In micro pots I scattered chilly seeds a week ago
sunflower a couple of days back
yesterday mustard
trying to push away a gift of space
suffusing the air with its acrid smell of loss
A vacuum sucks thoughts till I have none left
to appraise
I am
water draining through loam
spring cleaning myself
though that feels like being robbed
Arrivals are better at sustaining life
I hug and hold myself from draining out
through the tiny holes in the pots
There is a creamy curry in a blackened dish
spoilt by attention wandering through
spicy sunflower fields
There too a smell of burnt seeds preceded me
Strange
The mustard hasn’t sprouted
yet it has claimed the breeze
– Reena Prasad
(c) Reena Prasad, poem and portrait below
REENA PRASAD (Butterflies of Time, a canvas of poetry) ~ is a poet from India, now based in Sharjah. She has several poems published in English anthology collections (Change, Indus Valley, Love in Verses, Musings–a Mosaic, eight anthologies by Barry Mowles and Friends and ten of Brian Wrixon’s anthologies, also in online jounals: Carty’s Poetry Journal, Indian Ruminations, Indian Review and in online magazines such as Youth Ki Awaaz and Thanal Online. Her poems have found place among the winning entries in contests by Writer’s Cafe, Ekphrasis India and Poets Corner. She is a contributor to many international journals like
The Copperfield Review, First Literary Review-East, Angle Journal, Poetry Quarterly etc.
Profoundly beautiful, Reena, and double-edged. Bravo!
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Thank you Jamie for having my poem here. Thank you friends for reading.
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Reblogged this on BUTTERFLIES OF TIME and commented:
A pleasure to have a poem featured in The Bardo Group, one of the most creative spaces in the blogosphere. Thank you Jamie for having my burnt mustard here.
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Love this piece, Reena! Many good lines in this one, but my favorite here are: “spring cleaning myself /
though that feels like being robbed” You are very good at describing the minute details so that the reader can be right there in the moment with you. I have always said that your strong imagery and details in your poems put your writing far above many others, and it seems that you are destined to just keep outshining everyone! 🙂 Well done.
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Thank you for those encouraging words Corina. A pleasure to get feedback from you dear friend 🙂
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