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Umbrella

Umbrella

When, picking up from where it left off last, 
the gales begin to  blast the good rudders, 
anchors or anything that  underpins 
a muslin day  or when,  ineluctably
caught up in the  searing frenzy  of  
earthly  pangs shaking up the innards of
another silken day  or again, when 
the carefully manufactured myth of  
social  ceremony needs to be propped
up with the  vigorous mien  of a noble 
bearing, one seeks out the folded up, 
dormant vitality from some corner 
of one’s psyche,  dusts it, opens  it up
and finds under it relief, rest or class.

By S.Jagathsimhan Nair
Form: Sonnet
27-3-14
For Kelly Deschler's contest

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 4/4/2014 9:03:00 PM
This is a different take on the contest. Congrats on your great win, Jag! Love, Kim
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Date: 4/3/2014 10:26:00 PM
JAG, congrats on your AWESOME win. .. Luv ~SKAT~
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Date: 4/3/2014 2:30:00 PM
Hi Jag, this is quite a skillfully written poem with a deep meaning. I guess people are always searching for "relief, rest or class." Awesome! Congrats on your win. Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 4/3/2014 12:31:00 PM
Hi Jag :) Congratulations, wonderful winning Umbrella poem. Enjoyed my BFF's winning list..... luv LINDA
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Date: 4/3/2014 4:59:00 AM
My congratulations for writing this lovely poem, enjoyed it, nair
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Date: 4/2/2014 11:06:00 PM
hey, I sure never noticed this one before. A find write, jag. Big congratulations to you.
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Date: 4/2/2014 11:37:00 AM
- Hey Jag. - Congratulations on your win in "Umbrella" contest Sponsor Leonora Galinta - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 4/2/2014 10:45:00 AM
My warm and hearty congratulations on this brilliant piece and win my dear friend S.J ! Thank u so much for your loving support. More blessings! Biggest hugs! Love lots always, Leonora
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Date: 3/30/2014 12:37:00 PM
Ahhh yes of course I new you could rhyme Jag ;) [perhaps there ARE modern sonnets with no end rhyme?]The label just confused me. Words like [underpins, muslin day, mien] are working very well in this verse, a powerful verse no matter the label. Light & Love
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Date: 3/30/2014 9:47:00 AM
Very intriguing verse Jag, if you are going for a modern sonnet with enjambment it still must have end rhyme, though it need not be perfect rhyme, should be half or slant rhyme. Let me know your thoughts OK? Please do call me Debbie, Jag? Light & Love
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Date: 3/29/2014 11:01:00 AM
great write S.J.H,your umbrella opened wide
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