Tuesday 10 March 2015

Eyes

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All her singers are back

The tree dances in the breeze

Casting me an oblique look

With her thousand leaves

I look at her happy face

When the blue kingfisher

Swoops into the pond water

And gets its prize

When the black cuckoo with its red eyes

Gives incessant call to his beloved

When the white cranes

Meditate on one leg hiding the other

And the frogs with their bulging eyes

Cover for shelter

When a star peeps and winks

From the dusky sky

When darkness with its glowworm eyes

Twinkles in joy

When the owl mother feeds her babes

With the heart of a field mouse

When life dances in joy with death

When the cricket song fades

With the slow rise of a golden eye

When vision creates beauty

And all her singers are back

The tree dances in the breeze

Casting me an oblique look

With her thousand leaves

And I look at her happy face


Posted for Mary’s prompt Eyes @ Poetry Jam

19 comments:

  1. What lovely sentiments in this poem, Sumana. And wonderful imagery. I like the way you have described the many eyes in nature, smiled when I read the repeated line 'all her singers are back' and really see 'her happy face.'

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  2. made me think of seeing the world through the eyes of a child, a bit...all the wonder..even at the field mouse heart being consumed...ha...

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  3. So many views and eyes in nature. I was particularly struck by the references to feeding the babies with the heart of the dead mouse--somehow seemed quite profound to me.

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  4. Lovely Sumana, very sensual.

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  5. Spring just flashed before my eyes!

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  6. Love the way this opens up and you can enter in the richness of this world, seen through eyes that capture the heart.

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  7. You created a reflective, sweet mood with words.

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  8. You brought it all so alive. Lovely.

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  9. Sumana, the beauty in this poem is just phenomenal. I pictured each thing as I read....it is a cornucopia of beauty. I especially loved envisioning the white cranes.

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  10. This was so beautiful. I loved "When life dances in joy with death".

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  11. Happiness indeed with the "natural" celebration :)
    Nice words, Sumanaji!

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  12. This is a feast for all the senses!

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  13. Wonderful imagery. You took me on a nature walk and made me see,

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  14. Sumana, I commented on your poem yesterday morning but my comment did not appear. It is a good thing I checked back.
    Your poem made me feel I was a mother looking at her daughter as she discovers the world. Seeing the world through the eyes of a child makes us see it in a new way.

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  15. lovely post, it's a kind of writing which makes you happy in the end, a well written piece

    Lost In Her Eyes

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  16. The eyes are windows to the world - and this poems just teems with sparkle and movement . . . and life. Lovely.

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  17. Beautiful poem, Sumana. All eyes of creation's creatures reflect the eyes of mother nature!

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