Submissions by Ahavati
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction Proprio Vos Sanguine Pasco
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Jan 2020 3:13pm
12th Jan 2020 3:13pm
Give me something to look forward to
namely, Poetry
reverence and romance it;
take your time—
it’s not a magazine of bullets
diving from an AK-47;
or, a lonely one-nightly-stand
worthy of flippant responses
More importantly
wash its face—
comb its hair, brush its teeth
dress it appropriately;
don’t serve it half-baked—
give me poetry
worthy of reading
~
reverence and romance it;
take your time—
it’s not a magazine of bullets
diving from an AK-47;
or, a lonely one-nightly-stand
worthy of flippant responses
More importantly
wash its face—
comb its hair, brush its teeth
dress it appropriately;
don’t serve it half-baked—
give me poetry
worthy of reading
~
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#reading
147 reads
50 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
7th Jan 2020 9:50pm
7th Jan 2020 9:50pm
Seeking Love
Visual comp entry
#love
#nature
#faith
#spiritual
#philosophical
199 reads
33 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Jan 2020 1:48am
4th Jan 2020 1:48am
Water and White Cotton
#racism
#HumanRights
#inequality #LangstonHughes
#inequality #LangstonHughes
212 reads
39 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Jan 2020 6:19pm
1st Jan 2020 6:19pm
Wintertide Metaphor
( after Louise Glück )
How was I to know
dormancy could craft
the art of contentment;
that breaking beyond winter
to spring’s hustling charms
would teach me of solitude—
instill a crisp propensity
for suppression again
Spring is cursory—
a budding headdress only
for those that cannot observe
beyond outward beauty;
who swallow, eventually ...
How was I to know
dormancy could craft
the art of contentment;
that breaking beyond winter
to spring’s hustling charms
would teach me of solitude—
instill a crisp propensity
for suppression again
Spring is cursory—
a budding headdress only
for those that cannot observe
beyond outward beauty;
who swallow, eventually ...
#earth
#winter
#metaphor #LouiseGluck
#metaphor #LouiseGluck
192 reads
28 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
1st Jan 2020 00:04am
1st Jan 2020 00:04am
The Traveler ( for Harry )
A good traveler has no fixed plans
and is not intent on arriving.” ~ Laozi
Every footstep forward
empties our past—
each new fills us
with fresh experience
My Dear Friend—
may your moments
be so infused with peace
you never find reason
to turn back again;
those who believe
never meet for the last time;
and those who Love
willingly let go
~
and is not intent on arriving.” ~ Laozi
Every footstep forward
empties our past—
each new fills us
with fresh experience
My Dear Friend—
may your moments
be so infused with peace
you never find reason
to turn back again;
those who believe
never meet for the last time;
and those who Love
willingly let go
~
#friendship
#spiritual
#Taoism
#philosophical
#wisdom
175 reads
30 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Dec 2019 4:51pm
29th Dec 2019 4:51pm
On Selfishness
Don't let's ask for the moon.
We have the stars."
--Bette Davis
I was on the roof, naked of shame,
a big dipper of verse ladling from
the night one bulb at a time until
holding a swollen bag of stars
bursting its seam with poem.
Who cared if the moon was alone?
~
We have the stars."
--Bette Davis
I was on the roof, naked of shame,
a big dipper of verse ladling from
the night one bulb at a time until
holding a swollen bag of stars
bursting its seam with poem.
Who cared if the moon was alone?
~
#universe
#moon
#stars
210 reads
42 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
26th Dec 2019 2:19pm
26th Dec 2019 2:19pm
The Moment ( For Ram Dass )
We're all just walking each other home.”
~ Ram Dass
Here is the moment—
beautiful and terrible:
yet, there is nothing flawed
across its wildest span of seconds—
only existence reliving
a karmic form of now;
but, tulkus who choose
their return have learned
Love is the fullness
we initially mistake as food
~
~ Ram Dass
Here is the moment—
beautiful and terrible:
yet, there is nothing flawed
across its wildest span of seconds—
only existence reliving
a karmic form of now;
but, tulkus who choose
their return have learned
Love is the fullness
we initially mistake as food
~
#love
#Buddhist
#spiritual
#philosophical
#wisdom
204 reads
26 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2019 4:23pm
23rd Dec 2019 4:23pm
Love Survives
as a Syrian wedding
or Palestinian birth
despite hopelessness—
it outlives politics: Brexit,
impeachment, deceit
human ignorance—
withstands genocide
of speciesism, tribal rites
and planet Earth—
Love survives
war and death
—such as words
you cannot erase
~
or Palestinian birth
despite hopelessness—
it outlives politics: Brexit,
impeachment, deceit
human ignorance—
withstands genocide
of speciesism, tribal rites
and planet Earth—
Love survives
war and death
—such as words
you cannot erase
~
#love
#politics
#earth #environment
#earth #environment
261 reads
40 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
21st Dec 2019 4:50pm
21st Dec 2019 4:50pm
Releasing the Light
It is our light not our darkness
that most frightens us.'
We lit the candles of our Spirit—
not under a bushel of ancient secrets
digging as moles in sunken basements;
but, a cavernous gateway to acceptance
Trimmed the wicks of our heart
to observe Love blaze brighter
from this darkest eve of Winter
Allowed flames to alight memory—
fill our dark soul of night
with fresh perspectives in truth
Felt bygone...
that most frightens us.'
We lit the candles of our Spirit—
not under a bushel of ancient secrets
digging as moles in sunken basements;
but, a cavernous gateway to acceptance
Trimmed the wicks of our heart
to observe Love blaze brighter
from this darkest eve of Winter
Allowed flames to alight memory—
fill our dark soul of night
with fresh perspectives in truth
Felt bygone...
#dark
#sun
#winter
#nature
#humankind
273 reads
34 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
18th Dec 2019 00:50am
18th Dec 2019 00:50am
Otherness
Visual entry
#dark
#humankind
#dystopian
328 reads
37 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
13th Dec 2019 1:19pm
13th Dec 2019 1:19pm
Autumn VII: Trifold
#forest
#trees
#moon
#fall
#philosophical
335 reads
30 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
6th Dec 2019 6:33pm
6th Dec 2019 6:33pm
Autumn VI: Reincarnation
Autumn has completed her work—
outdoing herself
as she always does
Rain and winds have come
leaving a few straggling leaves
hanging on—
for what
we cannot know
Letting go
does not come easily to some;
they hold on—until they don't
What we learn upon release
is that everything—even death
contains its own divine purpose
~
outdoing herself
as she always does
Rain and winds have come
leaving a few straggling leaves
hanging on—
for what
we cannot know
Letting go
does not come easily to some;
they hold on—until they don't
What we learn upon release
is that everything—even death
contains its own divine purpose
~
#fall
#LifeCycle
#acceptance #metaphor
#acceptance #metaphor
372 reads
39 Comments
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