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poddarku
Senior Member

since 2008-01-15

Posts 589
india

0 posted 2009-05-02 07:26 AM

Fire on the old hearth

Fire on the old hearth
which she wants to be
in her next birth
burns slowly;
a smell rises
through the chimney
like fingers of time
she has spent
waiting for a miracle.

Of course she does not know
no fire can match her
and she is the miracle
on which his husband still believes.
© 2009 - All Rights Reserved Kushal Poddar

Species

Another life was screaming with pain
at that moment years ago.
The noon busy in picking clouds
lifted its warm face; the hospital
smelled like disinfectant was the life.
My father looked at the window pane.
A robin was drawn as sitting
on a branch of lively April tree.

I had something in blood from the bird
blended, mingled to evolve into
a new species begun from me.
© 2009 - All Rights Reserved Kushal Poddar

Baby II

Welcome earthling
to this planet shrinking everyday.
Sincerely, the burden of hope
is on you
to take the baton and continue.
Only your path is slimy
with the black blood we have spread.
© 2009 - All Rights Reserved Kushal Poddar

Thoughts

Thoughts are seeing us from within
and describing our worst;
mimicking our small habits;
drawing charcoal caricatures
on their hidden canvas.

“Men!” they exclaim, “Are just mammals
without our luminous presence.”
© 2009 - All Rights Reserved Kushal Poddar

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2009-05-03 03:16 PM

quote:
Fire on the old hearth

Fire on the old hearth
which she wants to be
in her next birth
burns slowly;
a smell rises
through the chimney
like fingers of time
she has spent
waiting for a miracle.

Of course she does not know
no fire can match her
and she is the miracle
in which her husband still believes.

She waits for something she already has, but is not aware of. You expressed this ever so poignantly, dear Ku!

quote:

Species

Another life was screaming with pain
at that moment years ago.
The noon busy in picking clouds
lifted its warm face; the hospital
smelled like disinfectant was the life.
My father looked at the window pane.
A robin was drawn as sitting
on a branch of lively April tree.

I had something in blood from the bird
blended, mingled to evolve into
a new species begun from me.

How wonderful this thought, dear Ku!! We must indeed learn to be aware of this splendid oneness!

quote:
Baby II

Welcome earthling
to this planet shrinking everyday.
Sincerely, the burden of hope
is on you
to take the baton and continue.
Only your path is slimy
with the black blood we have spread.

And I believe the baby knows why it is here. It has a mission. To make humanity aware of LOVE being the solution.
Yes, this hope can be perceived as a burden, or as a factor of enhancement.

quote:
Thoughts

Thoughts are seeing us from within
and describing our worst;
mimicking our small habits;
drawing charcoal caricatures
on their hidden canvas.

“Men!” they exclaim, “Are just mammals
without our luminous presence.”

Ahh, these are vanity thoughts! You are an example of a wonderful thinker. They are not saying this about you!

Great jobs, really, dear Ku!

Thank you for sharing your creativity!

Love and hugs.
Margherita

"Love is the One who masters all things;
I am mastered totally by Love."
(Rumi)

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

2 posted 2009-05-04 01:37 AM

Kushal,

Each poem is wonderfully written. I think these are among your finest poems.

I especially liked these lines though:

quote:
Fire on the old hearth
which she wants to be
in her next birth
burns slowly;
a smell rises
through the chimney
like fingers of time
she has spent
waiting for a miracle.

Well done, my friend.

Alison

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