And we huddle here in the heat and cold
Bustling, rushing always, there and back
Hither, dither
Staring at screens, we miss the chipmunk
And the flight of the bumblebee
Beautifully done. "See" is a simple elegant poem of nature.
Distractions
To understand the sufferings of lovers
Intimate details of ecstasy
Written on the lotus petals
That blossomed in the first light
The dew of innocence glistening along its margin
Bring the distraught closer
Salve the burn of jealous guarding of secrets
Unhex the music in our hearts
That cursed the union of two tones
Mingling in the river of distractions
10/09/2017
With single change of word, this delectable delight will become lamentable dejection...
Rejection
Breathless,
flushed, euphoric,
chests heaving, pulses race,
all thought dispersed like mist before
the sun;
no words:
every mindless outcry silenced
in all-consuming fire;
and love, panting,
recoils.
A sensational offering as always.
VI
Love's triumph in triumphant red
When every kiss anoints his face
When every desire in calming shade
Bends the truth in million ways
All the frames merge into one
A glittering glade of fireflies
A rosy vision of morning sun
As warmth maketh the blood rise
Two souls connected in essence but
Separated in passionate embrace
Two bodies run to the finish line
Eager to end the final race
Such beauty again w
I want to take a moment to talk about how ethereal the rhyme in the first one is. It's a Renga with an English rhyming scheme. And it looks and feels and sounds perfectly English yet in essence it hides its obvious Asian technique. I am aware of the hard emotions behind the words but how elegantly they are expressed is beyond simple comprehension. This poem should be a study in technique in poetry classes. The hardest theme to tackle is simplicity. I bow to you, Master.
Both are absolute delights.
V
I am the air beneath your wings
Your deliberate sun warming
Through the old bones lying in
The disparate views of egality
Substances that mix with reality
In infinite colours, a rainbow
That nature hues unforeseen
Unnoticed and in separation
My desperate prayers lingering
Over the horizon of devout tasks
A nightingale’s song offerings
IV
Holy cows in the heaven sing
Along the murdered lines of
Innocent victims of the game
Praise the martyrs of senseless
Violence gunning down the deserts
In the busy streets, in island’s nests
In the celebrations of broken Bastilles
In whose name do they kill
Cows who rejoice in the blood
Of the proletariat, be cursed
Defeat shall your sins bring
III
The trumpets have been sounded
The game is on the vigilance of
The mice and the cunning cats
Playing shared rooms in the heads
Of complacent fools who trust
In peace and continuity of
Generations after generations
Of guileless truth unbarred
Unhinged from reality they fight
Over old dusty tomes devoid of
Humanity’s creed-less dread
II
Roll out the water cannon
Drench away the sorrow of lost
Men who silently prayed for
Deliverance amongst the tyranny
Of oppressive govt buildings
The towers of Babel in Heaven’s port
We shall bind them to our
Fore-front, our protection
Of old pentagrams and new war
Tactics playing chess in Avant-garde
Death to all who are Anon
I
They don’t talk of April showers here
In the wettest part of Asia
Where they have continued to feel
Hot and global warming is not real
They say more about the weather
Than the paltry sullen faces of men
Underneath the harshest sun
Human kind has ever seen as
Evergreen flats turning into
Burnt tortillas on the islands
Of hypocrisy and madness and fear