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Wednesday 13 January 2016

Fodder


Jaded are my eyes and gorged brain
Oh so badly I need something to sustain
No placebo I crave for, give me a balm..
Who feeds on cartfuls of fodder?
I thrive on a pearl on an ivory palm!

                   Linked to: Poets United

51 comments:

  1. Sadly we become blind to beauty with an empty stomach.

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  2. Absolutely wonderful...Happy new year Amit jee.. :)

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  3. this is beautifully written..subtlety of intellectual and spiritual life does sustain us..

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  4. I got lost in the last line :P :)

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    1. Your honesty is much appreciated:P
      Thank you Indrani:)

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  5. Beautifully composed Amitji, superb lines Who feeds on cartfuls of fodder?
    I thrive on a pearl on an ivory palm!
    How does poets united work, do they give a prompt?

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    1. Yes, it is an interesting forum..you can visit them through the link under my poem on this page itself:)
      Thank you Shweta for liking my poem:)

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  6. Love! We can stuff ourselves with junk and still hunger for one pearl.

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  7. The parting image is captivating and strong..a powerful poem

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  8. Some people get all the breaks...and some don't!

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  9. A lovely thing to focus on rather than drivel or fodder.

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  10. Wow! Not a placebo but a balm. :) Amitji , do you have a collection of Jamini Roy paintings, also Van Gogh, Hussain?

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  11. This poem requires pondering and rereading to get hidden meanings... Nice!

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  12. It's such a beautiful poem Amit!All one needs is just one empathetic soul than the army of so-called friends.
    Personally,I'll have one pearl of a classic book rather than the whole fodder of the worldly relations and rhetorics.

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    1. Hey Kokila! You have wonderfully summed up the spirit of the poem! Kudos!
      Thanks tonz:):)

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  13. I especially love that closing line!

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  14. One pearl is all I crave for....one good book, one good friend, one good thought, one true love, one honest smile....a beautiful poem Amit ji...and I don't know why but it reminded me of Blake's 'eternity in an hour'....

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    1. Thanks a whole lot Sunaina:) I feel flattered when kind heart readers drop big names alongside my humble work;)

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  15. Nice Amit. I share your interest may be not as lucidly but someday as soon as I am ready with a set of collection. Amal

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  16. Nice Amit. I share your interest may be not as lucidly but someday as soon as I am ready with a set of collection. Amal

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