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Sudhir Iyer
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0 posted 2001-05-22 11:33 AM


Vertigo feel in silent rhapsody,
I can't even think what I mean to say,
Confusion reigns like vain futility,
I can't even search my meaning today.

Sanity has left its shores, edges frayed!
I am in an advanced stage of retard,
Unsheltered, unable in being staid,
I am my own miniature reward.

Why walk? Where do we go? Where from? Where to?
Why talk? Where is the goal? How come? What for?
Why baulk? Where is the next cringe coming from?
Why stalk? Whose shadows do we try to hound?

The whys have me in abject surrender,
I am in the presence of wheres and whats,
The hows think of me as a pretender,
I seem to fight with ghosts in my closet.

Just then the horn screams out to egg me on,
The train blares and my body rushes front,
That there is some useful work to be done,
Comes a thought that derails my ghostly hunt.

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© Copyright 2001 Sudhir Iyer - All Rights Reserved
Sunshine
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1 posted 2001-05-22 11:50 AM


Sudhir....looking for a line that touched me more than the others...

can't do it...

they all stand alone
reaching for one another...

wow...

Irish Rose
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2 posted 2001-05-22 11:52 AM


shoot those darts in the poems, Sudhir, it's the perfect place for a bullseye.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee


Saunni
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3 posted 2001-05-22 12:37 PM


Oh, this is amazing! What a write!  

Sauni

Sauni :)
Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak
I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps

Morgoth
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4 posted 2001-05-22 12:43 PM


A lot of the same questions that I ask. Well done.
Seymour Tabin
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5 posted 2001-05-22 01:10 PM


Sudhir,
These are words that have haunted me all my life. Good write.

Mabel A. Dilley
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6 posted 2001-05-22 09:53 PM


The title was a poem unto itself. Such a wonderful job on this one.

"I am not now that which I have been."

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7 posted 2001-05-22 11:56 PM


Sudhir, my friend~
I think we all face these questions in our lives ~

Sometimes we're the dartboard - sometimes the dart !

'That there is some useful work to be done,
Comes a thought that derails my ghostly hunt.'


Be the dart !
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Paula Finn
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8 posted 2001-05-23 01:48 AM


OH YES wonderfully written
Sudhir Iyer
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9 posted 2001-05-23 05:48 AM


Thank you very much, Karilea, for your words

Kathleen, it is, isn't it? I will try to shoot darts here. Thanks a lot for coming by

Sauni, How have you been lately? Thank you so much for visiting.

Morgoth, Firstly, welcome to passions and many thanks for reading.

Seymour, Thanks a lot for your response. After memories, words are the ones those haunt, aren't they?

Julian, that a mighty good compliment, and I appreciate your words a lot. Thanks a lot.

Marge, Thanks for the hugs and the response. I am aiming to be the dart  

Paula, Many thanks to you.

Regards to all,
Sudhir

JamesMichael
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10 posted 2001-05-23 05:54 AM


Enjoyed your poem Sudhir...James
Sudhir Iyer
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11 posted 2001-05-23 10:54 AM


James, I am glad that you enjoyed this one... Thanks...

Regards,
Sudhir

corey14
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12 posted 2001-05-23 07:20 PM


good pome keep writeing

Janet Marie
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13 posted 2001-05-25 12:36 PM


Sud, this is excellent...I loved the cadence and flow of this one...
the way you picked up the tempo to emphasise the building frustration..
very cool, clever and creative writing poet sir  

We wish ourselves beautiful,
we cry in the night.
Its not the love you fear ...
its the fall from the height.
~Edwin McCain~

Martie
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14 posted 2001-05-26 12:13 PM


Sudhir--Hi..what a well done poem...so full of complex questions that are so human and real...and you are the answer, my friend.
Sudhir Iyer
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15 posted 2001-05-29 10:25 AM


corey, thank you for coming by... and welcome to passions

Janet, my friend, thank you so much for your cool response... so glad that you liked what you read...

Matie, the answer, my friend, seems to be right there, just to need to search a bit better... thank you so much

Regards to all,
Sudhir

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