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"immemorial" poems
One in the know drops a line, there was no A B C to spell, yet it keeps spreading. An animated lingua wraps round the eyeline. All those that get wind of it arise and keep counting. Without a beginning or an end, For it has no 1 or 9, not a mark nor a sign. Speechless, breathless me, turn to mine, the one, superior turned-on mind. And it appeared true, true to that credible nature that identifies indeed the 'name' of the composer! Meanwhile, a bird of time. A giant spell takes no time, eases off in a blink of eye. I start to breathe, begin to revive, again in my native countryside:   some clay-bumps on the river. I can cry, smile, now I can shed tears. Rhyme on the river. What's in a river? 'Lores of time immemorial, an open heart on the move!' Is there anyone out there 'tapped into the running cycle of water, following the rhyme on the river'? One in the know drops a line, there was no A B C to spell, yet it keeps spreading. An animated lingua wraps round the eyeline. All those that get wind of it arise and keep counting. Without a beginning or an end, For it has no 1 or 9, not a mark nor a sign. Speechless, breathless me, turn to mine, the one, superior turned-on mind. And it appeared true, true to that credible nature that identifies indeed the 'name' of the composer! Meanwhile, a bird of time. A giant spell takes no time, eases off in a blink of eye. I start to breathe, begin to revive, again in my native countryside:   some clay-bumps on the river. I can cry, smile, now I can shed tears. Rhyme on the river. What's in a river? 'Lores of time immemorial, an open heart on the move!' Is there anyone out there 'tapped into the running cycle of water, following the rhyme on the river'? One in the know drops a line, there was no A B C to spell, yet it keeps spreading. An animated lingua wraps round the eyeline. All those that get wind of it arise and keep counting. Without a beginning or an end, For it has no 1 or 9, not a mark nor a sign. Speechless, breathless me, turn to mine, the one, superior turned-on mind. And it appeared true, true to that credible nature that identifies indeed the 'name' of the composer! Meanwhile, a bird of time. A giant spell takes no time, eases off in a blink of eye. I start to breathe, begin to revive, again in my native countryside:   some clay-bumps on the river. I can cry, smile, now I can shed tears. Rhyme on the river. What's in a river? 'Lores of time immemorial, an open heart on the move!' Is there anyone out there 'tapped into the running cycle of water, following the rhyme on the river'?
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Apr 6, 2017
Apr 6, 2017 at 9:40 PM UTC
Rhyme on the River
One in the know drops a line, there was no A B C to spell, yet it keeps spreading. An animated lingua wraps round the eyeline. All those that get wind of it arise and keep counting. Without a beginning or an end, For it has no 1 or 9, not a mark nor a sign. Speechless, breathless me, turn to mine, the one, superior turned-on mind. And it appeared true, true to that credible nature that identifies indeed the 'name' of the composer! Meanwhile, a bird of time. A giant spell takes no time, eases off in a blink of eye. I start to breathe, begin to revive, again in my native countryside:   some clay-bumps on the river. I can cry, smile, now I can shed tears. Rhyme on the river. What's in a river? 'Lores of time immemorial, an open heart on the move!' Is there anyone out there 'tapped into the running cycle of water, following the rhyme on the river'? One in the know drops a line, there was no A B C to spell, yet it keeps spreading. An animated lingua wraps round the eyeline. All those that get wind of it arise and keep counting. Without a beginning or an end, For it has no 1 or 9, not a mark nor a sign. Speechless, breathless me, turn to mine, the one, superior turned-on mind. And it appeared true, true to that credible nature that identifies indeed the 'name' of the composer! Meanwhile, a bird of time. A giant spell takes no time, eases off in a blink of eye. I start to breathe, begin to revive, again in my native countryside:   some clay-bumps on the river. I can cry, smile, now I can shed tears. Rhyme on the river. What's in a river? 'Lores of time immemorial, an open heart on the move!' Is there anyone out there 'tapped into the running cycle of water, following the rhyme on the river'? One in the know drops a line, there was no A B C to spell, yet it keeps spreading. An animated lingua wraps round the eyeline. All those that get wind of it arise and keep counting. Without a beginning or an end, For it has no 1 or 9, not a mark nor a sign. Speechless, breathless me, turn to mine, the one, superior turned-on mind. And it appeared true, true to that credible nature that identifies indeed the 'name' of the composer! Meanwhile, a bird of time. A giant spell takes no time, eases off in a blink of eye. I start to breathe, begin to revive, again in my native countryside:   some clay-bumps on the river. I can cry, smile, now I can shed tears. Rhyme on the river. What's in a river? 'Lores of time immemorial, an open heart on the move!' Is there anyone out there 'tapped into the running cycle of water, following the rhyme on the river'?
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Your hair was full of roses in the dewfall as we danced, The sorceress enchanting and the paladin entranced, In the starlight as we wove us in a web of silk and steel Immemorial as the marble in the halls of Boabdil, In the pleasuance of the roses with the fountains and the yews Where the snowy Sierra soothed us with the breezes and the dews! In the starlight as we trembled from a laugh to a caress, And the God came warm upon us in our pagan allegresse. Was the Baile de la Bona too seductive? Did you feel Through the silence and the softness all the tension of the steel? For your hair was full of roses, and my flesh was full of thorns, And the midnight came upon us worth a million crazy morns. Ah! my Gipsy, my Gitana, my Saliya! were you fain For the dance to turn to earnest? - O the sunny land of Spain! My Gitana, my Saliya! more delicious than a dove! With your hair aflame with roses and your lips alight with love! Shall I see you, shall I kiss you once again? I wander far From the sunny land of summer to the icy Polar Star. I shall find you, I shall have you! I am coming back again From the filth and fog to seek you in the sunny land of Spain. I shall find you, my Gitana, my Saliya! as of old With your hair aflame with roses and your body gay with gold. I shall find you, I shall have you, in the summer and the south With our passion in your body and our love upon your mouth - With our wonder and our worship be the world aflame anew! My Gitana, my Saliya! I am coming back to you!
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La Gitana
Your hair was full of roses in the dewfall as we danced, The sorceress enchanting and the paladin entranced, In the starlight as we wove us in a web of silk and steel Immemorial as the marble in the halls of Boabdil, In the pleasuance of the roses with the fountains and the yews Where the snowy Sierra soothed us with the breezes and the dews! In the starlight as we trembled from a laugh to a caress, And the God came warm upon us in our pagan allegresse. Was the Baile de la Bona too seductive? Did you feel Through the silence and the softness all the tension of the steel? For your hair was full of roses, and my flesh was full of thorns, And the midnight came upon us worth a million crazy morns. Ah! my Gipsy, my Gitana, my Saliya! were you fain For the dance to turn to earnest? - O the sunny land of Spain! My Gitana, my Saliya! more delicious than a dove! With your hair aflame with roses and your lips alight with love! Shall I see you, shall I kiss you once again? I wander far From the sunny land of summer to the icy Polar Star. I shall find you, I shall have you! I am coming back again From the filth and fog to seek you in the sunny land of Spain. I shall find you, my Gitana, my Saliya! as of old With your hair aflame with roses and your body gay with gold. I shall find you, I shall have you, in the summer and the south With our passion in your body and our love upon your mouth - With our wonder and our worship be the world aflame anew! My Gitana, my Saliya! I am coming back to you!
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The river forks at big stone eddy rending currents meandering course,   its silence speaks not with forked tongue as kismet's swirling eddies abide      as if time immemorial;      a river naturally cleaved in two separate distinct directions befallen destiny without a choice Spinning round and round in big stone eddy, time just drifting by in the throes of doubt — high water rising beyond the bounds of earth taking drowning souls up to the sky Choking on a mouthful of unanswered questions, suffocating on the parting words left unsaid; distilling life into poetry hew from being — trickling out like the spilled out sky — taken down to the empty riverbed leave lay' til it's all washed away, in the music of the pourin' down rain Freedom embodies metaphysical incarnations riding the prevailing currents it can't control Gravity-gathered  down to the shoreline, manifest reclamation after the deluge, from somewhere far above the high-water mark Swallowed by all the darkness woe betides, thinking you carry such a weight to hold... It seems all got a handful of sand to toss up into the wind to seed the clouds The totality of eclipsing silence grows that rent the stillness of a dream of peace on an eroding shoreline In an Eddy of Expectations & Disappointment dark waters will ebb and flow, imponderable as drowning hope, leaving it all out there to dry after the rain        believing in your heart —         the best is yet to come   Jesse Stillwater ... November 2018
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Nov 24, 2018
Nov 24, 2018 at 12:09 PM UTC
In an Eddy of Expectations & Disappointment
The river forks at big stone eddy rending currents meandering course,   its silence speaks not with forked tongue as kismet's swirling eddies abide      as if time immemorial;      a river naturally cleaved in two separate distinct directions befallen destiny without a choice Spinning round and round in big stone eddy, time just drifting by in the throes of doubt — high water rising beyond the bounds of earth taking drowning souls up to the sky Choking on a mouthful of unanswered questions, suffocating on the parting words left unsaid; distilling life into poetry hew from being — trickling out like the spilled out sky — taken down to the empty riverbed leave lay' til it's all washed away, in the music of the pourin' down rain Freedom embodies metaphysical incarnations riding the prevailing currents it can't control Gravity-gathered  down to the shoreline, manifest reclamation after the deluge, from somewhere far above the high-water mark Swallowed by all the darkness woe betides, thinking you carry such a weight to hold... It seems all got a handful of sand to toss up into the wind to seed the clouds The totality of eclipsing silence grows that rent the stillness of a dream of peace on an eroding shoreline In an Eddy of Expectations & Disappointment dark waters will ebb and flow, imponderable as drowning hope, leaving it all out there to dry after the rain        believing in your heart —         the best is yet to come   Jesse Stillwater ... November 2018
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An earth sized boulder dislodged with the thunder Unleashing catacombs   of terrestrial darkness lay compressed beneath it for a thousand years The hidden ancients heard its soul hold forth;   their rumbling silence     ―  laid bare ― They heard its voice rises up with the ears of a new-born fawn Beguiling roots, solid as a rock, hold together like dark matter A soul weight beyond measure shouldering the torn of a divided heart Heaviness ... O' the heaviness ― just a platitude for what you feel when it all comes tumbling down to the ground Venerable times immemorial: an urging silence pushing down to the grave, trying to unlearn the things never known about the hearts we leave behind Jesse Stillwater
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May 1, 2018
May 1, 2018 at 2:01 PM UTC
Dislodged with the Thunder
You give me your arm and we take to the streets A plethora of bombardments stimulations and senses dissatisfaction ringing in our ears but only faintly–––– and the rush of the waves bursting down their lanes crashing into the cacophonies of beyond but all oblivious wonders of our bodies demons of the mind enticing and exciting all the feathers of the future ruffled and untangled purity in its core smells and sights flashing immaterial and immortal from time immemorial
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Nov 21, 2012
Nov 21, 2012 at 2:41 AM UTC
Crossroad
A SALUTE TO TEACHERS *   Since time immemorial, in every land, Saints and teachers, enlightened, Have shown the way by lighting the lamp Of knowledge and wisdom, true and fair, To faltering mankind, mired in ignorance; In situations painful and conflicting, Unable to choose between right and wrong. In the hoary tradition of true teachers Of all religions the world has seen, A luminous star, Dr.Radhakrishnan,   Rose on the glorious Indian horizon, Guided the world with knowledge, ancient and modern, In the light of the Vedas and Upanishads As well as the wise doctrines of other religions. Great Plato's ideal of a philosopher king, Was realized when he was elevated To our nation's  highest position as President, An inspiring teacher, par excellence, Unfailing light to future generations.        ****     ****     ****  Narasimhamurthy. M.G. *Dr.S.Radhakrishnan's birthday  (5  September ) is celebrated as TEACHERS' DAY.
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Oct 21, 2015
Oct 21, 2015 at 5:39 AM UTC
A SALUTE TO TEACHERS
I walked into a sunset that did not belong to me, Its vivid colours burning across the Mediterranean Sea. In a fragile, elusive moment of composure I gazed at the choppy sea moving closer To the rugged, pebbly, rocky shore Where I stood alone against the Rock. The Rock of Gibraltar watched with a smile As the turbulent Med pulsating with life Scattered its waves against the strand, And the sapphire waters kissed the ancient land. The stormy sea embraced the coast With fierceness intangible as a ghost. The air vibrated with a taste of freedom, With barely audible words of wisdom That travelled across the centuries To fill the tangy air with memories. The voices from the past enveloped the Rock In an alluringly mythical, protective cloak. I gathered the strength I drew from the Rock; Fears discarded, the resolve growing strong, I walked the Med Steps to the very top Against a dazzlingly splendid backdrop Of the breathtaking views of the bay, Basking in the aura of fears thrown away. Intoxicated by the beauty, hungry for more, I was feeling elated to the very core. The fear of heights temporarily conquered, The contentment felt almost awkward. Suddenly, the world seemed a different place: Offering the nature's graceful embrace. As the starry night slowly descended, In my solitude, I felt protected By the mighty Rock standing tall and grand Guarding the ancient, immemorial land. Copyright: Nara Hodge 2018
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Jul 23, 2018
Jul 23, 2018 at 1:31 PM UTC
Dream of Gibraltar
From times immemorial, We have dreamt , Carved ourselves, The crown of grace. A little girl walks today, With big dreams and passion. A women of tomorrow, With power and ambition. Great things does she, From wisdom to the heart. Not only the vessel of mankind, But also the anchor of life.
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Mar 8, 2015
Mar 8, 2015 at 8:48 AM UTC
Tribute to Women
#*“You cannot hold it, but it will cradle you. You cannot see or touch it, but when contact comes, You will see me, hold me, as in the days of your youth, When you loved me best, And I, you.”* **From: Seven New Poems for Seven Days #2: Hover ... by Nat Lipstadt** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in memoriam to memories: for Miriam and Nat reading each thought numerous ticks of days, imbibe the silent of the silence hanging from the rafters this wilderness roof; grayed heartwood walls that separate fractals of inseparable distances ― celebrations the roads taken ― memories of those left behind at the side of the mile untrodden Congregated love and sorrow’s spoken words scribed on paper bark touchstones ― etched watermarks of perpetual tides patina the afterglow of life's ebb and flow, traces of everything and naught can ever fill Experiencing intimate moments immemorial; the whispers of living pulse still murmurs in the gentle breeze between the gathered words of heart breathing deeply ― a rush of systemic truth born in the wholly sacred blood bequeathed A soul outside the lines ponders ― the sum whole of a life well lived; coming to understand, although all might not see the same light shine: there’s a place one day we’ll return we found along the way because one day will come by here … harlon rivers ... Memorial Day weekend ... May, 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 at 2:29 PM UTC
in memoriam to memories
*Would nectar be as sweet, if bees did not adore it? From miles away it’s intoxicating smell, alluring them Waiting to be ****** as the flower can’t bear the load One drop contains all the sweetness of nature Immortalized as the elixir of life, since time immemorial If it was not for the bees, we would have been deprived Of that drop of sweetness, that can match the lover’s delight Making this world a sweeter place, dripping from flowers Honey, here I come with the magic potion Enjoying every drop of it, as we adore it, as much as the bees* © Amitav (Radiance)
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May 12, 2014
May 12, 2014 at 10:30 PM UTC
Nectar
I walked through life with a rude and fresh arrogance: I was taught it when I was still a big fish in a small pond, When I still had a can-do-it-all attitude, when the dance Was life, and the tune was want, and the performer, fond, Moved like anything. Anyone. Save Lethe, who dulled me, Who pulled me under waves when I cursed the sea, When I thought, to time immemorial, I had the energy To do anything, go anywhere, be anything I wanted to be - I lived off borrowed time, and borrowed fire, And borrowed, all of my once blazing desire Fed no one, but lost dreams - I reap the harvest now: I should have been a doctor, and I plough My lack of care and decision, my blind turning, and the resulting salt, I trudge through the compost of other unfinished deeds, never to halt - I never knew the meaning of a battery, even when it ran down; My phone recharges at night, and I simply squint and frown, Trying to make sense of a world sensible to girl who used to dream; Sleeping through waking, as though nothing would be as it would seem.
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Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021 at 6:31 PM UTC
FortnightForFatigue Poem #1
I was the childlike girl next door for him. He was a gentleman and the crush of almost all the neighbours. He never spoke too much so I was never a good listener. For him I never mattered so much. But I, like all other neighbours, had a crush on him. His body never got my focus, but his writings were. Day by day I fell in love with his unspoken words. On a rainy day I wanted to express my love, As because it was his favourite season after all. Yes, he loved monsoon a lot. Many neighbours had asked him once,  Why he love monsoon so much? He never spoke too much, as I have mentioned above. But he said he will narrate it on a rainy day. When I went and knocked his door,  His roommate said he had went upstairs. Greeting him a smiley bye, I went to meet my guy. Love for him or for his words, I was confused a lot. But I had already started calling him as my guy. Silly or stupid or again childlike girl, what he will address me now? I was wondering and riding towards him. He was sitting near the terrace door and was writing something. Hey, hi, Writing some poems I guess Mr....  I was silent for a while. It didn't bother me anytime, but I realised, I do not know his name. *** what a great lover I am, Without knowing his name I had fallen in love with him. My heart corrected me this time. You have fallen in love with his writings and unspoken words and not with him. I smiled and said to my heart, May be I have fallen in love with his writings and unspoken words,  But the love for him is pure and real, And I believe the love for him is also devine. My conversations with my heart was broken by his touch. Seeing me lost in my own world, He had given me a **** on my shoulder and said, I am a writer so I want to be known by that. He may have wanted to say something more. I truly like a bad listener stopped him and said, Shakespeare had once said, "What's in a name!"  And being a lover of your writing,  I too want to say,  In name there is no fame  Because fame is there where creativity and innovation resides. He actually smiled and kissed my forehead, And then took me to the terrace and said, When I had come, The place was new, people were new, But when I saw you, I felt something not new. I do not knew by your name but your smile was very much known. Your smile was like the sunshine which I knew from a time immemorial. Then were you spoke to me for the first time, Your words were like the breeze which inspires me to write. I used to notice when you read my poems after coming home. Your comments after reading my poems everyday, Was the best gift for everytime. And you thought you never mattered so much! I was happy that you understood my writings more than I had expressed in words. I am not worried about the answer, I may get now, But after knowing about your favourite season,  Monsoon became my favourite too. Without any fear, I want to confess that,  I have fallen in love with the childlike girl who stays nextdoor. Whatever be your answer, Just say it keeping the raindrops as our witnesses. Drenched in rain but my tears were real. I felt like Monsoon had gifted the best rain that day. Without any confusion, I hugged my guy. Many days, months and years had passed since then. Then what!  He continued with his Writings and unspoken words. He now goes for world tours, To spread his unspoken words. And I? Being his better half, accompany him everywhere.
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May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 at 5:02 PM UTC
"The childlike girl next door and unspoken words"
I was the childlike girl next door for him. He was a gentleman and the crush of almost all the neighbours. He never spoke too much so I was never a good listener. For him I never mattered so much. But I, like all other neighbours, had a crush on him. His body never got my focus, but his writings were. Day by day I fell in love with his unspoken words. On a rainy day I wanted to express my love, As because it was his favourite season after all. Yes, he loved monsoon a lot. Many neighbours had asked him once,  Why he love monsoon so much? He never spoke too much, as I have mentioned above. But he said he will narrate it on a rainy day. When I went and knocked his door,  His roommate said he had went upstairs. Greeting him a smiley bye, I went to meet my guy. Love for him or for his words, I was confused a lot. But I had already started calling him as my guy. Silly or stupid or again childlike girl, what he will address me now? I was wondering and riding towards him. He was sitting near the terrace door and was writing something. Hey, hi, Writing some poems I guess Mr....  I was silent for a while. It didn't bother me anytime, but I realised, I do not know his name. *** what a great lover I am, Without knowing his name I had fallen in love with him. My heart corrected me this time. You have fallen in love with his writings and unspoken words and not with him. I smiled and said to my heart, May be I have fallen in love with his writings and unspoken words,  But the love for him is pure and real, And I believe the love for him is also devine. My conversations with my heart was broken by his touch. Seeing me lost in my own world, He had given me a **** on my shoulder and said, I am a writer so I want to be known by that. He may have wanted to say something more. I truly like a bad listener stopped him and said, Shakespeare had once said, "What's in a name!"  And being a lover of your writing,  I too want to say,  In name there is no fame  Because fame is there where creativity and innovation resides. He actually smiled and kissed my forehead, And then took me to the terrace and said, When I had come, The place was new, people were new, But when I saw you, I felt something not new. I do not knew by your name but your smile was very much known. Your smile was like the sunshine which I knew from a time immemorial. Then were you spoke to me for the first time, Your words were like the breeze which inspires me to write. I used to notice when you read my poems after coming home. Your comments after reading my poems everyday, Was the best gift for everytime. And you thought you never mattered so much! I was happy that you understood my writings more than I had expressed in words. I am not worried about the answer, I may get now, But after knowing about your favourite season,  Monsoon became my favourite too. Without any fear, I want to confess that,  I have fallen in love with the childlike girl who stays nextdoor. Whatever be your answer, Just say it keeping the raindrops as our witnesses. Drenched in rain but my tears were real. I felt like Monsoon had gifted the best rain that day. Without any confusion, I hugged my guy. Many days, months and years had passed since then. Then what!  He continued with his Writings and unspoken words. He now goes for world tours, To spread his unspoken words. And I? Being his better half, accompany him everywhere.
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Surely that sobbing couldn't have been going since time immemorial.
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Dec 15, 2015
Dec 15, 2015 at 12:37 AM UTC
Happiness Haiku - 57
When the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance Of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance With the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom Of the wind’s cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley’s gloom : Then I walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways Of the immemorial places shut behind the starry rays Of the East and all its splendour, of the West and all its peace; And the stubborn lights grow tender, and the hard sounds hush and cease. In the wheel of heaven revolving, mysteries of death and birth, In the wonb of time dissolving, shape anew a heaven and earth Ever changing, ever growing, ever dwindling, ever dear, Ever worth the passion glowing to distil a doubtful tear. These are with me, these are of me, these approve me, these obey, Choose me, move me, fear me, love me, master of the night and day. These are real, these illusion : I am of them, false or frail, True or lasting, all is fusion in the spirit’s shadow-veil, Till the knowledge -Lotus flowering hides the world beneath its stem; Neither I, nor nor God life-showering, find a counterpart in them. As a spirit in a vision shows a countenance in fear, Laughs the looker to derision, only comes to disappear, Gods and mortals, mind and matter, in the glowing bud dissever : Vein from vein they rend and shatter, and are nothingness for ever. In the blessed, the enlightened, perfect eyes these visions pass, Pass and cease, poor shadows frightened, leave no stain upon the glass. One last stroke, O heart- free master, one last certain calm of will, And the maker of Disaster shall be strcken and grow still. Burn thou to the core of matter, to the spirit’s utmost flame, Consciousness and sense to shatter, ruin sight and form and name! Shatter, lake-reflected spectre; lake, rise up in mist to sun; Sun, dissolve in showers of nectar, and the Master’s work is done. Nectar perfume gently stealing, masterful and sweet and strong, Cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient House of Wrong ! Free a million mortals on the wheel of being tossed ! Open wide the mystic portals, and be altogether lost!
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Arhan
When the chill of earth black-breasted is uplifted at the glance Of the red sun million-crested, and the forest blossoms dance With the light that stirs and lustres of the dawn, and with the bloom Of the wind’s cheek as it clusters from the hidden valley’s gloom : Then I walk in woodland spaces, musing on the solemn ways Of the immemorial places shut behind the starry rays Of the East and all its splendour, of the West and all its peace; And the stubborn lights grow tender, and the hard sounds hush and cease. In the wheel of heaven revolving, mysteries of death and birth, In the wonb of time dissolving, shape anew a heaven and earth Ever changing, ever growing, ever dwindling, ever dear, Ever worth the passion glowing to distil a doubtful tear. These are with me, these are of me, these approve me, these obey, Choose me, move me, fear me, love me, master of the night and day. These are real, these illusion : I am of them, false or frail, True or lasting, all is fusion in the spirit’s shadow-veil, Till the knowledge -Lotus flowering hides the world beneath its stem; Neither I, nor nor God life-showering, find a counterpart in them. As a spirit in a vision shows a countenance in fear, Laughs the looker to derision, only comes to disappear, Gods and mortals, mind and matter, in the glowing bud dissever : Vein from vein they rend and shatter, and are nothingness for ever. In the blessed, the enlightened, perfect eyes these visions pass, Pass and cease, poor shadows frightened, leave no stain upon the glass. One last stroke, O heart- free master, one last certain calm of will, And the maker of Disaster shall be strcken and grow still. Burn thou to the core of matter, to the spirit’s utmost flame, Consciousness and sense to shatter, ruin sight and form and name! Shatter, lake-reflected spectre; lake, rise up in mist to sun; Sun, dissolve in showers of nectar, and the Master’s work is done. Nectar perfume gently stealing, masterful and sweet and strong, Cleanse the world with light of healing in the ancient House of Wrong ! Free a million mortals on the wheel of being tossed ! Open wide the mystic portals, and be altogether lost!
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on beds of fragrant sights through charms of sourest deeds it rains away all spring all when my heart bleeds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i know not who i'll be or what i really am an immemorial soul in nimbler storms which swam among the crowd of flowers so sickeningly sweet would lie the boldest aphids upon the roses feed my feathers trod on winds challenge His modest grace through marching fleet of life in ****** shadows laid with semblance of a calm in grooves of wilderness in arms of ecstasy which life stands to confess but how shall these two feet embark a lonely trip perhaps find love so still as dew on roses' lip ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in faintest of moonlights on dewy grasses seen inscribed upon my palm is meaning of my being.
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Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013 at 8:20 AM UTC
adolescence
A bond so great it never breaks us, Sisters united through blood,   So far apart, But so close we stand. My rock, My help, My everything. The bridge between me and the real world. My life's imaginary without yours The bonds of sisterhood stand tall and strong. A bond of friendship, love and laughter Great memories shared through bonds unbreakable Will stay with us for life, For death,   And time immemorial. For my greatest friend, My sister,   My life!
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Mar 13, 2014
Mar 13, 2014 at 7:24 PM UTC
the bonds
*He is My Azure Dreambird, (The Sovereign of Songbirds) That soars upon Skies of Resonance. His sapphire wings Weightless by valor, Hallowed every doubt That Cursed my shadow Until credence reigned. He is The Musicality of my Soul, That I climbed as A stairway Into Gates of Aether Upon Porcelain keys Of an impearled Grand Piano. His sound emittance Ascended in frequency until Pitch became subliminal For height ceased to be Height, And depth, Ceased to be Depth, It was Ineffable harmony And resolution became effortless With The touch of his hand. He is The Wings of the Dawn, A Sweeping Rapture That raised Me Beyond the stratosphere Until graced by Untarnished embrace Of the Baptistery of the Sun. I burst From Light’s Intemerate Womb, Renewed and Gazed upon Terraqueous Gaia Then for once, (Yes, for all eternity) Succumbed to Faith in the Transcendence Of his tender affections. Woe was existence Before His lightwaves radiated Within my heart, For when I purged my pulse Of that quaking rhythm And Hollow cries Upon his ears, He stood moved And remained Doughty in his devotion To me. In that moment I fathomed his soul Glistened O, for he had not forsook me. I bear a pilgrimage. One sought to be Heard, Seen, Felt, Breathed, And Divined By my Once Somnolent spirit Been Roused By the incendiary thew of His ardor. My revenant soul Hath emerged from The Chrysalis of Time as The Apotheosis of Astral Flame (A Reverberation of the Cosmo-Plexus of Love) That since The Days of Time Immemorial Guided by the Whisper of the stars, I now cleave To that celestial susurrus: To the solace buried beneath The Soil of Afflicition (For anguish was all I knew) In repose Yet yearning to be Resurrected In The Dream of Acquisition, To for eternity behold The timeless fervor That doth layeth In His heart*
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Aug 14, 2016
Aug 14, 2016 at 11:52 AM UTC
The Apotheosis of Astral Flame (Originally Written on August 18th, 2016)
*He is My Azure Dreambird, (The Sovereign of Songbirds) That soars upon Skies of Resonance. His sapphire wings Weightless by valor, Hallowed every doubt That Cursed my shadow Until credence reigned. He is The Musicality of my Soul, That I climbed as A stairway Into Gates of Aether Upon Porcelain keys Of an impearled Grand Piano. His sound emittance Ascended in frequency until Pitch became subliminal For height ceased to be Height, And depth, Ceased to be Depth, It was Ineffable harmony And resolution became effortless With The touch of his hand. He is The Wings of the Dawn, A Sweeping Rapture That raised Me Beyond the stratosphere Until graced by Untarnished embrace Of the Baptistery of the Sun. I burst From Light’s Intemerate Womb, Renewed and Gazed upon Terraqueous Gaia Then for once, (Yes, for all eternity) Succumbed to Faith in the Transcendence Of his tender affections. Woe was existence Before His lightwaves radiated Within my heart, For when I purged my pulse Of that quaking rhythm And Hollow cries Upon his ears, He stood moved And remained Doughty in his devotion To me. In that moment I fathomed his soul Glistened O, for he had not forsook me. I bear a pilgrimage. One sought to be Heard, Seen, Felt, Breathed, And Divined By my Once Somnolent spirit Been Roused By the incendiary thew of His ardor. My revenant soul Hath emerged from The Chrysalis of Time as The Apotheosis of Astral Flame (A Reverberation of the Cosmo-Plexus of Love) That since The Days of Time Immemorial Guided by the Whisper of the stars, I now cleave To that celestial susurrus: To the solace buried beneath The Soil of Afflicition (For anguish was all I knew) In repose Yet yearning to be Resurrected In The Dream of Acquisition, To for eternity behold The timeless fervor That doth layeth In His heart*
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Who are you? The you we keep writing about, We- the poets; poets around the world, Across time immemorial and space immeasurable, We write about you, We shape your skeleton With the strength of all the pain We've borne, and we sculpt your flesh With the wistful beauty of our tears, We bring you to life with our words Make them course through your body Like blood, Who are you? The cry of our first heartbreak? The joy of a lover's return? The stunning silence of absolute loneliness? Of turmoil and torment, the stinging burn? You're all of the above, and more- profoundly more, You're a piece of every poet's heart, Infinite power, immense emotion, You are the cumulative of every drop of blood The poet has shed through their pen You are the story that stays stifled inside the confines of paper, until someone comes along And unlatches your locks, Absorbs the burden of the poet's grief, And at that moment, brings you to the form in which you had been intended to be. It is then, that you, the very essence, the very soul of the poet, Can take flight, blissfully relieved, When you are read, your creator is finally free.
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Apr 17, 2016
Apr 17, 2016 at 5:03 PM UTC
Muse
Floating, like a specimen, in a bell jar in the Chemistry Lab of Grade XI in Lucknow. I am suspended. I am floating. Everywhere is blue. I hear bubbles and see them rise. I open my mouth and water rushes in, salty and warm. I can’t speak. I can’t cry out. I am drowning. I think of Varanasi; skulls that float. Why do dead skulls float? Why do the living sink? I want to rise. The sea is inky black. An octopus floats by. A school of clown fish gaze at me curiously. I think of swimming like the fish in a warm ocean in the Andaman Sea. I hear laughter, I feel the sun on my shoulders. Oh, the sun. I miss the sun. I crave heat. It is so very cold. It is so very cold. I feel something warmer on my lower back. I look. A dolphin is smiling. Yes, smiling! I look down at myself. I am a mermaid! My hair is blonde, my waist is tiny, and my ******* are encased in shells. I laugh gleefully. The dolphin, as if on cue, swims below me and I mount him. And then, like we have been doing this since time immemorial, our bodies in sync, we float upwards. Joy abounds. An effervescence, a lightness of spirit, a playfulness that heals. The water is getting warmer and paler. We playfully swim with all the time in the world. And as I surface for the air that I don’t need, I am full of peace.
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 5:22 AM UTC
Coming Up For Air
Come, let us to the sunways of the west, Hasten, while crystal dews the rose-cups fill, Let us dream dreams again in our blithe quest O'er whispering wold and hill. Castles of air yon wimpling valleys keep Where milk-white mist steals from the purpling sea, They shall be ours in the moon's wizardry, While the fates, wearied, sleep. The viewless spirit of the wind will sing In the soft starshine by the reedy mere, The elfin harps of hemlock boughs will ring Fitfully far and near; The fields will yield their trove of spice and musk, And balsam from the glens of pine will fall, Till twilight weaves its tangled shadows all In one dim web of dusk. Let us put tears and memories away, While the fates sleep time stops for revelry; Let us look, speak, and kiss as if no day Has been or yet will be; Let us make friends with laughter 'neath the moon, With music on the immemorial shore, Yea, let us dance as lovers danced of yore­ The fates will waken soon!
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While the Fates Sleep
they say there ain't no escape hatch; i disagree, no more are you free; bounded by a decree, eyes have witnessed an evolution that it scares me, the free will to be; seems an unattended history, today on this ground; mere consumers are we, where did the buzzing bee flee? towards the silent orchestra maybe, if you were to chew on a green cynical berry, to flex them grey nerves in a yellow striped taxi, would you join the earthdance in a revolting spree? or lay back, smoke a cigar and remain a memory? a part of this unethical trend, i don't want to be, a moral war has fallen upon thee; yet i haven't a clue of what degree, trade your self in to one psychedelic army, this liquid soul seems like a floating frisbee, waiting to break free; wanting to be a gypsy; en route to time immemorial; i'll keep busy, they say there ain't no escape hatch; i disagree...
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Apr 25, 2012
Apr 25, 2012 at 5:24 AM UTC
Petroglyphed!!
Time is of the deception of immemorial agreement... People, friends and family will get together time and time again - To discuss what?!? Most of the time, they petulantly boast about their own personal apotheosis - What does this prove? Where are they going with their abrogated thoughts? The people speak with impetuous pertinence and achieve absolutely nothing.... An asundering of cryptic thoughts that fell into oblivion - This is the sole reason why the inauspicious world will disintegrate and become a history book for worlds to come... When time has come to overlap itself . . . The world's clock stops. . . Your heart stops. . . . Time, the inevitable dimension that will carry on with no remorse When we are gone. . . . When I am gone..
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Sep 13, 2012
Sep 13, 2012 at 8:59 PM UTC
Time
Love transcends time and distance Death cannot quell the loving heart But each mile weighs a thousand pounds And we are a thousand miles apart Darlin' the universe has spoken And rained down from the skies Birthed reality in our souls As it opened up our eyes Life is bathed in hues of gold The heart now beats in time With souls who searched millenia To be complete, sublime But each mile weighs a thousand pounds And we are a thousand miles apart Love transcends time and distance Even death can't quell a loving heart
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Jan 1, 2015
Jan 1, 2015 at 12:07 PM UTC
Immemorial-Everlasting
I am a thousand hooded Cobra The king of all poisonous snakes I can dance beautifully And I live in India from times immemorial I am totally different from Other cobras in the world Though my bite is venomous People continue to worship me Because I have got The religious sanctity I adorn Lord Shiva’s neck And I am the couch for Lord Vishnu Many people try to squeeze My poison out of my teeth And some rationalists tried to **** me But they can not **** my race I will grow at enormous pace I will continue to **** the people But they will continue to worship me The politicians continue to pamper me
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Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010 at 2:56 AM UTC
The thousand hooded cobra