Oh these are nice! I like the way you have put up the questions in the poems.
I had not read this word "Sussurrates" before. It is a good addition to my vocabulary. Farah > > umashankar mantravadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i notice i forgot to include the poems; here they are > > > The sea is sound in my ears > Sussurrates so softly > Summoning old dreams > > Of mass death > > But what have you actually seen? > > Newspaper photographs > Of bloated dead people > And cattle on the riverbank > > Giant turtles struggling upside down > On the rocky edge of a beach > > Linked to stories told by an old man > Of mass death and the sea > > > Fifty years ago > And a thousand miles away > But the sea is always a sound in my ears > > > Oct 30, 2005 > > > Awakened by thunder > And the rain creeping in under the door > (Rain that crept in quietly > Into your last few dreams] > Wind sucks in your stomach > And roars through trees > > Will it be today? > What is holding it back > what holds back the sea > at the sands edge? > > Nothing man drawn > > Child, rainwet and unwilling to wake > who will invent me some rules? > > July 23, 1992 > > > > > > -- > You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ > > Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ > > > > ---theZESTcommunity-------------- > > [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ > [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ > [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ > [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ > [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ > [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ > [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ > [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ > --- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
