Do you believe
that a poem
has not one meaning
but imports as numerous
as the eyes that experience
its existence
and try to piece together
how it exists in their life?
that the core of a poem
is some internal light
that the poet has basked in
which has manifested itself on the page?
***but that for each of us
who is touched by its presence
it is an aurora borealis
which holds us rooted
panting in excitement
lost in admiration
and appreciating that someone somewhere understands?***
that an encounter with a poem
is like trying to find shapes in the clouds
or constellations in the stars
or meanings in inkblots
that within its randomness
patterns emerge
and each one may discover
exactly what one is looking for
that within this meeting of minds
there is an universal connect
a personality test-
that reveals both
the reader and the poet
so while reading any poem
it may be worthwhile to think
what did I learn about you?
and what did I learn about myself?
-Vijayalakshmi Harish
18.09.2012
Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish
Sep 18, 2012
Sep 18, 2012 at 4:58 AM UTC
Do you believe
that a poem
has not one meaning
but imports as numerous
as the eyes that experience
its existence
and try to piece together
how it exists in their life?
that the core of a poem
is some internal light
that the poet has basked in
which has manifested itself on the page?
***but that for each of us
who is touched by its presence
it is an aurora borealis
which holds us rooted
panting in excitement
lost in admiration
and appreciating that someone somewhere understands?***
that an encounter with a poem
is like trying to find shapes in the clouds
or constellations in the stars
or meanings in inkblots
that within its randomness
patterns emerge
and each one may discover
exactly what one is looking for
that within this meeting of minds
there is an universal connect
a personality test-
that reveals both
the reader and the poet
so while reading any poem
it may be worthwhile to think
what did I learn about you?
and what did I learn about myself?
-Vijayalakshmi Harish
18.09.2012
Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish
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