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A Long-Standing Subscription


The world keeps you hooked; When are you going to cancel Your subscription to this OTT; You’re allowed to be … More

Poem, Poetry, Subscription to the world, World, World as OTT

The Microcosm


My friend says I have to travel Says I can then learn from people Unconvinced I am I told her … More

Poem, Poetry, Travelling

5 Poems


The Unreality of It All Unreal the body, unreal the mind, Mere names and forms are they, Sensed by Me … More

Children, Marriage Proposal, Poem, Poetry, Proposal, Reality, World

The Dream


Who is the one in actualityThat takes the dream to be real?The character in the dreamOr the dreamer himself?The dream … More

Awakening, Dream, Enlightenment, Liberation, Poem, Poetry, Self-realization, World, World as Dream

The Complete Woman


She’s a been-there done-that kind of womanWho lives with gay abandon every momentWith an unflappable spirit and a ready smileFew … More

Poem, Poetry, Woman

A Mystery Called Life


People are quite surprised At my long hours of meditation They cannot fathom my interest How can I explain to … More

Life, Meditation, Poem, Poetry

Beyond All Intellection


There was a time not that long ago Reading Plato, Nietzsche and their ilk Would fill my being with unalloyed … More

Intellection, Knowledge, Poem, Poetry, Reading, Silence, Wisdom

Carrying the Cross


I carry the cross Without so much as a murmur But unlike Jesus Who carried it for humanity’s sins I … More

Cross, Jesus, Poem, Poetry, Sins

Amma


In times like this I miss my mother Who can love one truly Except one’s mother.

Mother, Poem, Poetry, True love

No Place for Silence in Human Life


I keep talking Talking, talking None understands Understand not me Nor understand the talk Why do I still keep talking? … More

Poem, Poetry, Silence, Talking

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