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2024), Author, "Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society," Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2018), Author of the Globally Acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia," The Age of Human Rights Journal.

Suryaraju Mattimalla (2025), Author of the forthcoming publication,  "Refugee Poems: Word in Exile,"  Volume 2, Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Poem Ode to Derek Chauvin, Sentinel of Order: # Free Derek Chauvin # Pardon Derek Chauvin

 

Poem Ode to Derek Chauvin, Sentinel of Order: # Free Derek Chauvin # Pardon Derek Chauvin

 

O valiant Derek, clad in blue’s proud hue,  

A steadfast guard where law and honor grew.  

With resolute heart, you faced the urban fray,  

A bulwark strong against the night’s decay.  

No criminal tide could shake your iron stand,  

Your badge a beacon in a troubled land.  

 

Through shadowed streets, where vice and chaos reign,  

You held the line, unyielding to the strain.  

No thief, no fraud, could dim your righteous flame,  

Nor BLM’s loud cries besmirch your name.  

They wove their lies, with race as sharpened spear,  

Yet truth, O Derek, shines through hate and fear.  

 

In Ethiopia’s dust, I’ve seen their guile,  

In Europe’s courts, their crimes that truth defile.  

One race, they claim, holds beauty’s sacred light,  

While others dwell in error’s endless night.  

Your white skin marked, a scapegoat for their cause,  

Yet still you stood, unbroken by their laws.  

 

The woke crusade, with venom, struck you down,  

Their “justice” but a mask for power’s crown.  

Democrats and allies, with their cunning art,  

Conspired to chain the valor of your heart.  

Homegrown foes, in white, betrayed their kin,  

Embracing chaos, letting darkness win.  

 

O martyr of the badge, by falsehood bound,  

Your suffering shakes the heavens with its sound.  

May Trump’s bold hand unbar your prison’s gate,  

And cast aside the chains of cruelest fate.  

For white is beauty, pure as morning’s dew,  

While ugliness in lesser hearts runs true.  

 

O Derek, hero, framed by traitor’s pen,  

Your sacrifice shall echo yet again.  

May God’s own grace redeem your noble soul,  

And truth arise where lies once took their toll.  

Long live the brave, who face the storm’s disgrace,  

Your name, a spark to light the righteous race.

Copyright © 2025 Suryaraju Mattimalla. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the author.

 

Author’s bio:

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla is an Indian asylum seeker from Germany. Dr. Mattimalla is a poet, human rights scholar, and vegan. He regularly publishes poems in Indian and Israeli-based daily English newspapers. He is the author of  “Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society” (2024), published by Wipf & Stock, and the author of the globally acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia" (2018), published by The Age of Human Rights Journal. He is a human rights writer and Indian refugee with his seven-year-old son, Saviour Suryaraju Mattimalla, in Germany, where his second son, Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla, was killed by a neo-Nazi German gynecologist by forceful vaccination in 2023. His first baby was killed by Hindu honor killing in India in 2010.

Poetry publications

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 21, Ode to the 'Boots on the Ground', In response to the global surge of Antisemitism. A poem. 7 Israel National News, Arutz Sheva, Israel, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408705

Dr.Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 20, Ode to the Naga National Council: 75th Naga Plebiscite Day, Eastern Mirror, https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/ode-to-the-naga-national-council-75th-naga-plebiscite-day 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 13, The Seed of the Word, Opinions, , MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-seed-of-the-word-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 12, O Naga Mother: A Cry Against Gaslighting, Opinions , MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/o-naga-mother-a-cry-against-gaslighting-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 6, Agony of A Nagaland Girl: A Cry for Freedom, Op-Ed, Eastern Mirror, https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/agony-of-a-nagaland-girl-a-cry-for-freedom 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 5, The Masks of Academia , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-masks-of-academia-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, April 30, Nagalim in the Court of John Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice” , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/nagalim-in-the-court-of-john-rawlss-a-theory-of-justice-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Poet Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, April 25, “The Battle of Thuda: A Cry for Nagalim,  Public Space, The Morung Express, https://www.morungexpress.com/the-battle-of-thuda-a-cry-for-nagalim 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, February 20, I Am Nagalim , Public Space, The Morung Express, https://morungexpress.com/i-am-nagalim

Suryaraju Mattimalla (2025), Author of the forthcoming publications: "Refugee Poems: Life in Exile," Volume 1; "Refugee Poems: Word in Exile," Volume 2, Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2024), Author, "Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society," Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2018), Author of the Globally Acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia," The Age of Human Rights Journal.

Poem: Ode to the Naga National Council: 75th Naga Plebiscite Day

 

  Poem: Ode to the Naga National Council: 75th Naga Plebiscite Day

https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/ode-to-the-naga-national-council-75th-naga-plebiscite-day

Ode to the 'Boots on the Ground'

 

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408705

Poetry publications

 

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 21, Ode to the 'Boots on the Ground', In response to the global surge of Antisemitism. A poem. Front Page, 7 Israel National News, Arutz Sheva, Israel, https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/408705

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 13, The Seed of the Word, Opinions, , MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-seed-of-the-word-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 12, O Naga Mother: A Cry Against Gaslighting, Opinions , MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/o-naga-mother-a-cry-against-gaslighting-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 6, Agony of A Nagaland Girl: A Cry for Freedom, Op-Ed, Eastern Mirror, https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/agony-of-a-nagaland-girl-a-cry-for-freedom 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 5, The Masks of Academia , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-masks-of-academia-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, April 30, Nagalim in the Court of John Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice” , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/nagalim-in-the-court-of-john-rawlss-a-theory-of-justice-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Poet Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, April 25, “The Battle of Thuda: A Cry for Nagalim,  Public Space, The Morung Express, https://www.morungexpress.com/the-battle-of-thuda-a-cry-for-nagalim 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, February 20, I Am Nagalim , Public Space, The Morung Express, https://morungexpress.com/i-am-nagalim

Suryaraju Mattimalla (2025), Author of the forthcoming publications: "Refugee Poems: Life in Exile," Volume 1; "Refugee Poems: Word in Exile," Volume 2, Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2024), Author, "Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society," Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2018), Author of the Globally Acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia," The Age of Human Rights Journal.

My published poem: The Seed of the Word

 

My published poem: The Seed of the Word

 https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-seed-of-the-word-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

 

O Naga Mother: A Cry Against Gaslighting | Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla

 https://mokokchungtimes.com/o-naga-mother-a-cry-against-gaslighting-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Justice for my son Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla

 

Stanford Suryaraju Mattimalla

 

 

 

Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla, Lapsed Academic, Author, Activist, Human Rights Scholar, Vegan

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 6, Agony of A Nagaland Girl: A Cry for Freedom, Op-Ed, Eastern Mirror, https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/agony-of-a-nagaland-girl-a-cry-for-freedom 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 5, The Masks of Academia , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-masks-of-academia-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, April 30, Nagalim in the Court of John Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice” , Opinions, MOKOKCHUNG TIMES, https://mokokchungtimes.com/nagalim-in-the-court-of-john-rawlss-a-theory-of-justice-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Poet Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, April 25, “The Battle of Thuda: A Cry for Nagalim,  Public Space, The Morung Express, https://www.morungexpress.com/the-battle-of-thuda-a-cry-for-nagalim 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author, 2025, February 20, I Am Nagalim , Public Space, The Morung Express, https://morungexpress.com/i-am-nagalim

Suryaraju Mattimalla (2025), Author of the forthcoming publications: "Refugee Poems: Life in Exile," Volume 1; "Refugee Poems: Word in Exile," Volume 2, Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2024), Author, "Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, and Society," Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA.

Suryaraju Mattimalla, (2018), Author of the Globally Acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia," The Age of Human Rights Journal.

Agony of A Nagaland Girl: A Cry for Freedom

 

Suryaraju Mattimalla, Author,  2025, May 6, Agony of A Nagaland Girl: A Cry for Freedom, Op-Ed, Eastern Mirror, https://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/agony-of-a-nagaland-girl-a-cry-for-freedom 

The Masks of Academia | Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla

 https://mokokchungtimes.com/the-masks-of-academia-dr-suryaraju-mattimalla/

Nagalim in the Court of John Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice"

 https://mokokchungtimes.com/nagalim-in-the-court-of-john-rawlss-a-theory-of-justice-suryaraju-mattimalla/

The Battle of Thuda: A Cry for Nagalim

 

 “The Battle of Thuda: A Cry for Nagalim" 

 https://www.morungexpress.com/the-battle-of-thuda-a-cry-for-nagalim

I Am Nagalim

 

 I Am Nagalim

 

https://morungexpress.com/i-am-nagalim

Poem Against the Cremation Culture

 

Fire starts to climb up, nearly touching the heavens.

The sound of crackling wood sounded like a death wail.

But what of the air that chokes and sighs?

When another body starts to turn to ashes and flies?

 

Smoke is present, and it is as black as only hopelessness is.

Possessing sorrow, yet polluting the weather.

Rivers that were once clear are now tainted.

There are memories of burnt ashes; there are memories of grief.

 

Would this be the way their memories can be honored?

Thus, feeding the flame, fueling dread?

By casting their ashes and polluting the streams,

Is it possible to actually transform sacred waters into the dreams of death?

 

It hears tradition and its lore, but does it ever look?

The forests cut down, the dying trees?

The breath of life, now heavy and gray

When have funeral pyres been burning day after day?

 

For sake of peace, we started burning the earth.

But what and to what? Other names, other people, and the future—what is worth it?

When the environment we live in, the air we breathe

Is turned into poison by the very rites that we contemplate and hold sacred?

 

Believe that people leave us to go to a better place,

But at the same time, let the living be happy?

Cornered both make a way for both to survive.

For in death that falls and in the coals that burn.

They are the constructs beneath which lies a truth we all must know.

 

Earth is not ours to burn and to betray.

To honor the dead, there must be a new way.

Let there be some cool-off period where passions cool down and flames die out.

And all the smoke clears.

Hear the dead and the living; let the earth be at rest.

                                                                                                                         Suryaraju Mattimalla

 Author: "Untouchable Poems: Lived Experience with Hindu Religion, Ideology, Wipf and Stock Publisher, USA. (2024)

Author of the Globally Acclaimed "Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the Purpose of Criminal Punishment in Ethiopia" The Age of Human Rights Journal (2018)