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poddarku
Senior Member

since 2008-01-15

Posts 589
india

0 posted 2008-12-27 11:20 AM

Math
(to me, Kushal Poddar)
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The crooning wood-pigeons break the thread
to announce by their void silence
that someone is coming. The boy hops in.
his summer vacation of failing
arithmetic and geometry
is lost amid green hedges and bushes.
With eyes shut and earth is the movements
imprinted in red drape, he dreams
of the world in terms of millions
of digits, forms, complex equations.
A gray kite sits on the raftered roof
of a distant memory. Suddenly
the boy finds that he is solving life.

Merry Christmas to my friends

clever talks delay friendship!

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2008-12-27 11:27 AM

'Hai' Ku! Your poetry is uniquely distinctive and highly intriguing. You take my mind to places it has never been before. You show me things that my eyes have never seen before. You make me feel things that I have not felt before. You are an amazing poet!

I always appreciate seeing the world through your mind, eyes, and heart.

May this coming new year be a joyful one for you and your loved ones.

With love 'n hugs,
Linda

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

2 posted 2008-12-27 12:23 PM

A delight, dear Ku!! ... for Ku, and for all those who can relate!

I think this is a true gem and I so love the conclusion. It's indeed those lessons of life that make us move ahead on the Path.

A keeper, absolutely!

Love and hugs.
And my best wishes too for the New Year, dear Poet!
Margherita

ethome
Member Patricius

since 2000-05-14

Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada

3 posted 2008-12-27 12:35 PM

Well if that's what it takes to solve life then so be it..Excellent way to deliver your theme from a different perspective.

Nice work!

Eric

Marc-Andre
Senior Member

since 2008-12-07

Posts 501

4 posted 2008-12-27 12:49 PM

Of the poem I've read from you so far, this is by far my favourite

Happy Holidays to you too. Mark

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

5 posted 2008-12-27 12:50 PM

Hi Poddarku, so many things to tell here , I failed too an exam a long time ago and spent a desastrous summer among numbers, difficult when the sun shines and it is summer and the youth, etc...For nothing... I failed in september for 0.2 points under 10...Something else catchs me in your poem, your reference to maths as an answer of the universe, I think you are right and may be we are not clever enough to see the mathematical form of everything (planets, genes, chimical models, perhaps life itself) .... Thank you for the beautiful and thoughtful poem.

yann

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2008-12-27 09:44 PM

A pleasure to read...James

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