May 23, 2014 Uncategorized
Sky, Dove — A Simple Poem
(Inspired by Rene Magritte’s Painting, “La Grande Famille”)
©May 23rd, 2014,
By Vijaya Sundaram
A bird arose from
Mist and rain
From cloud and sea
And drowning pain.
And took the sky
With her, aloft
While, down below
All murmured soft.
Above the bird
Soared death and space
Below the bird
Was not a trace
Of life or goodness,
Except where
The bird arose
Into the air.
And as she soared
In clouds of blue, they
Burst and poured
Out life anew.
And hope and love
Bloomed sweet and bright
And singing swelled
Into the night.
The bird flew on
Outwards and on
For she was bound
Elsewhere, to dawn.
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Tags: #Original Poetry, Bird Poem, Dove, La Grande Famille, Rene Magritte, Surrealism
May 23, 2014 Current Affairs / General Interest
Note: This set of haiku below was inspired by an image of a sculpture by Isaac Cordal that I saw online, which was titled “Politicians Discussing Climate Change.” If you want to see the image, please note that I didn’t ask for permission to show it here, but you can find it on this site:
Four Haiku About Climate Change (Inspired By Isaac Cordal’s Tiny Sculptures)
Drowning in Denial (The Nile)
©May 23rd, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
Seawater arose
Around us, as we posed
Questions in the rain.
Did we do this, or
Was it a freak of nature?
Our questions gurgled.
We argued, as we
Asked our questions, which bubbled
Up from drowning lips
And as we argued
The last one yelled, “It’s not us!”
And then, we vanished.
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P.S.
Please visit and check out my husband’s website, theclimatemessage.com, wherein he provides information, and hosts essays, music messages and poems relating to Climate Change and other related issues. These musical and poetic messages are coming in from all over the world. The numbers grow daily. My husband, Warren Senders, says that “Music is a Climate Issue,” and goes on to show us how. Please visit, and leave comments or your own musical or poetic Climate Messages on his page, if you feel that our earth is something worth fighting for.
Tags: #Original Poetry, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Four Haiku, Isaac Cordal's Tiny Sculptures, the climate message.com