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Blest and Fabled

OH! Phoenix, teach me your ways and means
How to reproduce oneself unlike beings
You! The resident of an oak or Palm tree
Living up to a life of hundred years free.

OH! Darling of Assyrians, teach me your ways and means
Ye! the depositor of the temple of the sun
How to lift my own cradle and parent’s sepulcher  
And carrying it to the city of Heliopolis in Egypt

Oh! The Sun worshiper, teach me your ways and means
Ye, the consumer of frankincense and odoriferous gums 
without eating apple or flowers not to remain numb
And how to come to life from my own ashes.

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 3/9/2011 7:31:00 AM

Enjoyed reading your creative work this morn..Very expressive work..Thanks for your kind remarks on my work..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/10/2010 10:06:00 PM

Is this one for the contest with that picture? It should do nicely then. A creatived write! Luv, Andrea

Linda Milgate

Date: 5/9/2010 7:27:00 PM

I love this, the images and symbols, cradle and sepulcher and the hope for rising out of our ashes where ever we are in life. Hope you get this published somewhere. I value your comments. Thank you.

Charles Henderson

Date: 5/6/2010 9:10:00 PM

A little deep there in places Dr. Mehta, but I definitely like it. I learned a thing or two I didn't know and enjoyed your delicious flow. Thank you for your comments on my poetry recently. Charles Henderson

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 5/6/2010 5:53:00 PM

Hey! we both love to start with OH! My, my! you know I want more of a comment out of you than very nice...(tickle) Your verse above is extra tough competition...you sure can write! Light & Love

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 5/6/2010 2:47:00 PM

Wow! Awesome, Dr. Ram. The phoenix has always fascinated me as well. If this bird can rise again after death, surely there's a lot we can learn from it. Really like this one and its mythological overtones! Love, Carolyn

Date: 5/6/2010 9:49:00 AM

Thank you so much for your nice comments. I've enjoyed reading your poems also. Scarlett

Daniel Cwiak

Date: 5/6/2010 9:11:00 AM

Nice choice of words in the flow... This means so many things on so many different levels. Nice write.

Caroline Cécile Delacroix

Date: 5/5/2010 10:53:00 PM

Very nice write. We can indeed learn from nature and from history and cultures. Enjoyed the read. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your comments on my poem too. Caroline.