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The panther - By Rainer Maria Rilke
His vision, from the constantly passing bars,
has grown so weary that it cannot hold
anything else. It seems to him there are
a thousand bars; and behind the bars, no world.
As he paces in cramped circles, over and over,
the movement of his powerful soft strides
is like a ritual dance around a center
in which a mighty will stands paralyzed.
Only at times, the curtain of the pupils
lifts, quietly--. An image enters in,
rushes down through the tensed, arrested muscles,
plunges into the heart and is gone.
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Autumn song - By Sarojini Naidu
Like a joy on the heart of a sorrow,
The sunset hangs on a cloud;
A golden storm of glittering sheaves,
Of fair and frail and fluttering leaves,
The wild wind blows in a cloud.
Hark to a voice that is calling
To my heart in the voice of the wind:
My heart is weary and sad and alone,
For its dreams like the fluttering leaves have gone,
And why should I stay behind?
8 comments:
I'm having some trouble adding this to the post itself so here.
The pictures are from:
One month old Leopard cub - http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=CLinks
Autumn scene - http://www.markforrester.co.za/2007/10/22/autumn/
both are beautiful... very very beautiful.... loved the first one though... and great pic tooo :)
take care and keep writing.........
@Thousif: Yeah, I liked the first one more as well, but still...both are beautiful. Glad you liked them too *happy smile*
Oh...and glad you liked the pics :)
I LOVE both the poems! and oh yes, the pictures were lovely.
Specially the 2nd one... :)
No seriously, the 2nd poem I'd read tonnes of times earlier, but never quite got tired of it : )
evergreen stuff, i tell you :)
woah....amazing poems...and good dat we're bak blogging...!!!
@Nil: Yep, I liked the second picture very much too. Glad you liked the poems! Good poems are evergreen indeed :)
@Vivarjitha: Glad you liked the poem. As for back to blogging, this was only a filler since I felt really guilty for not putting up something for so long. Whenever I can get down to writing without feeling guilty, I promise I'll write a real post. See you then :)
The poem by Sarojini Naidu tugs at your heart...I wish there were more poets like her...simplistic in approach and well defined in agenda!
wishes
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@Scribblers Inc: Am glad you enjoyed the poem so much. Indeed we are fortunate to have wonderful poets like Sarojini Naidu who can uplift our spirits just with words...
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