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The strains of flute, touched his inner being,
                   lifted him up, held aloft like a feather,
the music in gentle waves,  
                     took him through many lives he lived before
loosing all his mooring on here and now
                    he moved to the pinnacle, an unattached effulgent particle,
a sea of colors that kept changing, took him in,
                    he was liberated, from all bindings.
felt a joy exquisite, on being one with the music of the cosmic waves.
our
language
silently
reflected
                                                      ­                   (without)
                                                       ­                ?answers?
framed
by
shy
eyelashes
                               ­                                                       …asking…
//permission…
to
desire

- Vijayalakshmi Harish
  20.12.2012

Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish
 Dec 2012 Vrinda Vishwanath
Jerry
I am playing this game!
The score, not in my favor!
Time is ticking,
But not fast enough.
 Dec 2012 Vrinda Vishwanath
Jerry
I am playing this game!
The score, not in my favor!
Time is ticking,
But not fast enough.
I am waiting for a nice girl to cheat me,
noble enemy to beat me,
the sharpest spines of the cactus to hurt me,
and a starlit night to gobble  me up perfectly
leaving nothing  of me behind.
my subconscious writes me letters
gentle urgings -
from that deepest space
where dreams go to rest
and fears go to hide
little fragments of inspiration
that dance provocatively
only to vanish
when i rise from my stupor
little ghosts of memories past
present and future
bound up together
as unfailing reminders
that wherever i go
i will always be me

-Vijayalakshmi Harish
30.11.2012

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contemplate
again!
                       nothing
                      accords
                       with
                     cerebral
                 understanding
impressions
survive;
actualities
disappear -
personalities
s   c   a   t   t   e   r
icons


-Vijayalakshmi Harish
11.10.2012

Copyright © Vijayalakshmi Harish
Special thanks to Aditya Bhaskara for introducing me to this form.
A Word Sonnet as I understand is a variation of the traditional sonnet. It is fourteen lines long, but containing only one word in each line. So, it is in essence, a short form like a haiku/tanka, and requires just as much care to write!
On the vine of mortality,
endlessly spreading-
every moment, on the tree of time,
we are blooms,
with eye catching hues,**
gradually wither and fall,
as foot falls of death come near,
in the harsh summer of life.

But there isn't any fear,
divine fragrance of immortality,
in every bloom will remain, for ever,
the wind of cosmic bliss wound gather,
the fragrance of all blooms withered,
and scent the immortality's garden,
where new blooms, once effulgent beings,
now stars of paradise,
beam their golden  light for ever.

They would vie with each other,
to adorn that eternal scent exquisite,
to make it their own, and to be gratified.
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