POETIC DELIGHTS BY BELINDA SUBRAMAN-US
1-Seniors
We want life
in spite of loss.
We fear joining the void.
Each year we have fewer options
clinging to ego teddy bears.
Looking for depth
behind the words
beyond the facade.
Eyes grow wiser as they dim.
We see through it all.
We’re all we’ve ever been:
the brushing breeze of affection,
forces beyond our control,
warm whispers down our spines
at a crossroads of hunger
and understanding everything.
2-Your House…
pops, cracks and sighs
easy to imagine its wood is breathing
stretching its limbs
being itself around you
with memory shavings
dog eared and puppy loved.
White noise blows air through its vents
and monotones you to sleep
with the blood pulsing
through your vein network,
the tree inside you.
A train whistles
ten miles across the desert.
Someone is going somewhere while you are still.
You are safe and calm, we imagine
inside the womb of you house.
3-We Are Poetry
We are poems
calm but excited
Humming through reeds
with everywhere to go
Flaming alive
a lotus opening
Roots of thread still tethered
to the earth but floating
Hands still reaching
arms around the world
in the spiritual net that holds us
vibrating peace through the stratosphere
We Are Poetry
Translated into Chinese by Ma Yongbo:
我们就是诗
我们就是诗篇
沉静，激昂
在芦苇间轻唱
向无垠的四方漫溯
如烈焰般鲜活
一朵莲花初绽
如线的根须牵系着大地
却又轻盈而飘荡
双手向四方伸开
将整个星球拥入胸怀
托住我们的精神之网
让和平的震颤传遍同温层，直达九霄云外
AUTHOR:
BELINDA SUBRAMAN-US
In 2020 Belinda began an online show called GAS: Poetry, Art and Music which features interviews, readings, performances and art show in a video format available free: https://www.youtube.com/@
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