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WHO AM I Who am I anyway; a hare-brained mongrel? A tree lightning struck on sedate shores? Deadwood burnt lying in the grave of forgetting? A firefly turned into scorching torch? Or thunder challenged screaming at the lightning? Today I am in the sky where a red sword From a swarthy ocean furiously flashed Between blasting billows of earth’s passion Am I not my friend fearing this sword-thrust Into this far sky coalescing into My black blood’s steady vermillion whisper Where is the truth that deliquesces not At my patient inquest into this burn Its never healing itch and identity The rain soaked bird and its song is sunk The river is in flood, my thirst is but quenched I strain to break through my birth-bonding skeins By S.Jagathsimhan Nair Date: Written about 20 years back For Gautami Phookan's contest

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Date: 1/2/2014 9:02:00 PM
Awesome Jag....congratulations
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Date: 12/25/2013 11:25:00 PM
20 years ago and SO GOOD!!! Congrats again!
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Date: 12/24/2013 4:31:00 PM
I think you are you but you may wish to get a second I pinion. Congratulations on a fine entry.
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Date: 12/24/2013 8:17:00 AM
Big congrats to you on your winning poem!
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Date: 12/24/2013 12:10:00 AM
Enjoyed your beautiful write on a portrait of a poet and congratulations on the win, Jagath
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Date: 12/23/2013 6:47:00 PM
And the search for our true identities continues throughout the days of our lives. Congrats on your super performance with this meaningful selection. RAY
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Date: 12/23/2013 12:38:00 PM
Congrats SJ on your fabulous win with this beautifully written poem! Enjoyed your work immensely. Thank you so much for your participation.. Best wishes, gautami
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Date: 7/26/2011 7:25:00 AM
fantastic, SJ...special KUDOS to you for the superb win!...huggs
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Date: 7/25/2011 9:55:00 PM
wow, yours is certainly the most dramatic and creative of the bunch! Congrats on this unique poem winning in the contest.
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Date: 7/25/2011 8:39:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Tracie's "Getting to know you" contest S. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/24/2011 2:54:00 PM
a round of sparkling cheers for your great win, SJ! :)huggs!
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Date: 7/24/2011 2:13:00 PM
Congrats SJ on your big win with this insightful poetry on u luv...
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Date: 7/11/2011 8:54:00 PM
great write [form Free Verse/ Blank verse has meter ;)] loved this line "Deadwood burnt lying in the grave of forgetting?" I was wondering pretty please if you'd given me a contest entry? If not please do! Light & Love
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Date: 6/26/2011 9:30:00 PM
Well, well, well....You've done it again!I love the fact that my mind runs wild when I read your poems. So many images infuse my head every time! I may not be the first to comment on this, but I defiantly will NOT be the last!-AddieThornton
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Date: 6/24/2011 8:59:00 AM
Lovely self introspective expressions, S.J
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