Wednesday, 12 March 2014


 I  HAD  NO  FORESIGHT
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As the Hilsa fry* melt in my palate
I am in heaven
And all those shiny heavenly bodies
Become meat balls and pies
To thousand children’s dreamy eyes
I sigh

As I savor each page of Hungry Tide**
I am in heaven
And all the words of heavenly manna
Become hard rock and stone
On thousand minds’ treading zone
I moan

As He in Heaven smiles and asks
“What have you fed your soul with?”
I remain silent and become shy
Slowly comes my broken reply
“My soul’s never been hungry”

*A Bengali delicacy
**Novel by Amitav Ghosh

Posted for Gabriella's Prompt Savour the Food @ Poetry Jam
&
Shared with Susan's Mid Week Motif ~ Prescience / Foresight @ Poets United

  


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20 comments:

  1. Susan12 March 2014 at 06:03

    The appetites of life are seductive indeed, could it be possible God put them here for us to avoid? A fun and poignant, balanced poem with its wake up call from title to the end. Thanks!

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  2. Brian Miller12 March 2014 at 06:10

    what have you fed your soul with...what an apt question...and a prickly one at that...ah what a broken reply that would be for sure...

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  3. Mary12 March 2014 at 06:53

    Love the last stanza, Sumana. It is as important to have one's soul feeling 'full' as having one's stomach full....

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  4. Gabriella12 March 2014 at 08:24

    You raise a momentous question in your poem, Sumana. I hope that it is possible to balance the pleasures of life with nourishment of the soul too.

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  5. Vandana Sharma12 March 2014 at 10:35

    machli bhaat hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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  6. Sherry Blue Sky12 March 2014 at 11:08

    I love "my soul's never been hungry". Wonderful, Sumana!

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  7. Audrey Howitt aka Divalounger12 March 2014 at 11:16

    I too love this last line--just took my breath away

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  8. Peggy12 March 2014 at 14:12

    Lucky the soul that has never been hungry! Nice take on the food prompt!

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  9. Wendy Bourke12 March 2014 at 15:28

    A skillful juxtaposition - food for the body contrasted with nourishment for the soul. Well done.

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  10. Unknown12 March 2014 at 20:42

    Sumana, what a fabulous poem you have written. The last stanza is unparallelled.

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  11. Susan Lindquist12 March 2014 at 20:45

    Nourishing the soul is just as important as nourishing the body ... for when the body gives out, the soul passes on ... hopefully happy and ready for new mysteries that come

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  12. TCPC13 March 2014 at 02:38

    i like you leaving it a bit here for the readers!

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  13. kaykuala13 March 2014 at 05:55

    Would love to give it a try. A delicacy has that added uniqueness of being something nice and something different. Wonderful write Sumana!

    Hank

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  14. PT13 March 2014 at 07:11

    my soul has never been hungry....Marvellous!

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  15. Jae Rose13 March 2014 at 07:38

    What a satisfying piece - in many ways

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  16. humbird13 March 2014 at 08:00

    Feel your inner joy and an ease of poetical thought as spiritual expression...

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  17. alan170415 March 2014 at 09:22

    what have you fed your soul with - great line and asks so many more deeper questions.

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  18. Rajlakshmi16 March 2014 at 16:02

    What have you fed your soul with// wow that's very thoughtful and deep. Beautiful write

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  19. Intelliblog21 March 2014 at 16:35

    Wonderful poem, full of depth and richness.

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