the deeper the feelings run, tumultuous -
the fewer words they use, withdraw the fuss and more serene the slow half-smile they choose
to wear, and the crisper they write their verse
***
broken ice floes, meaninglessly adrift
on a polar sea; if there are any giftsthey lie underneath hidden from the light
even when the long darkness deigns to lift
***
that’s likely as complete as that will get -
the scribbled half, one line of a coupletscrunched up on a desktop, but if I smooth
it out perhaps I will still get its truth
not every line finds its rhyme or its pair
but the poetry is still hidden in there
not every line finds its rhyme or its pair
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...........true that!! u write beautifully Nilanjana
Beautiful and heartfelt. Specially the last one. Amazing. Haven't felt so spirited in a long time after reading poetry.
ReplyDeleteNow that was a mouthful! Lovely fun!
ReplyDeleteThank you all.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. The line where you have written it is crisper is brilliant.
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