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Decending the Ghat
( a Rensaku )
balancing a clay cup
long gone cold, my wet silks cling
as I stand near a
half-naked woman bowed and
bathing in the river Ganges
and I watch smoke curl
up from the pyres of heavy
earthen bodies
dissolving in the shallows
while all the lies of the world burn
balancing a clay cup
long gone cold, my wet silks cling
as I stand near a
half-naked woman bowed and
bathing in the river Ganges
and I watch smoke curl
up from the pyres of heavy
earthen bodies
dissolving in the shallows
while all the lies of the world burn
Published 12th Dec 2015
| Edited 30th Mar 2020
Author's Note
© 2015 Jade Pandora
• ghat = steps.
Manikarnika ghat is the main location of the funeral pyres in Varanasi (Benares)
• ghat = steps.
Manikarnika ghat is the main location of the funeral pyres in Varanasi (Benares)
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12th Dec 2015 1:17pm
and I watch smoke curl
up from the pyres of heavy
earthen bodies
dissolving in the shallows
while all the lies of the world burn
I feel as if I should be in Vesuvio's, smoke - long vanished - still filling the room, gallon bottles of plain red wine being passed; then the mc before mc's were called mc's steps to the stage... "Jade Pandora, Jade Pandora... next up Gary Snyder..." some young guy makes his way through the room... everybody's snapping their fingers, and I'm in the corner, hissing out, "yes, yes, yes..."
up from the pyres of heavy
earthen bodies
dissolving in the shallows
while all the lies of the world burn
I feel as if I should be in Vesuvio's, smoke - long vanished - still filling the room, gallon bottles of plain red wine being passed; then the mc before mc's were called mc's steps to the stage... "Jade Pandora, Jade Pandora... next up Gary Snyder..." some young guy makes his way through the room... everybody's snapping their fingers, and I'm in the corner, hissing out, "yes, yes, yes..."
I'll join you in that bohemian corner, Geoff, as I hiss & snap & imbibe, cause Gary Snyder is one of my favorite poets (see my profile yes, yes, yes...)
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12th Dec 2015 2:33pm
That's why I used Snyder (wink) - I wanted to set time frame, I could have used Ferlinghetti, or Ginsberg... or Jeffers, for that matter (although he was a little outside the circle). But I knew Snyder would "resonate" with you... or at least I thought he would...
He is more than perfect for this piece Hepcat..Snyder dual Majored in anthropology...
Studied and wrote native American folklore..direct from the people.
An amazing man and poet..
Lol Dove..hadnt seen thins when i named you
Lil growling dove..but here she sits along river bank in India...the feel of slip sticky in fingers..and the smell of burning dead rises...
Thankful she does not have to throw herself on one for a dead man!
I told you how i comment
..this was a mix of your poem and Hepcats reply...wish id seen this first#
Hep..have had several.pieces come direct from comments.
Funfact..pyres are now legal in the United States...
Very nice grrrring dovey
Studied and wrote native American folklore..direct from the people.
An amazing man and poet..
Lol Dove..hadnt seen thins when i named you
Lil growling dove..but here she sits along river bank in India...the feel of slip sticky in fingers..and the smell of burning dead rises...
Thankful she does not have to throw herself on one for a dead man!
I told you how i comment
..this was a mix of your poem and Hepcats reply...wish id seen this first#
Hep..have had several.pieces come direct from comments.
Funfact..pyres are now legal in the United States...
Very nice grrrring dovey
