A Bird In a Cage
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Lalan Fakir weeps and whispers
To those who care to hear:
?"A day will come for sure
When the cage will be no more??
And the bird will fly away forever-
Who knows to where???
?
(July 18,2020)
Note: Lalan Fakir is the most revered "Baul" Saint ( like Sufi masters) from Bengal (India). The Bauls are wandering bards who reject all social constructions ( e.g. race, religion, caste/class, ) and roam around the country singing Baul ...
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Categories:
baul, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
A Bird In a Cage
....
Lalan Fakir weeps and whispers
To those who care to hear:
?"A day will come for sure
When the cage will be no more??
And the bird will fly away forever-
Who knows to where???
?
(July 18,2020)
Note: Lalan Fakir is the most revered "Baul" Saint ( like Sufi masters) from Bengal (India). The Bauls are wandering bards who reject all social constructions ( e.g. race, religion, caste/class, ) and roam around the country singing Baul ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
baul, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Ektara - I Have a String Within
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I
h h h
a a a
v v v
e e e
a a a
s s s
t t t
r r r
i i i
n n n
g ...
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Categories:
baul, spiritual, symbolism, wisdom,
Form: Concrete
Lalon Sain
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When mind doesn't know
Its own secrets – how can one
Swim the sea of life
He was born Hindu or Muslim – it is controversial. Even, he himself made mockery on the same...
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Categories:
baul, spiritual, tribute,
Form: Haibun
Lines More Lunatic Than the Sun 1-3
...Lines more lunatic than the sun – 1
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making my friendship with the water-pigeon does not mean
that i’ve acknowledged all devotion of the land-lotuses to river
without putting any note of dissen...
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Categories:
baul, allegorysun,
Form: I do not know?