Mar 17, 2016 Senryu, The Daily Post
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Shelf
Shelved – Four Senryu
©March 17th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Dark, swirling eddies:
Sorrow, rage, hate, all of these
I set on a shelf.
Open the windows,
Let the cold, waiting heart of
Outer Space have them.
When dark thoughts are fed
To the Hungry Thing that lurks:
See how it explodes!
And all will be cleansed
All will turn to sun and air
Taste them, live anew!
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Tags: #Darkness, #Emotions, #Freedom, #Original Poetry, #Shelved, #Space
Apr 5, 2013 Uncategorized
The Feather Drifted Down
©A poem by Vijaya Sundaram, June 3, 2011
Stillness. The feather drifted down.
Silently, the feather drifted.
Drifting down, without a sound
It caught my eye, held it captive.
Drifting, it caused me to suspend
All thought, emotion, sensation,
All space was there for it to bend
Into white swirls, interactive
With the air. My eyes tracking it,
The feather twirled, drifted and danced.
Grace, in space, while I, lacking it
Stayed put, all silent and in thrall.
This is what it all boils down to:
A single feather floating down
Life and death and toil come round to
A few moments spent in free fall.
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Tags: #Life, #NaPoWriMo, #Original Poetry, #Space, dance, Feather, Free Fall, grace, Toil