Bina Gupta Poetry and Short Stories » Contemplative http://binaguptapoetry.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:58:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Early Morning Musings http://binaguptapoetry.com/early-morning-musings-1601.htm http://binaguptapoetry.com/early-morning-musings-1601.htm#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:54:04 +0000 Bina Gupta http://binaguptapoetry.com/?p=1601
Early Morning Musings- In Triplets

New Year came, left
Habits remained
As is

In my habitat
Same drab walls
Body sports mood colors

Seer read forehead
Wrinkles, laughter crinkles
Greatly perplexed

Time sped on wing n prayer
Life’s rhythm humming
Pessimist grudged, enduring

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picture from internet

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Feelings

Wavelike feelings
Surreal undulating
Fronds in ocean depths
Of my eely mind

A few spiky alarms
Some dreamy ferns
Curlicue creepers
Wandering coleus

Wafting aroma
Fragrance of cherished
Rose in yellowing
Thumbed book of mind

Cozy lap’s lilting lullaby
Cascading gentle streams
Love shower a mere dream
Cresting waves frothy cream

Drenching self in sprays
Diving to revive
Plumbing depths
In fathomless seas of mind

 

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Shining moments

Flower’s beauty fading unnoticed
Acts of kindness in cloak of secrecy
Shining moments before oblivion

Falling tears dried
Hope’s flame rekindled
Rain kept on falling

She ironed the creases in her dress
Wondered about creases in her life
Nonchalant began whistling

Repentance self flagellation
Spirit unscathed mere witness
“One” reality, smokescreen duality

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(picture by suja sukumaran)

Passages

 

Of history’s

mysteries

Conniving

Chicanery 

 

cupid for some

enemy for another

bridge for one

chasm of another 

 

Musical notes

Bell’s tolls

mom’s cajoles

dad’s scolds

  

aroma of feasts

bobbing heads

smell of fear

ashen cowardice 

 

holy chants

escaping incense

runaway senses

reminiscing 

 

passages of time

traversed eternally

ever spanning

countless lifetimes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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chopped stump’s octopus limbs

 

war ravaged bodies, a heart beating

 

browbeating dominance, spirit unwilling

 

a lark in my garden singing

 

nature’s breathtaking vista, returning breath

 

truth is that virus, no gun can kill

 

beholding nature’s handiwork, frozen music  

 

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Mother Nature
Walk in tandem
And then not
Womanly is she
Rags changing
Green to white
Browns to orange
Mood imbued
Their offspring
Rooted or not
Traipse often
Baulking
Accepting
Meditating
Perishing
Returning
Reinvented
Emerging thru’
Revolving door
Eternally
Cyclically
Allied to
Father time
Mother Nature
Nurturing

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Boiling water

On burner

Steaming cup

Scalded cheek

Tongue bitten

Stiff fingers

Wistful eyeful

Grey locks

Nature’s graffiti

Hair confetti

Relentless march

Time unforgiving

Spirit unwilling

Body bowing

Jerking upright

Vainly walking

In tandem

wayward

Spirit-eternal

Sunshine

Inside out

Spilling

thoughtfully

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An obscure landscape

Nondescript place

Extraordinary sight

Flightless bird in flight

Icarus on the waterway

Fish flying on airway

Piranha regurgitating bits

Bits coming together

Forming joey rabbits

Stars stretching arms

Gently touching petals

Petals pecking starry cheeks

Sun, moon gliding hand in hand

Day and night getting out of hand

Topsy turvy world sleeping waking

Seated on a dinosaur back

Magic wand my hand waving

When a 3D reptile converged

Recoiling I jumped, fell

Thud woke me, pell mell

A fanciful dream, I could tell

Painful back

Out of shape gait

Was my fate

(picture courtsey burningwell.org)

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Response came in earthy aroma, sprouts

 

Scrambling snails huddled scattered shells

Worms, gorging mini juggernauts, slithered

 

Muted chirrups retracted to refuges feathered

Overhead pearl drops shimmered in strung wires

 

Mopped dusty air, puffs of rejuvenating breath

Replete trees stand tall arms branched out

 

Leaves shaking shivers in euphoric frission, ecstatic

Life is dynamic ever changing moods, never static

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From time to time

 

To not bite back words

All the time 

 

Freedom to sleep at will

No more usual drill

 

Freedom to be just “me”

Inside out sans referee

 

A bit of tug of war, strife

To keep things humming, nice 

 

Free as a soaring kite on frail string

To keep things in proper perspective 

 

Freedom with responsibility

To own, eschew at will

 

Freedom sweet freedom

Tart, bitter sweet- if you will

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