Sunday, May 4, 2008

the glass of water
peacefully resting
on the table,
on the other end
of the same room
of the same house;

the glass is transparent,
so is the water
so the cat
black in colour - 
right in that corner
seeing it through;

to see through indeed
a six by six vision,
as sharp as it can get
to see through the stillness
of many small crystals
of eristic reasons uncountable;

the glass of water
peacefully resting
on the table,
on the other end
of the same room
of the same house;

the quench of thirst -
that the table understood,
the state of satiety -
that the cat realised,
the reason of everything -
that the corners witnessed.

15 comments:

Janice Thomson said...

I loved this Alok - the last verse awesome in its profundity. Beautiful work!

Keshi said...

wow Im amazed at ur talent for Writing!

Keshi.

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

this one seems to be a bit different than your past ones. I like it - it had a rhythm to it. :)

Jeevan said...

Indeed obvious alok... nice poem :)

Casperbaba said...

WOW!!!!! i can't help but feel awed!

another piece i wud bother u with...
again you wud know y i told you to read this....

http://casperbaba.blogspot.com/2007/10/cup-full-of-my-soul-song.html

have a look when u find time!

Alok said...

Janice: My thanks to you as always ...

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Keshi: many thanks for ur kind words ...

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Andrew: trying to live up to the my blog name "Lapsus Calami" :) I enjoy ur visits .. thank u much

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Jeevs: thanks as always

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Jeevan: indeed :) thanks my friend ...

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Casper: thank u much for ur kind words .. enjoyed it ... thnx for the link


Alok

aria said...

amazing imagery. I admire the way everything connects and culminates into the final stanza.

Priya said...

You touched the notes right at the end.

Keshi said...

not just kind words, I mean em too. :) U R SUPERB!

Keshi.

Jyoti said...

this poem got beauty of observation

Good one!

Miladysa said...

I read this one and I saw the picture clearly so thoroughly did you paint the scene. I drank from the words and yet a thirst remained for more of the same :-D

venuss66 said...

Hmm..this is something very different from you.
I enjoyed reading. Take care.

Anonymous said...

Hi Alok,
Lovely perception..

Mona

gP said...

its the patterns of hope in the grand design. or just how so objective our lives has become. or it could be how deep our understanding of perspectives have become. :)

Alok said...

Aria: Thanks much .. u know, ur comments are always close to the heart ...


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Priya: This time the last verse was not the first thing that came to my mind (tht is usually the case otherwise :)) ... thanks as always

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Keshi: My THANKS again mate

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Jyoti: Finally ur blog is up n running .. thnk u

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Miladysa: the comment was more poetic thn my verses :) thanks a lot

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Venus: Thanks ... would appreciate if u can point out where exactly u find it different frm the rest ... thanks again

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Mona: Welcome back .. thnks

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Siva: U back to ur eloquent best :) ur comments add to the verses in a big way .. thnx


Alok