Poetry

To Be Or Not – The Road Not Taken

by Prakash Rangarajan on November 21, 2010

The Road not taken

Mine wilting breast, perched on a parched heart,
Hath time dressed light, or enamoured hope in rags,
And doth the song haunt thee tempest?
Or the melody mask, the stranger in grace?
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The Symphony Of A Stream

by Prakash Rangarajan on November 18, 2010

Symphony of a Stream

Sacred lisps, turbulent trust, thy waters boast,
Syllables stirred! maybe paeans to a lost divine wind,
Thine presence wet, thine visage unkempt,
This daring ambition, those sublime kisses on rocks spent,
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The Mystic Peak

by Prakash Rangarajan on November 12, 2010

The Mystic Peak

Oh, mine peak draped! Can you sate -
Dreams that daze and truths to brace?
Makes me heady, this opium mist,
That you exhale, dewy, drunk, awashed,
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Nature Rapture

by Prakash Rangarajan on November 10, 2010

Nature Rapture

I lost count, of light years zillion, where yeons
I stood, Soul clasped I knelt,
Romancing the woods – the damp earth, mist embraced mountains – Almost
And more, of oragasmic splendor, that Mother Nature bared,
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When Starlight Crept On Moonbeams Bold

by Prakash Rangarajan on October 28, 2010

When Starlight crept

Hearken ! spring languid, orchids candid,
Doth thy cup of life froth swollen?
The days pause, the nights gaze,
Mainfest the moment, when atoms light!
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Rendezvous with Rumi – Soulmist on Sacrosant Wings

by Prakash Rangarajan on June 30, 2010

Rendezvouz with Rumi

There is no better way to spend a quiet evening than meditating on the works of Rumi, the medieval poet and spiritual proponent of Persia. Partaking of “The Essential Rumi” and “Rumi the book of love“, translations by Coleman Barks is a fascinating journey into Rumi’s adundant metaphorical expressions of love and living, all heart and soul gushing as crystal streams of soulfreedom.

Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,
no light and no land anywhere,
cloudcover thick. I try to stay
just above the surface,
yet I’m already under
and living with the ocean.

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Snow Moon

by Prakash Rangarajan on May 22, 2007

Clouds float in demure stupor,
A moon’s careless dreams in white,
All except one in angelic vision,
Floating still on sky space rented,
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