Topic started by marie on Fri Apr 30 23:18:18 .
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Hello,

I was directed by a fellow write to leave a message about my need for India themed poetry for my book on Mehndi. If you would like to contribute something for publication, please e-mail me at mam@apexmail.com & I will send you the "Release Form" needed for publishing your work in my NF book.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely yours,
Marie Anakee

Responses:

• From: Rajesh Jayaraman (@ server4.panunion.com) on: Fri Aug 6 05:55:24
  
  Hi Ms. Marie,
  
  Though I do not have a poem for you,
  may I suggest that you look for a
  Tamil poet called Mahakavi, from Sri Lanka.
  
  The interesting aspect is, he has written
  a lot of limericks in tamil
  
  hope this helps
  
  Best regards and good luck for your project,
  Rajesh
  
  
• From: sridharan (@ dialup-241-106.bol.net.in) on: Sat Oct 2 12:55:37
  
  Hello !
  
  Yes I would like to contribute. But please let me know the theme and wether it should restrict itself to some theme within India?
  thanks
  sri
  
  
• From: amresh vashisht (@ ) on: Tue Oct 16 01:39:14
  
  
  A Heart’s Love Poetry
  
  
  I sailed on heart’s boat scheduled to make several stops
  Along the several coasts
  I encountered head winds
  Which made sailing difficult to keep the boat on course
  I believe to be in trouble
  The rough sailing was to lose the cargo injury and death
  Then your light wind began blowing from the north
  It looked like a perfect day for the trip
  I put my anchor to sailed close to your shore
  
  I fell in love with you
  When you didn’t think of me
  As you were patient and passive.
  Like an ordinary weak human being
  I chased you to bus stop market park street college & lanes
  One day I notice blush on your cheeks
  A shyness in your looks
  As your green beautiful eyes met mine eyes.
  
  Every morning I wanted to catch your glowing glimpse
  Peeping through the bus window
  Your youthful signs were visible on limbs
  I wanted to hold your hand to fondle your fingers
  To cares your lock of hair
  Through the bus window you started to show your back
  You started to steal a glance at me
  You started to show beautiful arms, bare shoulders proudly.
  
  One day I was walking along the beach beside the lake
  You were out in a boat fishing with a small net
  I asked how to fish for your soul
  You replied ‘Take cares don’t do your good deeds publicly’
  You have entered my soul by ringing my heart bells
  My dark and lonely soul enlightened with your presence
  I felt an element of dreamy softness in your lovely eyes
  My desires unveil themselves
  As I fell in love with the silent nights
  
  OH! The miracle at last we found
  A mountain we could climb
  A see we could watch. You and I were growing together
  With trembling hands, singing hearts, rubbing cheeks making magic
  Filling our hearts with love & love.
  
  You never believe in building a house without a foundation
  You were known when the floods sweep down against that house
  It may crumbles into a heap of ruins
  You wanted to build a house on a strong foundation
  Laid upon the underlying rocks, and
  When the flood waters rise and break against the house
  It will stand affirm because you have strongly built the same.
  
  Then all of sudden you opened your first ever heart window
  I kissed you a lot to cover your spotless and blank face
  By the marks of my lips and fingers
  The moment of bliss, I remember you shut your eyes
  I looked at your lips to suck it.
  
  I loved you; you loved me, we always talked about love
  I wondered how to get an image to describe
  Your beauty, your charm. You were rare. You were unique.
  
  It was a lovely moonlight of Jan evening
  You came late at nine o’clock in silvery dress
  We dined alone. Do you remember that delightful bike drive?
  So engrossed in one another, you didn’t notice lost your hairpin,
  Until your hair came tumbles down.
  
  It was 5th June we were sitting in a city park iron bench
  Your scattered locks of hairs brushed my cheeks and eyes
  I kissed a lot and dissolved all my breaths in your tiny mouth
  With a deep crossed smile you fired brightly’ are you a mad”.
  
  I wish to open my ribs to show you your imprint
  In the very core of my heart my heart was to drawn you close to me
  I wanted to go beyond limits but you allowed another long kiss
  Our lips met like magnet and steel
  It only kinder my desires like the flame and more fuel put in fire
  I wanted to open my wings on your chest
  I wanted to fly in blue sky misguided in planets.
  
  That wonderful day, the air and moon were on their way
  When I decided to reach in deep of our LOVE
  You protested and cried in surrendering the unsuspected secret
  “NO’’’’’ DON’T PLEASE on your shivering lips not enough
  To hold my actions,
  It was miraculous that we breathed together
  Your red face became pink later yellow and pale
  On your way back you were carrying a dead cheering heart.
  Deep feelings wet emotions for a lost of a gem.
  
  We have found the origin of flaming volcano
  That rainy august evening or was it late afternoon,
  Holding hand, rubbing cheeks, lovely kissing and looking sky
  My body was for another share of you
  Our love making crossing rivers climbing mountains touching sky
  You become an earth it becomes green in your breasts
  I become sky and had clouds in my chest
  Both of us waited for showers and it rained heavily.
  
  You were always afraid of heights no climbing to get back down
  I always wanted to climb the top with no fear of getting down
  We were hanging in the air feeling vibration of our bodies.
  
  DARK: DARK of our nights not a lamp in the room
  Only joyous bells happy voices like a newly bridegroom & bride
  The smoke from us burning absconds forever and forever
  Our meetings become stories on people’s tongue
  As you found me breathing in you I heard my breath in you.
  
  Not the very last thing you said was ‘I want to marry you’
  ‘Will you marry me’ I answered lightly not too brightly
  ‘If you can wait for me’
  How dense can I be why didn’t I say
  ‘I want to marry you too’ we shall merry soon’
  Is that you wanted to hear,
  I only wanted to thank you for the miracle of loving me.
  
  After go through the scattered window of my soul
  My breathing in you suddenly stop
  My wait remains the wait and questions remained unanswered
  I perfectly played funeral, in place of marriage.
  It was a funeral of faith love trust words & breaths.
  We both were out of prisoner bars through keys of locking heart
  I was joyful whispering the words seeing mud
  You were lonely and sad looking sky.
  
  You didn’t try to brood over it for a minute ‘how I hurt you’
  You didn’t try to allow yourself to sulk in self-pity
  You tried to do the same, when you hurt your finger
  ‘An immediate and perfect cure’
  You wrote a letter to me as Dale Carnegie advised
  Telling how you feel about it didn’t miss any word
  You folded, sealed a latter to tore it up
  Holding pieces in hand, you look to ‘GOD’ and cried
  With GOD help, I skip it”
  Shutting the iron door on the past you closed your heart door too.
  
  ON 31st December you were going with a feeling of lost & lonely
  I smiled at you and asked can’t we be friends’
  1FRIENDS1 FRIENDS1FRIENDS1
  
  
  AMRESH VASHISHT B-12, Shiva ji Colony Meerut Cantt-250001 UTTAR PRADESH INDIA E,Mail; vashisht_2000@yahoo.com
  
  

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