Saturday 1 November 2014

Burning Bright

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Some words flutter with life

In some hands

You could feel their warmth

In their breath

The stony heart melts

Throbs

Dances to their tune

Their facets glow

Brightening up the dark lanes

Of a battered mind

Their sharp edges

Slice off the malignant growth

Of pedantry

All living words

Birthed

From the womb

Of a fiery dream

Are destined

To be stars

To be written in light

 


Posted for PoetryPantry @ Poets United

33 comments:

  1. Words have that power... The best friends ever!

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  2. Dreams in galore...................

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  3. May your fiery dreams continue to let your words flutter with life.

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  4. fiery dreams.. love it. that last line is perfect.

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  5. "Slice off the malignant growth
    Of pedantry"
    Hang on, I'm a pedant...

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  6. Words have the power to make us cry, laugh, feel, dream..... Superb :)

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  7. In the hands of a skillful writer, words come to life, sizzling like stars ~

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  8. Sumana, your words dance and flutter on the page! They live!

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  9. I hope that what you say about all living words is true: that they are destined to be stars. Oh, I hope it's true!

    Whirling with Galway

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  10. Wow! I just love those final lines. Some brilliant thoughts captured her.

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  11. Love the way you made words dance in our hearts this morning, Sumana. Thank you!

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  12. "written in light" i just soooo luv that phrase; thanks for stopping over at my Sunday Lime, have a lovely day

    Much love...

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  13. Brilliant! And that is the thing--Do we rebirth words as we usethem, or recycle in such a way that they can never be stars!

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  14. This is so thoughtful and textured, Sumana. Such wisdom you have captured. Just beautiful!

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  15. wonderful close....all things destined to be stars...to burn bright....


    yes if we let it....

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  16. I so love the idea that words are stars destined to be written in light. Beautiful, Sumana.

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  17. It feels like you are describing us. Humans "Are destined/To be stars" and that just feels so great as an idea.

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  18. ...as the light has shown through your words. :-)
    ZQ

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  19. What a wonderful thought that our words are born of dreams and then made into stars. And your impassioned words are certainly shining brightly in the night sky!

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  20. I like the power you give to the words!

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  21. ah yes, words can be like that, they shine with light. :)

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  22. This is beautiful, Sumana! Words are powerful :)

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  23. Wonderful...I just love the last line... :-)

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  24. Are destined
    To be stars
    To be written in light

    Oh, to have success written for the young ultimately if they pursue it rightly! Great lines Sumana!

    Hank

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  25. Words hold a magic all their own. Thank you for this one...

    Elizabeth

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  26. words are powerful like weapons as well. words are very strong and eternal as well. i loved this one, a literary tribute to those things that come from the heart like blood, all full of life and meaning. :D

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  27. "All living words
    Birthed
    From the womb
    Of a fiery dream
    Are destined
    To be stars
    To be written in light" - Love the energy and vivid imagery in this. Beautifully penned. :)

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  28. You wrote about the power of words by using powerful words. Nicely done.

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  29. words do have superhuman power...and they can change just everything...

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  30. Words are so powerful. They have the capacity to move and uplift as well as to demean and crush. It is good to be reminded of their strength.

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