insanity in sanity

incandescent - [ osi ]

2011-02-13T21:14:00.000-08:00

' love '

water in your eyes
burns like a flame in the skies
each star is a tear ..
~ ~
no smoke and no heat
i watch the incandescence
of silent sorrows ..

original / zg ..

religion

2011-02-11T11:14:00.000-08:00

different religions
celebrate the only sun
and the only moon ..

original / zg

aura

2010-03-27T09:19:00.000-07:00

it was a grey cloud
but the dusk made it golden
was that an aura

i bow to your God
with or without an aura
i am a blind man

' devotion / illogical ? * ' / HB - 15

the earth is not flat
but it can hold us upright
unseen gravity

forget the logic
everything is rational
when you are in love ..

original / zg

[ probably ' illogical ' has been shifted / but then devotion can well be illogical --

Note :

Dear friends & co-writers at OSI ,

Unavoidable circumstances compel me to take leave from participating further at our Dear Meme for an indefinite period. Writing at my Blogs Somewhere Beyond & Insanity in Sanity is also on a halt.

While feigning to be a writer all the while I learnt so much from each one of you, & there is not a single writer to whom I do not owe my thanks , so kindly forgive me for not mentioning any of you by name.I think of all of you as my worthy classmates
& owe my gratitude to each one of you.

Please believe me when I say that I do not have the heart that would hurt a Poet .Still if you have reason to believe that I have caused you pain I believe you will forgive me with a smile .

I am sure you will continue to bring joy and richness to the lives of your readers through your contributions to One Single Impression _ The Meme I was always proud to be a part of ..

Zoya Gautam

Monday March 29 2010

http://horizonnext.blogspot.com/

http://insane2bsane.blogspot.com/

murmur

2010-03-20T11:52:00.000-07:00

the voices of love
or the mumblings of gossip
in hushed undertones

what is happening
liberated of myself
i murmur in sleep

' pregnant ' / HB - 14

the womb of the night
holds unlimited twinkles
till the birth of dawn

her heart is broken
the contract must be honored
surrogate mother ..

original / zg

hesitation

2010-03-13T10:18:00.000-08:00

poetry of love
the words always hesitate
to hurt anyone

good to hesitate
do forever hesitate
before any war

' infestation ' / HB - 13

a will to conquer
weapons of mass destruction
a will to wage war

hurt and misery
no one really deserves it
i understand pain

original / zg

run

2010-03-06T10:38:00.002-08:00

the flight of a bird
an ostrich outruns the wolf
the plight of a bird

the theatre of life
runs in my neighbour's household
watch the dishes fly

' sleep ' / HB - 12

in a different world
a shift from reality
daydreamers sleepwalk

cure for sleeplessness
serious sermonizing
makes me fall asleep ..

original / zg

( Ed : lines 4 - 6 / HB 12)

insomnia

2010-02-27T06:34:00.000-08:00

i talk to the stars
it is an open secret
my insomnia

bewitched by the moon
surreal destinations
sleep walked distances ..

' fraught '/ HB - 11

sliver by sliver
the light is diminishing
i face the darkness

a silvern halo
illuminating the night
sliver by sliver

original / zg

gold

2010-02-20T00:59:00.000-08:00

always a reason
baking a golden brown bread
for any season

a cup of hot tea
ginger bread and marmalade
and her dear granny ..

' seductive ' / HB - 10

nothing is spoken
eyes hold the constellations
i watch the star bursts

i imagine things
dark tresses cloud everything
it is the monsoon ..

original / zg

single

2010-02-13T07:41:00.000-08:00

something about love
they never fall out of it
watch an albatross

how many heavens
how many constellations
nothing like the earth

' breath ' / HB- 9

civilization
a season of history
when the ruins breathe

tread very softly
over buried memories
the snow is melting ..

original / zg

[ Ed : -
HB- 9 / Line 3 - the ruins can breathe ]

blowing the curve

2010-02-06T05:12:00.000-08:00

keep blowing the curve
unwilling to understand
that love is finite

what is a high score
and what is not a high score
all i know is love ..

' uncanny ' / HB- 8

do you love your dog
look at the wag of the tail
it says i love you

what really matters
what is living and dying
i thought i knew it ..

original / zg

sunny days

2010-01-24T16:02:00.000-08:00

a pair of denims
a cool cotton t-shirt shroud
sunburnt fantasies

pecking sunbaked fruit
the goldfinch and oriole
uncomplicated ..

_ ~_ ~ _

' peace ' / HB - 7

in your own language
say peace to the assassin
peace to the victim

a flooded river
an overbridge to cross it
a work in progress ..

/ original / zg

chaos .osi

2010-01-18T06:02:00.000-08:00

chaos ~

galactic turmoil
there is no bigger chaos
adolescent dreams

a bad school report
the dining table ' trials'
and bitter desserts ..

~ _ ~ _ ~

[ incandescence / HB - 6

monochromatic
whispers of a blind man's dreams
soft incandescence

a dog helps the man
a blind man , crossing the road
incandescent touch ..

/ original / zg

[ Ed: Line 5 - dining table ' proceedings / chaos
Line 6 - soft incandescence / HB - 6 ]

indurated

2010-01-11T17:39:00.000-08:00

shining in the shops
hearts of indurated clay
come valentine's day

something is melting
the layers of hardened earth
a fragrance of rain ..

~ _ ~ _ ~

trembling / HB - 5

a wall collapses
hands tremble with disbelief
the berlin season

is this not winter
the memories brightly burn
a trembling stillness ..

/ original / zg

wings

2010-01-04T13:29:00.000-08:00

watch the butterfly
tell the flower, tell the wind
i talk with my wings

" mohammed ali
he floats like a butterfly
and stings like a bee "..

~ _ ~ _ ~

' electrifying ' / HB-4

a season of kites
tied to electric cables
a little kid's dream

see the kite floating
untethered , the string broken
kids run after it ..

/ original / zg

( mohammed ali- boxing legend
/ lyrics- Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band )

[ kites get tangled in overhead cables causing electrocution - india ]

wanderlust

2009-12-27T14:16:00.000-08:00

wanderlust

a wandering wind
wireless communication
the smell of the woods

' blowing in the wind '
truck full of words and whispers
loading - unloading ..

' no regret ' _ / HB-3

poetic verses
one writer stabs another
conflict of interest

attack the writing
that is understandable
" work of the poet "

insinuations
unfold the innuendos
' creative writing ' ..

/ original / zg

[ ' Work of the Poet ' a Blogspot Blog .
by_ Mary T - The Teach
/ ' blowing in the wind ' ~ bob dylan ]

junction

2009-12-21T06:38:00.000-08:00

the bow legged groom
on the train of de la mare
still , at a crossroads

the noisy hellos
define a railway junction
the silent bye-byes ..

( walter de la mare
_ the railway junction )

_ - _ -

( ' fleeting ' / HB-2 )

a still photograph
on the table calendar
jays hop on a grave ..

/ original / zg

[ _ a very merry christmas ! .. all the love ! ]

spider-webs

2009-12-15T12:07:00.000-08:00

cobwebs in the eyes
and the cobwebs in the head
where is the spider

a trapped dragonfly
flutters in a spider's web
the storm sets it free ..

{ ' wistful ' _ haiku bones/ -1 }

never a season
this is no season for war
a happy christmas ..

/ original / zg

lighthouse

2009-12-07T10:30:00.000-08:00

when the night would spread
like a sea without a shore
up there , a lighthouse

answering the dark
the meanings they burn so bright
shining , a lighthouse ..

/ original / zg

[ Ed : - Line 3 - the lighthouse shining
- Line 6 - a lighthouse shining ]

migration

2009-12-02T04:47:00.000-08:00

it is in the mind
the winter of depression
and the birds fly off

fragrant in sanskrit
rooted in ancient india
texas basmati ..

/ original / zg

( basmati ,: a hindi word , rooted in sanskrit , meaning that which is fragrant ~
' basmati ' ~ a category of rice grown in india since the ages _ has raised patenting issues )

happy birthday beth !

2009-11-25T00:28:00.000-08:00

born!

sad if we are sad
happy if we are happy
feel the night and day ..

( lucky to be born , lucky to be living , the ' we ' counts everyone , everywhere )

~ ~ november 26 _ is beth patterson's birthday ! ~ ~

Click :>_ HERE /

to read a beautiful poem by ~ David Whyte - - on her blog ' The VTH ' - -

& Click : >_ HERE / to read ' Sweet shared aperture ' _ beth's birthday post - -

creative

2009-11-22T07:18:00.000-08:00

the classroom boredoms
have heard the psychiatrist
call it ADD

begin to like it
to beat the monotony
creativity ..

.. - -

the human language
creative or destructive
bridge or a chasm ..

( tues nov 24. 09)

/ original / zg

[ ADD : Attention Deficit Disorder ]

reincarnation

2009-11-15T10:32:00.000-08:00

living & dying
what really reincarnates
all the griefs and joys

go to sleep tonight
just thank a little wonder
when your eyes open ..

~ ~

when vision got blurred
she saw love reincarnate
in the smallest things

( nov 19 .thurs.09 )

[ Ed:-
Line 1_ people live & die
Line 2_ but something reincarnates ]

/ original / zg

departed

2009-11-09T04:03:00.000-08:00

to feel what you feel
i departed from myself
to feel what i feel

hurts just overstay
in the li'l box i live in
i am a good host ..

they understood pain
and love was all they wanted
the story remained ../ ( November 14, 2009 )

.
/ original / zg

shift in time

2009-11-02T07:02:00.000-08:00

she in october
and me on november one
on the internet

the tree leaves dancing
for the fall is in full swing
my heart skips a beat ..

/ original / zg

elusive

2009-10-27T01:30:00.000-07:00

a social beast , me
should i be hiding from you
you are no monster

love is elusive
so tyren asks obama
why do they hate you ..

/ original / zg

[ 9-year-old fourth-grader tyren scott of paulina, la.,

asked , president obama during a town hall meeting at the university of new olreans in new olreans on thursday 15 oct 2009

" why do people hate you
they are supposed to love you
god is love " ]

[ Ed :- Line 1 - alive on the earth ]

conquer

2009-10-18T21:53:00.000-07:00

a galley slave rows
therefore your heart aches for him
that's hallelujah

distant radio
marley's buffalo soldier
wanting to survive..

/ original / zg

[ Ref : Buffalo soldiers The first black regiments in the regular US army,
established by Congress on July 1866.

Background : _Mullin : _( click ) > - - History --

_ Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta:
There was a buffalo soldier in the heart of america,
Stolen from africa, brought to america,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival

bob marley/ singer -songwriter / ]

talisman

2009-10-12T03:42:00.000-07:00

did it cross your mind
that love burrows through the heart
with a rabbit's foot

warding off evil
sanctified and made holy
the sun and the moon ..

/ original / zg

descent.osi

2009-10-04T21:16:00.000-07:00

^{( the other side of _ )} ascent

climbs to her classroom
but comes down with the homework
the carousel moves

the kindergarten
elation & depression
only a seesaw ..

~ ~
the rain descends - -

& the light descends - -

but lift the spirit -

(oct 07.2009.wed)

/ original / zg

color

2009-09-27T13:33:00.000-07:00

color-blind

watch their grey hunger
it is passionate and raw
like half fed bellies

why don't you describe
the hues of other passions
an editor asks ..

/ original / zg

[ Ed - Line 3 : like empty stomachs ]

fog

2009-09-22T00:23:00.000-07:00

^{( clouding - )} _the fall

that leaf in the sky
must also face the season
what if it's a cloud

i have seen them fogged
by the encompassing grief
in search of sunshine ..

/ original / z.g.

thirst

2009-09-12T23:32:00.000-07:00

hold a drop of rain
in the hollow of your palm
water is sacred

know the taste of tears
since the very ancient times
i drink the oceans ..

/ original / zg

romance

2009-09-06T14:56:00.000-07:00

the fights we had had
over trivialities
was only romance

the sun could be harsh
the moon shines on borrowed light
just the romance glows ..

/ original / zg

[ Edit : Lines 4 & 5 - who cares for the sun
the borrowed light of the moon ]

blue

2009-08-30T02:09:00.000-07:00

with a monkshood on
he speaks to veronica
oh morning glory

they sing of the skies
the lupine and lavender
just set my blues free ..

( monkshood, veronica, morning glory -
blue colored flowers )

/ original / zg

allow

2009-08-26T20:26:00.000-07:00

the coolest rock band
a harry potter outing
the newest ringtone

pastas and pizzas
another icecream soda
no toothbrush tonight ..

/ original / z.g.

copse

2009-08-19T18:35:00.000-07:00

my dog is her wolf
a little red riding hood
my neighbour's daughter

losing their acorns
the woodpeckers and bluejays
the lumberjacks come ..

[ the woodpeckers and bluejays
also hide acorns beneath the earth , like squirrels ]

/ original / zg

ocean

2009-08-09T08:16:00.000-07:00

an ocean , your eyes
i flow with the crest and trough
but when will i drown

just funny sorrows
as i sail through the grub street
on rafts of paper

/ original / zg

[ Ref : grub street ~ the world of impoverished writers and literary hacks.
:- after Grub Street, London, former name of Milton Street, where such writers lived ]

window

2009-08-06T00:26:00.000-07:00

but for a window
the bits of celestial haze
just bricks on a wall

let the moon step in
waltz with the tenebrous dark
the window that's why

/ original / zg

fragrance

2009-07-26T16:23:00.000-07:00

the boy knows his dog
the wag of the tell tale tail
mom's cooking downstairs

his first cigarette
shouldn't a deodorant hide it
but it's a mom's nose ..

/ original /zg

inner voice

2009-07-22T12:11:00.000-07:00

so many rivers
flow into the seven seas
they come back as rain

forget the jargon
don't bother about meanings
it's the voice of love ..

/ original / zg

thinking

2009-07-14T06:55:00.000-07:00

never stops thinking
does he think of unthinking
the rodin statue

someone could just be
or begin to start thinking
of being someone

/ original / zg

the stranger

2009-07-06T09:52:00.000-07:00

glorious verdure
the raven and the robin
all come to the tree

look at the faces
at the railway terminus
the fabric of life ..

/ original /zg

blue rain

2009-06-28T09:51:00.000-07:00

this transparent rain
comes in all possible shades
you choose what you want

with no trace of blues
the children waddle across
the muddy waters .

/ original / zg

assimilation

2009-06-22T01:24:00.000-07:00

it is a oneness
through all the fabulous fruits
you consume the dust

whose sorrows i breathe
in the air that is fragrant
with the living earth ..

/original / zg

walls

2009-06-17T00:25:00.000-07:00

can't enclose the heart
' another brick in the wall '
say Aung San Suu Kyi

walls in a prison
they are very different
from walls in a home ..

/original /zg

[ Aung San Suu Kyi ~ fighter for Democracy~ Burma Myanmar ]

intersections

2009-06-08T06:20:00.000-07:00

he keeps focusing
fine tunes the intersection
on a sitting duck

it keeps on flowing
intersected by a bridge
spanning grief & joy ..

/ original / zg

denouement

2009-05-31T13:23:00.000-07:00

it is killing her
a low haemoglobin count
size zero culture

the g- twenty meet
and fill up many papers
to beat poverty ..

/original/ zg

dropped

2009-05-24T01:41:00.000-07:00

the escalator
elation and depression
what goes up comes down

a shopaholic
a lengthening shopping list
let the prices drop ..

/ original / zg

tolerance

2009-05-16T22:32:00.001-07:00

' thanksgiving '

quakes and eruptions
and tsunamis and what not
how much tolerance

the hurricane's gone
leaving everything flattened
except surprises.

/ original / zg

what is it like

2009-05-11T10:39:00.000-07:00

words aren't assasins
nor are they mercenaries
for the word is god

what when the words hurt
when they break and bruise and maim
surely god would know ..

/original/zg

tactile

2009-05-02T21:26:00.000-07:00

.. to helen keller ..

' metaphysics '

a light would touch me
the darkness deaf,mute and blind
with no taste or smell

there is nobody
but the lavender floats in
i can sense her touch ..

/original/zg

{ ref:- Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, a small rural town in Northwest Alabama,`~ USA ~ She taught the world to respect people who are blind and deaf ..
- -She altered our perception of the disabled and remapped the boundaries of sight and sense. . Left blind, deaf, and mute after an illness in infancy, Helen Keller overcame her disabilities with the help of Anne Sullivan, her inspired teacher ~ Helen Died: 1 June 1968 )

word

2009-04-27T08:40:00.000-07:00

remember ' the word '
time obliterates the ink
but never the truth

~ ~

if they don't survive
would they ever ever know
'bout the word of god ..

/original/zg

one word

2009-04-19T06:58:00.000-07:00

' earth '

is it yours or mine
out of it arguments grow
unsettling the dust

birth,life,death and love
of the grasses that would grow
to settle the dust .

/original/z.g.

[ED-lines 5 & 6-anything that grows on it/returns to the earth./april 20th.]

live water

2009-04-12T04:04:00.000-07:00

' water '

i know the oppressed
live water flows through their veins
it's red in color
~ ~
this golden water
when it really comes to life
it makes life different

/original/zg

LISTENING

2009-04-05T09:13:00.000-07:00

'without earplugs'

deaf was the river
could not hear but it listened
the thirst was speechless
~ ~
when the clouds thunder
when a wilderness whispers
what are they saying ..
~ ~
dulcet dialogues
tenor,bass or soprano
how did the birds know
- april 06
~ ~
a jury listens
the verdict pre- determined
ex-parte hearings ..

[law~ex-parte:-when the accused is absent]
- april 08
/original/zg

smoke

2009-03-29T00:25:00.000-07:00

fuming

onlookers worry
'bout fumes on the highest floor
where incense sticks burn

draped in fog the moon
hiding behind a smoke-screen
or merely fuming
~ ~
[apr 02.09.thurs]

burning at both ends
in her lips the cigarette
can you smoke grief out ..

/original/zg

equals

2009-03-23T03:33:00.000-07:00

inequality
unequal the sun and moon
and thank god for it

in equality *
minus a plinth or lintel
the earth is your home ..

/original/z.g.

[ED-everything equal *]

farewells

2009-03-16T00:02:00.000-07:00

it's agonizing
farewells take away something
it's never ok

while parting they say
that everything keeps moving
memories do not ..

/original/zg

fork in the road

2009-03-07T22:49:00.000-08:00

'splits'

keeps bifurcating
finding a pied-a- terre
keeps bifurcating

either both are wrong
or hopefully both are right
or one of them is ..

/original/zg

circles

2009-03-01T05:12:00.000-08:00

a potter's wheel turns
the cups hardly understand
that someone's thirsty

just a broken cup
fondly picked up by someone
who undertstands thirst ..

/original/zg

twilight

2009-02-21T22:25:00.000-08:00

golden suffusion
filled with the birds' harmonies
but that was morning

the day had to end
for that's when the cows come home
nothing like twilight ..

/original/zg

spectral

2009-02-14T23:44:00.000-08:00

' flame '

a spectral darkness
where passions grope quietly
for the light of love

in the spectral light
of a flickering moment
all the darkness drowns ..

/original/zg

movement

2009-02-07T22:29:00.000-08:00

standing still the tree
shades a tired traveler
moves into his heart

the liquefied soul
and its' journey to the eyes
is sometimes called love ..
----


~words
   transfixed
       on a journey ~

        ~immobile
             words
                 voyage on~

[feb10/11.2009]

/original/zg

slowly

2009-01-31T22:37:00.000-08:00

restlessly waiting
cometh not the beloved
moments tread slowly

intoxications
phantasmagorias
reach the truth slowly

a journey of notes
through the 'jazz fantasias'
finds a song slowly
..............................

  
in transit

.. love letters
                                        
       to the heartbroken

                 sent by snail~mail ..     

(feb 04.2008)

/original/zg

['jazz fantasia': a poem by carl sandburg]

if only i had time

2009-01-24T21:26:00.000-08:00

sorrows of the world
or the world of my sorrows
only so much time
..........................
a river of life
unerupted volcanoes
time is the referee
..........................
/original/zg

fading memories

2009-01-17T22:02:00.000-08:00

a war in gaza
so many innocent kids
become memories
...........................
beyond memory
your electrical impulse
running through my veins
...........................
as dusk fades away
filled with the verse of sunshine
a page of the earth
.........................
if it's amnesia
and my consciousness forgets
this being would feel you
.........................
/original/zg

a summer's-day

2009-01-10T21:10:00.000-08:00

the magpie's promise
to the vernal equinox
a summer of songs !
...........................
step into my day
like 'a mid summer night's dream'
'fill up my senses' !
......................
changes the idiom
one swallow makes a summer
your touch in winter !
.........................
is it the season
or your laughter that maketh
the carnations bloom ! ..
..........................
* annie's song~ john denver

/original/zg

skin

2009-01-04T02:37:00.000-08:00

the warm and the cold
pleasures of the skin decide
which way would life go
...........................
all the pampering
for the gloss and the beauty
never mind the mind
.............................
children rush to hold
the black the brown and the white
before the lessons
...............................
epithelial
parameters classify
human worthiness
.................................

' (un)veiled '

swimming costume round
gorgeous glorification
the within was veiled ..

jan.09.2009

/original/zg

stardust

2008-12-28T03:00:00.000-08:00

barefooted the moon
walks on a solitude of sand
with hints of stardust

'tis stardust on earth
the yellow pollen travels
till wild flowers bloom..

/original/zg

a winter's day

2008-12-22T11:39:00.000-08:00

he pulls a rickshaw
and pulls and pulls through the day
to survive the night
........................
for a bit of sun
without passport or visa
migratory birds!..

/original/zg

distraction

2008-12-13T10:02:00.000-08:00

run for bread & salt
for the breath that comes & goes
love undistracted
..........................
come rain or come snow
meditative nonchalance
a mountain unmoved
..........................
why lose my focus
for where is the distraction
'tis only my thought

..........................
no more digressions
not even you would stray me
from my love for you ..
..........................

/original/zg

doodle

2008-12-07T09:18:00.000-08:00

every distraction
culminating in magic
each life a doodle
.......................
the moon just painted
all the dancing galaxies
in its' own silver..

/original/zg

welcoming

2008-12-02T05:36:00.000-08:00

ordinary people
have been always welcoming
the tidbits of life
.............................
no one deserves it
orchestrated destruction
terror strikes again..*

(* nov 26.08-terror attacks mumbai)

/original/zg

childhood memories

2008-11-23T07:57:00.000-08:00

uncomplicated
were the journeys to heaven
near by pizza shop
...........................
that love & laughter
that unburdened survival
whatever happened ?

/original/zg

courage

2008-11-15T21:44:00.000-08:00

truth and non-violence
to combat the british raj
a strange mahatma
..............................
riches and beauty
nay,he renounced an empire
amazing buddha
.............................
abraham lincoln
' love of the common people' *
democracy lives
.................................
one stephen hawking
'a brief history of time' #
luminosity
.............................

/original/zg
[*Written by Ronnie Wilkins and John Hurley, and originally recorded by Waylon Jennings on his 1967 album, Love Of The Common People.]
[#A Brief History of Time is a popular science book written by Stephen Hawking ]

paradox

2008-11-08T21:10:00.000-08:00

great hollywood scripts
true originality
the ghost writers know
..........................
happens in nature
the sun and rain together
as also in love
.............................
space of a closed fist
a heart could accomodate
more than the cosmos

teddy bearish dreams
nightmarish realities
a common address
...................
from positive truths
negative inferences
refracted vision
.......................
/original/zg

disguise

2008-11-01T20:47:00.000-07:00

hollywood hoo doo
underneath the razzmatazz
such disguised sorrows
..............................
ubiquitous smiles
undiscernable anguish
clowning's not a joke
.............................
painstakingly done
a beautification job
you call it disguise?
.........................
/original/zg

gift

2008-10-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

non commercial
you don't acquire but receive
the grand gift of life
...........................
no compensation
wishing nothing in return
a beatific smile
...........................
money cannot buy
power cannot generate
the seasons of love
......................
/original/zg

never ending

2008-10-18T15:54:00.000-07:00

ending abruptly
wish it remained forever
illogical dream
.................
indestructible
glowing through the milki way
ethereal love
.......................
/original/zg

gold

2008-10-11T11:47:00.000-07:00

without a worry
flaunt this unguarded treasure
let marigolds sway
..........................
one broken lantern
happily a flame flickers
this warmth is golden
............................
bare realities
autumnal recitations
diffused goldenness
................
/original/zg

serendipity

2008-10-04T14:26:00.000-07:00

thirsting for the rain
simmering expectations
appears a rainbow
.............................
.insatiable
quest for enlivening fragrance
butterflies arrive
.......................
/original/zg

fleeting

2008-09-27T10:55:00.000-07:00

colonial past
a pristine civilization
feels spiritual
.....................
a falling apple
could transform posterity
a fleeting moment
...............................
a conquered country
had to lose the kohinoor *
to fleeting beauty
.............................
caressed by lightning
the effect devastating
momentary life
....................
{*the 'kohinoor' is a diamond.the website- http://www.diamonds-are-forever.org.uk/kohinoor-diamond.htm
carries more info}
/original/zg

autumn

2008-09-20T18:12:00.000-07:00

the summer is gone
autumn's not in denial
of what is to come
............................
play come september #
just return the old freedoms
this the world deserves
...........................
inseparable
the leaves console the branches
look beyond winter
..............................
for van gogh could see
the fall in a sun rising
golden perceptions!
[sep22-6.30 pm]
.............................
/original/zg
# theme from a '60s movie

seeds

2008-09-13T15:46:00.000-07:00

imaginative
seeds pierce the wilderness
would wild willows weep*
............................
seed of compassion
an eternity flower
and a crown of thorns
..........................
with ordinary seeds
the elements interact
breathtaking blossoms
..........................
/original/zg
[revised:would wild willows weep*>
-edit:'whimsical willows!'*/ref:cmnts at no.7&8 ]

..........................

defenses down

2008-09-06T14:19:00.000-07:00

always circumspect
contemplating a checkmate
wily politics
...............
looming thunderheads
the trees silently wonder
when will lightning strike
.......................
/original/zg

resolve

2008-08-24T01:33:00.000-07:00

the will to resolve
peace,harmony and justice
all that the gods want!
.......................
unless we resolve
environmental issues
elimination!
......................../original/zg

spectacle

2008-08-23T14:19:00.000-07:00

the sun disappears
weird abra ca dabra
a total eclipse!
....................
combating darkness
scholarly bespectacled
poets like fireflies

{revised)11.25pmIST[mon01.'08]
...................
a giant cactus
prospers in adversity
a huge spectacle!
......................
miss universe crown
specific parameters
determine beauty!
.....................
calamity strikes
their dreams and hopes washed away
floods disastrous floods
[bihar(india):floods aug'08]
/original/zg

homecoming

2008-08-19T07:19:00.000-07:00

the perfect decor
the ambience of a dream house
but,simply not home!
...........................
they are the faceless
unknown david copperfields
wanting to go home
.............................
there is confusion
as her parents get divorced
a home is broken
.................................
one does understand
only in a foreign land
what home is about

[what home really is/ed]
.......................
the pet had been lost
many many miles away
but still returns home!
(animal planet)
..............................
/original/zg

stairways

2008-08-10T00:40:00.000-07:00

just follow the words
through the stairways of your life
to find a poem!
..............................
such a distant moon
whim's silvern sensuous clouds
my only stairway!
...............................
the 'godfather' laughed
stairways to the underworld
you never ascend!
.............................
every syllable
took me closer to a song
step by step by step!
.......................

/original/zg

folly

2008-08-02T13:06:00.000-07:00

nothing else but you
elevated consciousness
the rest is folly!
..................
suffering from aids
unaffordable treatment
this folly does kill!
.....................
people die in wars
the dealers of arms prosper
thriving on follies!
....................
simply patenting
civilizational heritage
for trade is no crime!
.......................
two lifetimes don't earn
what's lost on a vegas night
the wisdom of man!
..........................
just to keep alive
die innumerable deaths
life ain't no folly!
...................
../original/zg

face

2008-07-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

the heavens caress
the rivers,seas,forests,hills
the face of the earth!
.............................
a hundred and eight
winters,summers,autumns faced
the oldest blogger!
/~olive riley~{demise july14.08}/
................................
human history
does it truly justify
the image of God!
..........................
innocent children
their faces are the scriptures
that are full of Him!
..........................
defacing the earth
to make a home beautiful
what a paradox![jul28]
........................../original/zg

rest

2008-07-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

you could call it rest
the meditating carbon
becomes a diamond!
...................
minute particles
but if you disturb the rest
an atom explodes!
........................
the taj mahal grieves
love on a moonlit night love
time forgets to move!
.......................
[sat.jul26]
it's a mystery
do i really know myself
when i am asleep!
................./original/zg

myth

2008-07-13T16:36:00.000-07:00

the ruins reminisce
of age old magnificence
a myth resurrects!
.............................
possibly the truth
if it's uncomfortable
label it a myth!
............................
the television
a myth or reality
the editors know!
............................
is it black magic
or just something in her eyes
that is killing me!
.........................
civilization
when you are gone and finished
will your Gods remain?
......................... /original/zg

through a window

2008-07-06T02:07:00.000-07:00

it is my window
their doorway to existence
the birds come and go!
...........................
the hopes of watching
my favorite star tonight
dashed through a window!
.................................
every moment counts
now the miner's only hope
light through a window!
..................
shine through a window
or come with bag and baggage
enter, exit, thoughts!
............................
feel the opera
the colors,twitters,scents dance
why close the window?
........................
the only window
in his six by six cellar
is a lively mind!
........................../original/zg

doorway

2008-06-28T12:32:00.000-07:00

somehow love gets past
the barricading doorways
like an SMS!
.........................
every doorway locked
the fragrance, a prisoner
elopes with the wind!
...........................
did slam the door shut
yet i fail to keep you out
dreams dictate the script!
........................
an easy way in
but once inside the puzzle
the way out is not!
......................
will such seeds to sprout
and send the blossoms anew
through the earth's doorways!
../original/z.g.
........................

melody

2008-06-21T21:40:00.000-07:00

a silent world
the deaf hear
a melody of love!
......................
a melodious night
this moonlit tree
a wind instrument!
.....................
serenades with love
caresses the keys
unlocks a melody!
.....................
sunrise and sunset
a symphony of birds
who wrote the melody!
.......................
who needs the meaning
even when you say nothing
your silence does sing!..
~{meaningless melodies/june24}
/original/z.g.

transience_

2008-06-14T20:15:00.000-07:00

day an eternal thirst
night a sea of infinity
dissolve in timeless transience!
.................................
from many light years
of transfixed twinkling
breaks free a shooting star!
................................
the big bang
was an explosion
but life evolved!
................................
the stork is still
waiting for the fish
to become history!
................................
transient thoughts
stay paused
in love's eternal moment!
.....................
is
forever
changing
[june20/08]..original/zg
......................

pet

2008-06-07T23:57:00.000-07:00

the tongue lavishes love
a tail wags
who pets whom!
........................
sunbeam fingers
pet a.flower
the breeze is fragrant!
.........................
on the radio
my pet song
brings back childhood!
/[added after cmnt6]
.........................
inside the cage
a parrot says
i own the sky!
.........................
seen a dog
pet a cat
and a man surprised!
/[foster mom tales]
........................./original/zg

freedom

2008-06-01T21:00:00.000-07:00

flying petals
freedom flutters and floats
butterflies blossom!
......................
the mind's not
a dark prison
but a free flowing sky!
.......................
sensitive eyes
captivate me
who wants freedom!
.......................
the statue of liberty
how it listens
to the poetry i read!
.......................
/original/z.g.

reflecting

2008-05-25T21:16:00.000-07:00

the heart's dark moon
brightly reflects
your sunshine smiles!
.......................
her chest treasures
a love she hides
the eyes reflect honestly!
.......................
moonshine smile
reflected off dark goblets
that's the intoxicant!
........................
it's all hidden
i thought
till the mirror spoke!
........................
wasn't reflected
the image projected
the truth was!
(may28.08)
.........................
reflecting the past
the future just
becomes the present!
.......................
i'm dyin' to sink
in the unfathomable
reflections of your eyes!..
../original/z.g.

bleeding

2008-05-19T17:35:00.000-07:00

no bleeding
the wounds, a gift
the hurt drips on
[may24.08]
.........................
the being a pen
the ink's sorrow
bleeding words a song
..........................
such white bridal robes
bleeding mad eyes
see a lady in red
..........................
the sea of dusk
a fiery red drop sinks
for whom the cosmos bleeds
..........................
the heart's white roses
i send as love
are bleeding red for you!
_/(message on a bouquet of red roses)/
.............................
parting a nightmare
yearning a dream
bleeding a reality..
[may22.08]
..............................
this quiet bleeding
from the pain of others
in your heart a Christ! /original/z.g.
..........................