Om Namah Shivaya

Om Namah Shivaya

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Jan 26, 2011

WHISPERS: Flowers and Traffic Lights...


Here is some selection of Free Form HAIKU, written in past week..


Flowers of love
Carry the scent of ocean within
And colors of passion; rise and fall
__

Her heart so serene
My hands; rough and coarse
Could only hurt
__

In her silence
My lips find a whisper
Burning on her lips
__

Her finger nails
Tattoo name
Sighed softly
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Traffic Lights
____________

Slowly, the chaos of mind
Returned, like the traffic
On defunct red light
As winter night, slowly engulfed
The long winding wet road
In its cold embrace

Darkness, falling in continuous stream
Of grey snowflakes
Shimmering in red hues of life
Just like time
Piling up coldness,
In blood reflecting red rains
Of memories

Slowly shadows of mind
Came to a stand still

No desires, no needs, no feelings
Just a silent past, revving up deep inside
Waiting
Waiting to pass through
The present stillness, headlong into future
Storm

Yet!
Just before
The pedal could hit the floor
And shoot through
The chaos of my passion;
I broke free

From
Shackles of life lived
That coiled me up, in serpent like senses
Ready to strike
At any movement
At any stillness, that comes out alive
From the shadows of mind

A life, wasted in living,
Starts to change
Red, orange, green
And I walked across the road
Looking back, one last time
A car still buried deep
In the traffic of the living
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ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya

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13 comments:

  1. oh some rather sensual haiku...fingernail tattoos...smiles. and yeah just walk away from the car the traffic is not worth it...

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  2. I enjoyed each of them.. really nice writes Shashi..

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  3. awesome photo's!

    love this
    'My lips find a whisper
    Burning on her lips'
    very nice

    your haiku is always a pleasure to read

    Traffic Lights
    wow
    very deep

    This especially
    'Shackles of life lived
    That coiled me up, in serpent like senses
    Ready to strike
    At any movement
    At any stillness, that comes out alive
    From the shadows of mind'

    loved all of it
    thank you

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  4. these are beautiful, Shashi-- I especially loved this one: In her silence
    My lips find a whisper
    Burning on her lips-- great job! xxj

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  5. Brilliant poetry...
    Loved the pictures :)

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  6. Lovely senryu set there my friend, you weave dreams in haiku x

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  7. Passionate and sensual creations for us my friend, with deep images to draw us along - your skill with description is, as ever, entrancing. And try not to get buried in that traffic...sometimes a little detour can make life all the more thrilling.

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  8. Fine haiku, and your longer poem even more thought-provoking and well written. The final image of walking away from the vehicle locked in traffic is very strong. As always, beautiful and insightful writing.

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  9. Shashi, I enjoyed your haiku very much, in particular "Flowers of Love..." & "Her finger nails..." Your shorter poems act as nice prelude to "Traffic Lights" which presents wise words and subtlety within those shadows of thought. There is great emotion and poetic command of language in that piece. Excellent poetry.

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  10. The traffic sometimes gets so overwhelming that it makes one wonder what is it that makes us want to go through it (literally and figuratively)! But then again, sometimes the destination (and what awaits us there) really makes everything worth the wait :) Loved your thoughts there though, Shashi.. poised and deliberate, they provoke the reader to think!

    The haiku set was simply fantastic, my friend... soft, intense and sensuous! A certain delight to the senses!

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  11. Wonderful pieces, Shashi. I especially like this:

    In her silence
    My lips find a whisper
    Burning on her lips

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  12. i LOVE your poetry!
    ♥ dani

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