Descent And Ascent
...I fall a raindrop from stratus to stratum
birthed from clouds pregnant with thunder
a lion’s roar —a pride in the sky— fierce!
armed with lightning’s rip and slit
the scythe of claw and tooth fin...
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Categories:
white lotus, conflict, freedom, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Gemini Garden - Silent One
...Around the lake on midsummer days,
A garden blooms in vivid display,
Red, yellow, white, pink, and gold,
Daisies, Bougainvillea, Dahlia, bold.
Palash trees with fiery hues,
Mirror pink and whi...
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Categories:
white lotus, garden,
Form: Rhyme
Sassanid Sun reborn as the Divine Khan Part 2
...He awoke as Bögü Qaghan, Khan of the Uyghurs, Great East Wise Prince
He heard the words “Visit the seven petal lotus of times since
And breathe in that lotus flower’s scent, by the holy wind, to ...
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Categories:
white lotus, conflict, light, religion, religious,
Form: Musaddas
Wings of Warmth
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"Mother,
You are my heartbeat
and I'm your lifeline,
we both are 'one',
as an inseparable hue of purity,
smeare...
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Categories:
white lotus, autumn, blessing, deep, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Trial of Red and White Fire
...Centuries ago
In ancient Hermopolis
A debate roared loud
Between a proud Christian priest
And a strange shepherd
Who was a Manichaean
Wearing ragged clothes
And who was looking f...
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Categories:
white lotus, beautiful, fire, religion, religious,
Form: Choka
I Return To Share Poetic Gifts
...It was nearly two years ago, that I left the PS site
Bidding my friends fond 'farewell,' I took flight
If the door is ajar, I think I'll enter once more
Hoping things are better than t...
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Categories:
white lotus, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
White Lotus of Love
...White lotus of love you are always a promise
you with your petals soft and ready to open
why do you entice me to dream like a sleuth
looking for signs everywhere, are you youth?
Egyptian ...
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Categories:
white lotus, appreciation, hope,
Form: Sonnet
Categories:
white lotus, appreciation, beauty, flower, nature,
Form: Haiku
Island In a Lake
...Every morning... every evening,
he feels like an island in a lake,
a deep lake glistening in lithesome ripples.
His cranky old face sees an illuminated white lotus,
withering in shades of shaggy...
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Categories:
white lotus, age, loneliness, mountains, pain,
Form: Free verse
Brokenhearted Sunsets
...It's never anything big, just a nagging defeat
Of wanting to be exclusive in your ambit,
For in your eyes, I see an opportune disguise
Living as a friend of genuine vibes gone awry.
It was the ...
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Categories:
white lotus, heartbreak, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Within the Dream
...There are rights and wrongs, or so it seems,
in the most outlandish fancy flights.
When we’re asleep even in our dreams
there’s an awareness of wrongs and rights.
Yet are they the same for all ...
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Categories:
white lotus, destiny, dream, life, self,
Form: Verse
The Dance On the Mountain Peaks
...At Paro of Bhutan I found the clouds
Gathering over the snow white peaks
Over the summit the deep blue shroud
Kept looking on in dazed disbelief
If one takes up my fountain pen
Or snatches my ...
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Categories:
white lotus, absence, allusion, beauty, blue,
Form: Rhyme
Element of Water For Contest
...Drops of water serve as hydration
Requisite to efflorescence
Prismatic rose flower buds
Rain precipitation
Quenchs the thirsty soul
Under rainfall
Afternoon
Beach shore
Stroll
Impermeable ...
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Categories:
white lotus, water,
Form: Nonet
Death Has No Glory
...DEATH HAS NO GLORY
For those who love life, death has no glory.
What pharaoh would not trade
His pyramid, myriad years in the building,
For forty seconds worth of fresh air
Blowing over t...
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Categories:
white lotus, death, life,
Form: Imagism
White Lotus
...Full moon reflects in the unstained white Lotus that floats in the quiet pond.
1-29-2016...
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Categories:
white lotus, flower,
Form: Monoku
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