Breathe a little, Live a little, Yearn a little, Burn a little
Alka
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The Wave Inside (acrylics on wood planks)
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Kintsugi Of Me
I am revealedIn the fissures of my being.In the nooks and cranniesHidden dark corners where I hideEven from myself.In inky tunnels where I danceTo the music in my mind.The insistent beat of my heartReady to leave everything behind.Sheltered valleys where in multicolored huesMeadows of glossy moss and tender dreams bloom.Or that cynically grinning harlequinDelighting in…
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Poem: Quiet moments
I sit here, among the flowers that now bloom In the gentling dusk gilded by the quietly setting sun,
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Poem: I wish I had known
I wish I had known beforeThat more of life seems to happenThe way you want,If only you change a few words.More I wants, I wills, I cans,What next, how to and make plans.Fewer should Is, could Is and may Is.Ignore comments, questions and advice.Just accept that you will never really ever knowIf he truly likes…
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Poem: Woman Without A Past
Let go, they say, of those old stories.Those tired, sad and misbegotten tales,The naive, lost or self deceptive memories,That hold you frozen in embrace.Who am I then, where do I belong?If the past doesn’t need to existWill today too, one day, be gone?How do I anchor myselfKnowing that it’s possible for continents to disappear.All it…
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Poem: On being a poet
Can a poet be happy, I truly wonder?Except as a temporary passing whimIf she decides, weary of angst,To allow mundane happiness in.Poetry, for me, means a flight of my soulSoaring past the limits society holds.I exult in joy, and bleed in passion,Weep for love, emotions crashingAgainst the rocks that hold me inThe words emerge from…
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Buddhi’s pet (acrylics on wood panel)
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Poem: The Whys and Wherefores
All the whys and whereforesThe thus and therefores.All the times I thought of you and smiled.All the wishes and dreamsThe versions of realities,All the times I really wish I hadn’t cried. In the moments of love, all voices just hushIn my heart, everything is as it should be.In this world full of of flaws, the…
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In Defense of Being Fallible
Over the last few days, I’ve been collecting stories and painting women who rose above the ordinary in their lives. Quite honestly, I felt a little ashamed from time to time, that I didn’t already know their names or what they had accomplished. If I could, I listened to YouTube biographies and interviews, and marveled…
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The Anger of Resistance
Twenty years ago at a dinner party, I remember watching as a colleague’s wife laid out a massive feast on her dining table. Helped by the other women, one by one, the various entrees were heated, garnished and set on a beautifully embroidered tablecloth. The children were corralled, herded, served and supervised to ensure they…
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In me the river flows is set of poems that describe the complex layers of betrayal and grief to resolute determination, with calm pools of compassion through it.
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