Phoenix
Burning my memories, one by one. Igniting past pains, cauterising old wounds. Flaming, hot, words, vitriolic in verse. Flagellation, flagration, purge passions, past-tense. Incinerate...
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When we die, we go to hell - she cries. That’s not true, we learn to fly - he says. I think we stay, reborn - to live another day. That can’t be! We’re dead and gone, for all...
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Dharma wheel (Photo credit: Triratna Photos) Shattered in pieces, and thrown on the floor, cast off the shards, I’m needing no more. Pick up the remnants, still shining with glory,...
View ArticleThe Irresponsible Lotus
The irresponsible lotus, refused to flourish or bloom, stuck his head right in the mud, and waited, for monsoon. He wallowed and protested, Ostrich like – he did! Regressed, decayed, and...
View ArticleEnlightening Seeds
The penultimate piece was inspired by Alice Oswald‘s, ‘A Winged Seed’. The idea was to write a piece based on the idea of a seed, or a spore, travelling, or germinating. Enlightening Seeds...
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