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Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

0 posted 2002-07-02 05:17 AM

deep in the wilderness
play dizzy sounds
of distanced drumbeats
almost dazed
verily confused
sunburnt
by the wild heat
of the moment

crazy drums sounds haunt the head
music is his only soulmate
yet he is hungry
desiring to be unfaithful
almost as if
what he has is not enough
forever wanting more

shaking body movements
as his hands
pounce and grab on his drums
even the zebras
and the giraffes are still
almost dazed
verily confused
themselves
by the wild beat
of the drummer

the past is a memory
almost forgotten
like a photograph
misplaced
in one of the old, dusty
books that lay in the back
of the shelf of the library
waiting to be picked up
by someone else
and to be scratched all over again

and Rober Plant screams through
as the radio blasts
in unforgettable lines of
Led Zeppelin songs
and the drummer’s beats
go farther away
almost dazed
verily confused
and disappearing

soon, the craze shifts to me
as I hit my thighs
to the beats of
‘whole lotta love’
for the full 6 minutes and more of it
and my ears listening
to the guitar scratches
melodic and majestic
just like Page

ah! my hands hurt, my thighs too
but I almost scream
Long Live Rock N Roll
almost dazed
verily confused

and then I think I was born
in another time
about 30 years too late

(but then,
better here than never, eh?)

*****
Due credit to Led Zeppelin (Page/Plant) for the title from their song "Dazed and Confused" and reference to "Whole Lotta Love", another Zeppelin all-time great song...

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

1 posted 2002-07-02 05:51 AM

Very nice Sudhir...James

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

2 posted 2002-07-02 07:23 AM

the past is a memory
almost forgotten
like a photograph
misplaced
in one of the old, dusty
books that lay in the back
of the shelf of the library
waiting to be picked up
by someone else
and to be scratched all over again
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Very cool write of imagery and sound Sud!!
your first verses created the mood and tempo perfectly. You werent born too late...youre right on time.

Thats why they call them Classics..."oldies but goodies" *L* For me it was the "Physical Graffiti" album... who wouldnt have been taken in by "Kashmir"
Unique and clever write ... rock on Sudhir sir

We wish ourselves beautiful ... and cry in the night.
Its not the love you fear ... but the fall from the height.

E. McCain

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

3 posted 2002-07-04 09:23 AM

Thank you very much, James and Janet...

and of course there is probably none better than Kashmir and Stairway to Heaven from Led Zeppelin... Page and Plant are classics in their own right...

Regards,
sudhir

Temptress

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since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

4 posted 2002-07-05 12:46 PM

I do believe I loved this..and it should be read more.

I will not bend to the cowardice of a silent judgement.

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

5 posted 2002-07-05 01:09 AM

"I can't quit you baby..."

Now you've done it--I need some Zep 2--some physical grafitti...I need, I need, "whole lotta love"!

I raise my lighter to ya, sudhir!

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

6 posted 2002-07-05 04:07 AM

Thanks so very much, my friends...

Regards,
Sudhir

ethome
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since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

7 posted 2002-07-05 06:51 AM

Sudhir

Some great references here to the Zeppelin titles.....Jimmy Page was and is an amazing guitarist......The intro to this is most interesting!
I really enjoyed the read!

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

8 posted 2002-07-05 08:56 AM

Sudhir,
what an amazing concept these lines are.
sunburnt
by the wild heat
of the moment
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

9 posted 2002-07-05 09:08 AM

Sudhir...I love this piece!
Enjoyed the use of the title throughout as well.
Excellent concept ..just wonderful and enjoyed so much!
~Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

10 posted 2002-07-05 10:19 AM

Sudhir,
Dance to the drum beat, good write enjoyed

Pilgrimage
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since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

11 posted 2002-07-05 12:11 PM

I love this one. Led Zeppelin inspired a very good poem here. And why not? I love them too.

Nan

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

12 posted 2002-07-05 03:26 PM

always better here my friend. . .

well done. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Sudhir Iyer
Member Ascendant

since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

13 posted 2002-07-08 06:24 AM

My friends,

Thank you all so very much...

Regards,
Sudhir

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