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AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

0 posted 2009-10-16 09:18 AM

The road from Colombo,
an olfactory hallucination,
ambles south
in a cloud of curry spice,
the saline scent of breaking surf,
and the humble miasma
of coir,
drying in the sun.

Past the neo-hippie haven
of Hikkaduwa,
jewelled with topless bathers,
glass-bottomed boats,
and the elusive, sweet,
suggestion of cannabis
on the warm breeze.

Through the old Dutch fort
of Galle,
roadside vendors
offer drinking coconuts,
hot samosas,
and tasty, dark
jaggery fudge,
made with palm sugar.

Buddhist temples
and images
sprinkle villages
with sanctuaries of calm
and contemplation:
respite from the wave
of tourists
who somehow impart
a garish patina of crassness
upon this gentle land.

At night,
from Tangalle Bay,
stars cascade
into a southern sea,
and are answered
by the bobbing lanterns
of night fishermen
in outrigger dugouts.
Mature waves break
on sandy shingle,
while their kindred march,
unimpeded,
to Antarctica,
eight thousand miles away.

Sutra 93: Do not speak to me of Reality: it is a personal concept that varies with the Observer.
--Jim's Guide to Enlightenment: The Complete Sutras

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2009-10-16 09:25 AM

OK, so now that I am halfway to Tangalle Bay...
What a totally delightful trip!
More, please.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

2 posted 2009-10-16 12:07 PM

enjoyed the travel with and within your words. thanks for the beautiful poem.

yann

unboundpoetess
Member

since 2008-05-24

Posts 477

3 posted 2009-10-16 12:32 PM

A pleasure to read this buffet of delights...enjoyed the trip.

Heather

dragngrl28
Junior Member

since 2009-10-12

Posts 45
Texas, USA

4 posted 2009-10-16 12:32 PM

Wonderful words, sensory input and imagery. I have to go grab a snack now after reading

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

5 posted 2009-10-16 02:46 PM

AH
I would be delighted to travel the world on your words~L

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

6 posted 2009-10-16 03:04 PM

Thank you all so very much! It is so encouraging to receive such positive reactions. Coming to a new forum, I was very apprehensive, but for no reason: I have found a home!
Namaste.

Sutra 93: Do not speak to me of Reality: it is a personal concept that varies with the Observer.
--Jim's Guide to Enlightenment: The Complete Sutras

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

7 posted 2009-10-16 11:41 PM

Delightful read.
Ida

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

8 posted 2009-10-18 08:18 PM

Thank you, Ida.
Best regards.

Sutra 3: See your reality for what it is, not for what you think it is: this is the first step to making your reality what you wish it to be.
--Jim's

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