I think you shouldn’t have to explain your poems. A reader’s interpretation is equally valid to a poet’s original intentions. In fact, poems that lead to multiple interpretations are rich in imagery and sub text. That is what has been conveyed by the poet. Enjoy!

These days I have often constructed poems

without burning my soul to fuse in it

or pinning my heart on its sleeve.

Nor do I sell my crystallized dreams now.

I merely let embers fly

from the ashes of observation

to be enameled onto molten sand,

some dunes blown into its structure..

changing shape with each reader,

as the wind changes direction.

Blowing music through the flute,

Without dismantling a portrait created,

the reader discovers himself in that poem !

 

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  • Inu on Nov 27, 2009

    Wow, a beautifully crafted, flawless, rounded edgeless poem..Blasting!

  • Duryodhan Chakravarthi on Nov 27, 2009

    Sparkle-made, absolutely! And I’ve no better adjectives to describe. You’ve a class of your own!

  • Vinod on Nov 27, 2009

    In response to your poem….

    a few letters formed groups, and they choose to ‘fuse’ into a sculpture,
    daring to defy the withering of time—
    and ‘envy’… a witty and profound write !!

  • Pari on Nov 27, 2009

    These are not mere words, they are feelings painted on this canvas. hats off. I can only second your opinion.. worth a million words !!

  • Shipwreck on Nov 29, 2009

    hey……….. you caught the essence, truly!

  • Mridula on Dec 4, 2009

    nice one, fallen in love or out of love, in any case keep writing ! ;)

  • Madhur on Dec 6, 2009

    …beautiful is the wrd…
    i really loved the selection of wrds..This is beyond all words.. I just can’t tell you the feelings this poem (yes truly a poem- by all your definitions.. :P ) brings in.. It comes like a wave and then sinks deep within.. Not a single word wasted.. Terrific.. :)

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