At Leisure Poems

A Triad of Tanka II

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The dragons have gone;

Disappearing into wind

Which bore them eastwards.

Sunset fell into shadow...

And the World became legend.
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Beneath tired ...

Keeping on Course

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"There's a river meandering through the mind"
It flows like a torrent, so often I find
My thoughts when they bank up, and reach breaking point
A deep breath is needed before all is spoilt.

Th...

The Home of my Dream

...“The home of my dream lies within me.” By author
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No. of lines; 30

River, Heart, Erase, Gaze, Lush, Tender


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i too want to be free

...
you're beautiful and you don't care
you're all about freedom
living life like it's a gift
flying at leisure across the sky
pausing here and there at will
soaring in the magnanimity of sunshine...

Rat trap

...The ancient scriptures are both boon and bane
on one hand holding out a ray of hope
yet also becoming a thought form chain
letting us not with light of truth elope.
Each breath we take anchors us...

Gemini Garden, Silent One

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2nd place


“birds care not for whom they sing” – Silent One


The Sun cares not for whom it rises;
Wind cares not for whom it blows!
Stars care not for whom they shine;
Rivers care not fo...

Gemini Garden Silent One

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   " Birds care not for whom they sing "     -  Silent One.

        
     Birds care not for whom they sing,
     but sing free in zest and zing,
      whistles calling mates to bring
      ...

Artificial Iris

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"Artificial Iris"


Orwell was lurking in the background, somewhere;
the dream was eerily familiar, 
the words and their meanings, read in Syntax,
once read between pa...

GOD SEEKER

...You carried HIS THRONE
...I should have my own
You worshiped HIS NAME
...I should be the flame
You did your duty, as commanded
...I will never be reprimanded

...by that MAN

The moment you ...

The woman is a serpent with eyes that hypnotize

...The woman is a serpent with eyes that hypnotize,
That wants to swallow you whole, to engulf you in her fascination,
With her enchanted smile, she lures you into her blind web,
She drinks your soul...

Christmas Tree

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"I'm not a Grinch, but would rather see an inch of 
new growth on a tree then to fell it down to please me."
                                                          ~ by poet

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The Rocking Chair of Memories

...a Zen philosophy states 
that all form is emptiness
yet it’s not
as all emptiness is form
but in essence not

Plato maintained that
its essence 
is in its purpose 
the idea of the chair 
pr...

Bloom

...After it all ended 
But a moment before he left 
Casted me away 
Did what i had dread 
Expressed his discomfort over 
Fights we never had fought 
Gave up on us 
Handed my heart back 
I felt a...

Imbibed

...Drinking wine is a pleasure.      Supped at leisure....

My Birth Place

...Cape Comorin  (Kanyakumari) of Tamil Nadu,
Might be copious of the core concept called Xanadu;
Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, 
Amalgamate and mingle here, like mermaids, full of glee......

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