… each of us has known mutations in the mindWhen the world jumped and what had been a planDissolved and rivers gushed from what had seemed a pool. For every static world that you or I imposeUpon the real one must crack at times and newPatterns from new disorders open like a roseAnd old assumptions … Continue reading Inner universe
Photos at Pexels … those worlds grand in their complexityKnown by their lesser names of you and me,For all their flair and depth and hankeringsHold less dimension in the scheme of things Vikram Sethfrom the poem (click the link) Far from the City TonightSummer Requiem – a book of poems It is now almost a commonplace … Continue reading Far from the City
It’s a clear-skied starry starry night, penetratingly cold, and I am at prayer, awe-struck as I gaze upwards. The slender new moon calls for my attention and delight, every bit as much tonight as it did when I was but a very small boy, and beneath this grand dome I know myself a very small man. … Continue reading Starry night
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