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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.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Date: 5/6/2010 9:49:00 AM
Thank you so much for your nice comments. I've enjoyed reading your poems also. Scarlett
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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.
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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.
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Date: 5/5/2010 7:59:00 PM
well done, i am so into the Phoenix rise, nicely done,..p.d
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