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poddarku
Senior Member

since 2008-01-15

Posts 589
india

0 posted 2008-05-01 09:03 AM

Island
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They say it is five hour’s journey to land.
Five hours to see blue and green waves of salt.
Five hours for one blurred picture of seagulls,
Five hours to observe today is meeting
Tomorrow in a thin line of off-white.
Five hours to see, casually, human.
A too short time span to ponder on life,
Flashes of patchy memory and swigs
Of cheap wine, red, ruby, catching sun.
Gongs and buzzes, machine and man at wheel.
Five hours at most, and an island’s calm coast.
The island we have dreamed as a salt dream,
The island that we have craved to become.
At the horizon an island rises
As the human evolution’s lonely
World, welcoming society once again.

clever talks delay friendship!

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2008-05-01 11:24 AM

wonderful poem poddarku....I Enjoyed its great images and poetry...

have a nice day

yann

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2008-05-10 08:49 AM

quote:
Five hours to observe today is meeting
Tomorrow in a thin line of off-white.

Very lovely, dear Ku!

You take us always on the very special rides of your deep ponderings.

Love,
Margherita

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2008-05-10 04:00 PM

love the ending!

hiddensmiles
Senior Member

since 2008-02-07

Posts 514
at the beach... i wish

4 posted 2008-05-10 04:09 PM

nice write!

JJ

Artic Wind
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 8080
Realm of Supernatural

5 posted 2008-05-11 10:06 AM

Wonderful Write!

ARCTIC WIND

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

6 posted 2008-05-11 11:59 PM

Deeply introspective. i love the way you used the repetition of 5 hours to stress the endless ness of time.
sharyn

inkedgoddess
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-11-19

Posts 7392
Ohio

7 posted 2008-05-12 08:10 AM

i love the salt dream
it nourishes the soul in wait

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

8 posted 2008-05-12 06:17 PM

Lovely thoughts, Poddarku.
Ida

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

9 posted 2008-05-13 09:55 AM

I enjoy reading your thoughts ~ and you express them so poetically. The images are vivid ~ and intriguing. For example ~

"Flashes of patchy memory and swigs
Of cheap wine, red, ruby, catching sun."

Linda

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

10 posted 2008-05-13 09:59 AM

As always, you transport the reader beyond the visual into the psyche of the human spirit, the raw universal 'oneness' of humanity.

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

11 posted 2008-05-13 02:08 PM

very interesting...very captivating

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

12 posted 2008-05-15 04:41 AM

Enjoyed...James

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