Song Pastoral Poems

(amar sakal dukher pradip)

Thistle Thal, My reverie floral, beyond the valley and greenery, handheld delight, the sun
Incomplete ritualistic my pain, meditation to be fulfilled in...

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Over harvested fields —

I walk beneath the fading afterglow
of a forgotten lantern   a path worn
by wanderers older than the scroll of Zeno
its damp...

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In the tea trees to the whistling song thrush
  I alone hear the first September dawn,
and outside beyond ryegrass, fern and rush 
 ...

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Paraphrase From The Scriptures 
“LORD, You my Rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
My God is my Rock, in whom I take refuge, 
My shield and...

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Tonight the act of naming fell through the floor.
We speak permeable solids inflect’d by light.
Things move indistinctly: a pine palette floats
momentarily from semi truck’s bed,...

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She
 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
    for your love is more delightful than wine.
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
    your name is...

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Young one,
Enjoy your youth
Be happy while you are still young
Do what you want to do
 And follow your heart’s desire
But remember the LORD 
Is going...

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Let Me Share the Winds Flight Today

Let me share the winds flight today
Moving to and fro knowing no boundaries
Lifting the fall leaves in a beautiful...

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A pastoral tragi-comedy – twelve hours long. 
It begins with twilight: the day’s oozing hours,
Creating somber music of a melancholic song:
The theme song to mourn...

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In the beginning, was the word of God that is and always will be,
Forever endure throughout time,
Will never come back to Him void,
They will accomplish...

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The 
early
morning
birds they.                      ...

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Instruction
by Michael R. Burch

Toss this poem aside
to the filigreed and the wild tide
of sunset.

Strike my name,
and still it is all the same.
The onset

of night is...

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Soft, simple wind go on a path that is made clear,
Freshly lays anew for each breath that one appear,
The subtle ripple spreads on a course...

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By The Light Of The Silvery Moon

Man seizes the ramble of a wayward moon,
Echoes clear its pale look melancholy tune,
It lends a trail took before...

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THE FEET OF THEM

How beautiful are the feet of them, 
the pillars of strength, and stance of him,
the hands, the smile and face of him,...

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