Tag: poetry
member name: gautami tripathy
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January 07, 2008 12:11 PM EST --
standing in front of my plush wall to wall wardrobe
I search for perfect apparel. choosing one, rejecting
yet again. colour is not suitable, pattern is too bad
texture is obsolete. cotton scrapes, . . .
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September 19, 2007 06:25 AM EDT --
Terza Rima---Circling
looking at those filled answer sheets,
with not much of a space in between;
finding correct responses is no mean feat.
each word to be read, each sentence to be seen
in all that . . .
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February 10, 2008 08:49 AM EST --
Her gold hoops touched her shoulders when she moved.
Those suited her classic features and olive complexion.
Nonchalant about her surroundings, she sipped at her tea.
Company was not welcome. . . .
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September 26, 2006 02:14 PM EDT --
what is poetry?
a few have asked.
i don't blame them
they know not'
rhyme and rhythm
is that all?
no my dears,
it's not!
i write what I see
i write what I feel
i write about love
i write about . . .
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November 26, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
deciphering words
amidst tattered pages-
resulting from folding
refolding,
of yellowing letters,
wrapped carefully
with love.
a single tear flows.
This is for my mom. She . . .
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October 29, 2006 08:11 AM EST --
The following poem by Kipling touches me in one way or the other.
If by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust . . .
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December 05, 2007 07:49 AM EST --
Promises can take concrete meanings or entirely abstract ones. I rarely write the way I did here. I am trying different forms of writings. Please do feel free to tell me your opinions.
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November 05, 2006 11:49 AM EST --
I was introduced to Aeschylus by a friend. I looked around and found something on him. Here it is to share with you all.
Song Of the Furies by Aeschylus
Up and lead the dance of . . .
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November 23, 2006 12:34 PM EST --
I am from the land of saints,
where spirituality abounds.
Gita is the way of life
love for others is the norm.
all religions . . .
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September 27, 2007 08:59 AM EDT --
with despondency you hang your head
as an addendum, you get back to bed.
nothing seems to move for time being
all your aspirations seem to be fleeing.
up and downs are nothing new to . . .
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December 09, 2007 12:33 PM EST --
A paradelle is a modern poetic form which was invented by United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins as a parody of the villanelle. When Collins first published the paradelle, it was with the footnote . . .
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September 25, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
with dried tears, she wept
tired, clasping non-descriptive
toy to her cheek, she slept
at last, when clock struck nine,
her world fallen apart. the epistle
had hit home taking all shine
from her. future . . .
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December 18, 2007 08:26 AM EST --
in my head, lights keep dancing;
closing my eyes I see ceaselessly ,
images I had deliberately made myself forget.
with determination I yet again brush aside that unfinished chapter,
which . . .
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December 24, 2007 12:28 AM EST --
pardon my disinterest
to converse. tooth ache
is no joke. sanitary ware
was a bloody mess after I
brushed with medicated
paste . in my mouth
rolled tongue feels akin to
fuselage . . .
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May 18, 2006 11:32 PM EDT --
Poetry based on fibonacci sequence 1-1-2-3-5-8. These are the syllable counts, not words! Fibonacci sequence does not end here but goes on and on.......
I
say,
come on,
write one please!
just count syllables, . . .
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December 13, 2006 06:30 AM EST --
(c)gautami.tripathy
~Dec 13, 2006
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September 16, 2007 08:07 AM EDT --
**Warning: This might hurt a few sensibilities....
staidly sitting, stance so straight
with a thoughtfully morose façade,
looking ahead at a point in front-
all set to take charge, pondering
he . . .
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January 02, 2008 07:55 AM EST --
we are segments of ourselves-
loose ends craving t o submerge
into unknown vast nothingness.
every goal attained pushes us further
towards never ending eternal space- . . .
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September 13, 2006 12:45 PM EDT --
My silhouette and I,
close yet far away
hounding each other
©gautami.tripathy
~7 Sep 2006
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December 07, 2006 12:03 PM EST --
(c)gautami.tripathy
~Dec 07, 2006
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