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Quiteness

 

 

 

 

 

Writings of the light assault the Darkness, more prodigious than meteors.

The tall unknowable city takes over the countryside.

 

Sure of my life and my death, I observe the ambitious and would like to understand them.

 

Their day is greedy as a lariat in the air.

Their night is a rest from the rage within steel, quick to attack.

 

They speak of humanity.

My humanity is in feeling we are all voices of same poverty.

 

They speak of homeland.

My homeland is the rhythm of a guitar, a few portraits, an old sword, the Willow Grove's visible prayer as evening falls.

 

Time is leaving me.

More silent than my shadow, I pass through the loftily covetous multitude.

They are indispensable, singular, worthy of tomorrow.

 

My name is someone and anyone.

 

I walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't expect to arrive………….

 

                                                                        

 

  .. Jorge Luis Borges

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  1. Puneet Agrawal says

    elite class

  2. Think Tank says

    I confess that I couldn”t understand this fully… :) (Rahul)

  3. illustrator ofminds says

    this isnt ur original work …. but well assimilated

  4. akash mehra says

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  5. slipperyways nMe says

    too difficult for me …..tsk tsk…..tsk….:)

  6. ROARING KINI says

    Beautiful

  7. Abhishek Shandilya says

    What lines!

  8. PGR NAIR says

    Pleasantly surprised to know that you read Borges…I am an inveterate fan of Borges…savored anything and everything by him…..I will write about him one day………PGR

  9. Giftson SJ says

    brilliant one…thanx for sharing buddy…;-)0~!gift!~

  10. Anitha kaveri says

    the inheritance of loss..begins wid dese lines..ryt….loved dis poem…hpw beautiful is de song of quietness…

  11. Kush A says

    Excellent Borges poem.

  12. sandeep koul says

    nice!keep it up.

  13. Sourav says

    Hi! nice to read…

  14. meenakshi sharma says

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    belated happy new year…!!

  15. Saurabh Srivastava says

    Hi,A nice quiteness,best wishes of happy new year

  16. Observer Me says

    Time is leaving more silent than a shadow…amazing…just as we swallow time we go deeper into our life just to the extent that we can swallow time and all the while shadow comes and goes…triggers a lot of thought

  17. bulbultuk bulbultuk says

    emotional….

  18. SOVAN BANDYOPADHYAY says

    A beautiful, heartwarming poem. And the picture is really, really wonderful!

  19. shashi tahiliani says

    nIcE poem…but pic. is rEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEaly b”fuuuuuuuuuul.its suuuuuuperb………

  20. saurabh upadhyay says

    how r u dear?
    take care.
    have a gr8 day.

  21. Jim says

    Very nice picture Mona

  22. ANANTH says

    The picture which you select was so Beautiful for ever,,,,,,,,,,,
    Very……… very ……… very nice post to heart touch.

  23. shivani narula says

    A deep one…liked it a lot.

  24. NARENDER SINGH says

    so……..nice

  25. Moe M says

    Quietness has become a thing of the past has it not -with the cities - loud and unfriendly eating up. A very nice selection Manisha. Apparently some say that Jorge wrote this also in relation to problems he was having with his vision. The landscape photograph is awesome - really added depth to the poem. Beautiful. Take care :)))))))))))))))))

  26. Ume sh says

    very nice words there…..

  27. VIPUL says

    beautiful picture ………nice post……..

  28. anil verma says

    marvellous very beautyfull i like ur both pic (dream palace and blogs pic) and poem is in my words mashah allah.

  29. shefa says

    interesting…………..poem………..very beautiful………….picture…………great combination.

  30. Sanjay Bhattacharya says

    Nice poem & more nicer picture

  31. Mahen Mishra says

    What a collection Mona… really its very beautiful… GREAT POST!!!!!

  32. ajay rana says

    wow!

  33. AAMEEN KHAN says

    bahoot hee suunder kavitaa hai…. aur pic to just superb. and it is truly said by priti……… the pic is more beautiful…….

  34. PREETI BOSE says

    Bahut hi badi-badi baatein kahi gayi hai iss poem mein…… and they are so true also…….. Beautiful poem wid such a lovely pic…… But i must say i liked dat pic more…..

  35. meenakshi sharma says

    iI think i dont have much words to xplain the pic and the poem..for wat i have understood…its Marvellous…!!!

  36. The Phoenix says

    aaila!

  37. Prudent Indian says

    beautiful pic. as for poems i m a confirmed idiot :) anil.

  38. p k says

    lovely poem n pic. it feels that lets watch that horizon endlessly without any fear or tensions of modernity. a solitude which is so blissful that nothing touches it to impure it. great writing.