Our poetry group assignment was to create two poems with instructions, one on How to and the other one should be the reverse How Not To... Here, I am sharing my instructions How Not to Meditate UnMeditate open eyes, turn your head side to side blink! bewildered by fuzzy logic slouch, NTV, KTN, KBC … Continue reading UnMeditate
Tag: thoughts
the thought of you
i caused the thought of you and now you want to leave? i refuse to release you with no introduction you descended upon the doorstep of my imagination without an invitation you merged yourself into my memories you now believe you are real? if i wished it so, i could relinquish you in an instant... but … Continue reading the thought of you
Wistful
Sharing this painting by my daughter Alya Kassam. She also writes just as beautifully.
falling
falling... falling... into a bottomless pit but wait! a bottomless pit is the best type of pit to fall into falling... falling... ***
all who wander
not all who wander are lost not all who are lost want to be found
only meaning
and those who wrote verse were thought to be insane by those who seek only meaning from words
The Lost Prayer
and my prayer was lost within the scent of the jasmine hidden in the swirling of dust a droplet floating on the cloud through the exhale of my sigh i question if my prayer was unsent or was it unheard certainly unfulfilled prayer after prayer lost lost on the lips of another lost like early … Continue reading The Lost Prayer
the next world
he said the world is round she said well, the next world will be flat after much contemplation they agreed to disagree
music is…
music is circles of sound rhythm of light thoughts of a poet stitched together in a tapestry of waves
Sleep’s Courage
Do you exist In your sleep Or do you blend Into your dreams Perhaps you meet Those you are afraid to reach And you speak words Held just beneath your tongue What of your thoughts That you would never dare And that is the allure Of sleep's courage *** recognise the unparalleled importance of a good night's … Continue reading Sleep’s Courage
SONYA KASSAM 