Two almost back-to-back posts! I must have rediscovered my blog!
Today's post is about two poems of Vikram Seth that I particularly like. This semester I had taken a poetry workshop, as a result, not only did I have to write twelve poems of my own, I had to read a similar number of poems of my classmates, plus nearly a hundred others.
These two have been particularly interesting, mostly because of their simplicity.
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All You who Sleep Tonight
All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -
Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.
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How Rarely These Few Years
How rarely these few years, as work keeps us aloof,
Or fares, or one thing or another,
Have we had days to spend under our parents’ roof:
Myself, my sister, and my brother.
All five of us will die; to reckon from the past
This flesh and blood is unforgiving.
What’s hard is that just one of us will be the last
To bear it all and go on living.
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live." -- Jean-Paul Sartre
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8 comments:
Thank you Saya(mati) for rediscovering your blog. Missed it, though I was not very regular in reading each and every post.
Loved the poems, especially the first one. Keep writing here for my (our) sake :)
Both the poems are equally beautiful! :-)
What I liked the most about these poems was that the language was awfully simple and the meaning was very clear and yet, they did not lose their charm.
Vikram Seth is an advocate for rhyming poetry and I can't say I blame him..
I am very happy to see the blog coming back to life! I hope to see and read more wonderful things here..
Love M.
hey nice poems...
and our blogs are namesake:)
There was a point in time when I thought poetry wasn't my kind of thing. Then I discovered the beauty, the effect it has on one's thoughts.
The other day I read some Faiz too. Awesome stuff.
And yeah, don't you stop blogging now :)
@ Parulmati
Thank you thank you thank you.
I shall not disappoint cherished readers like you in the future.
@ Butterfly
That's true. It's hardest to write something simple.
@ El
I think this is your first visit to my blog. Thank you for stopping by.
You are right about Seth. Do you write any poetry yourself?
@ Mk
Thank you! All because of the joint attack launched by the three of you.
@ Island girl
That's true! How wonderful is that. And welcome to this Kirrin Island. :)
@ Rohit
Which of Faiz's did you read? Could you send some my way?
And yes, I shall indeed make it a point to update here regularly.
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