-Jane , sorry for the late response.Nature,yes you are able to hold it like capturing a butterfly in a net.serendip also means treasures beneath the sea? Sivakami
bet-- In [email protected], jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For that compliment you get a brand-new poem. It will undergo some revisions, and in fact has already lost about ten redundant lines in the first ten minutes of its life. > > > Between the first red flush > Above the humped hills > Of the mainland > And the pink and gold clouds > Feathering a turquoise sky > Is but a few minutes: > The sun's red balloon > Soaring out of the haze > Transforms the sky, > Shrinks to a sphere > In a white-hot dome > Bleached of all colour > By its intensity. > > Far above, a plane > Scrawls a brilliant line > Through evaporating clouds, > Underscoring my thoughts > On the rapidity of change. > > Jane Bhandari > > I love serendipitous, it has a magical sound. To me it has the connotation of a felicitous surprise, an enchanted event or place that you had not expected. Wasn't Sri Lanka called 'The Isle of Serendip'? > > siva_ramanathan04 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What language Jane--no wonder your poetry soars! I remember the time I > first used ,'serendipitous'i had used it in a poem and i was sending > it to kamala das,and assuming she would not know the meaning i added > ,'p.s. and said something like,'treasures found underneath the sea.'I > must have been in middle school. > > --- In [email protected], jane bhandari wrote: > > > > Why is this out of place? I remember similar visits with my > sister-in-law, whom I met for the first time eight years after she > married my brother, warmed to instantly, and meet as often as my rare > visits to UK permit. Somehow we pick up the loose ends exactly where > we left off...serendipitous. > > This fits in with my loose and impromptu anthology because it is > about relationships, as are the mom-pop poems. > > I liked it very much. > > > > Just watching an amazing sunrise over Bombay harbour go from deep > red and diffuse to specifically flamingo clouds in a turquoise sky. > Pure Hollywood. An early morning plane has left a gleaming white > contrail just above the clouds, a comment on the magnificence below it. > > > > jane > > > > siva_ramanathan04 wrote: > > EDITING > > > > From mid morn till evening I felt > > free, using your > > computer and well living > > basket of flowers sitting under 40watts light > > and as we shortened the space between words > > you walked with your maid and I checked mail. > > > > Warming up was a delight just watching colourful > > > > oven friendly glass and pastel plastics, > > > > and cutlery like those designer > > magazines. > > When you came out of your bath I > > could speak to you > > with out shifting my gaze-or not watching you choose > > > > your perfume ,not even attempting to guess > > > > and I think how neat and dirt free each nook is. > > And your food, organic vegetables and spice > > > > in dishes that sit unused in my showcase > > > > and you talk of squirrels in eaves in their square plot > > and we are two women with spines talking about a spineless > > female , measuring her mental horizon and level of sickness > > and > > then all of a sudden we have cleared her off > > > > like how we have > > cleared our plates and washed the dishes > > down > > the sink .All the time , you repeat lessons of two > > > > golden words, and you din > > them ,two silver words, the same > > copper words into > > me ,saying, be selfish > > as you > > scrub the metal coir with soap suds > > and your daughter comes solely with me upstairs to show > > > > how lovingly you have preserved her baby teeth. > > > > in a round plastic see through box. I plan mentally > > > > to be rigorous and brisk . And do up my neglected house > > even if it means breathing like a furnace > > and not to think it menial, or to feel superior > > just because I do not know anything but to make > > journal > > entries I mentally plan my house work > > thoughts come and go like poems in the folder. > > I show you my collection, you yours ,and we talk > > > > of bad grammar, and a lady who has had > > > > an overdose of men. I remember asking > > Papa, > > why do we say > > have you had breakfast? > > why not have you eaten your food? > > what are the refinements of the English language? > > And he would say there is this polished sophisticated > > > > speech, and sometimes even American slang, like > > > > don't go into the first chapter, hit > > the sack, kick the bucket, > > > > water under the bridge, but she went to an ordinary school > > > > and the society's cultural stock > > was the crust she never knew. > > and I too walked the dais in my twenties with high heels > > > > > > but when I served food to my in laws my fingers trembled. > > The joy of serving to loved ones is more than > > the joy of cooking or fixing up a drink. > > I return with delicacies from your side > > > > payash and egg and potato curry, > > plus a kith and kin feeling of sturdy spines and feathers > > > > that flock together ,of having turned back page > > of childhood > > > > doled out its fragments between sensible editing > > > > > > and a feeling of working > > towards a focused goal, > > > > knowing full well I have set the ball rolling. > > > > Sivakami Velliangiri > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems > circulated and participate in discussions. 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