tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60391130400173964722023-11-15T22:19:25.716-08:00Ignited Lines (Poems and Writings)My poems and paintings search for the universal duality, a relationship between the subject and the object, spirit and the matter, trying to find the totality in this influx of paradoxes, in an effort to unlock the mysteries of life. I search the elusive reality of human consciousness through the lines, splashes of colors and the impressions of brush strokes on my canvasses and at times through pen and paper in the form verses.
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-69475685089563898242021-07-10T07:27:00.008-07:002021-07-10T07:27:52.873-07:00Dusky one (Shyamal Si) - A 'Poetry Film' by Meena Chopra<p></p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/vdzpZx2WcgQ" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vdzpZx2WcgQ/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">This is a translation of Hindi poem 'SHYAMAL SI' in English. It is being released on YouTube. It is a poem dedicated to the youthful spirit and aspirations of all young women stepping into womanhood. My daughter Tia's zeal, explorations and her adventurous spirit, along with her resilience, gave birth to this verse.
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-21365779600587187602021-01-23T09:54:00.001-08:002021-01-23T09:54:12.110-08:00Meena Chopra being featured Art Bar Poetry Series, Toronto Canada, 12th Jan, 2021<p> </p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What a beautiful and inspiring poem written by <a href="https://twitter.com/meenachopra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@meenachopra</a> the winner of the 2020 selfie contest, on the occasion of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HistoricPlacesDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HistoricPlacesDay</a>. <a href="https://t.co/gOsCnntftf">pic.twitter.com/gOsCnntftf</a></p>— National Trust for Canada (@nationaltrustca) <a href="https://twitter.com/nationaltrustca/status/1294009605341818882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit: http://meenachopra17.wix.com/meena-chopra-artist
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I try hard<br />
eves dropping<br />
to descending shadows<br />
from the mountains<br />
but it seems<br />
my password is lost<br />
in a dark lagoon.<br />
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Words have taken the wings<br />
soaring,<br />
valley below is deep<br />
my fist is tight<br />
eyes swollen<br />
tired and sleepless<br />
words are seamless.<br />
They are lost<br />
in a whirlpool.<br />
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Why?<br />
Why can I not<br />
read my book<br />
for once at-least?<br />
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I am a faceless face</div>
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in a real time display</div>
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structured and showcased</div>
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in a trendy way</div>
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Disguised </div>
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behind the cleverly constructed images.</div>
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The shadows</div>
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constantly knock </div>
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my doors and windows</div>
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colliding </div>
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till they fall down</div>
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fractioned,</div>
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splitting in sharp</div>
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glassy pieces</div>
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piercing,</div>
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till I bleed.</div>
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My doors and windows are admant</div>
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they remain closed.</div>
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I am heedless and distant.</div>
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I tweet reality every day</div>
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but I am blind to</div>
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the silent charisma,</div>
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surrounding mysteries</div>
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of my hidden mystery book.</div>
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because</div>
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I am a viral socialite</div>
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standing on a virtual plane</div>
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humanizing</div>
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a faceless face</div>
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The thrills masquerade</div>
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Far away,</div>
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I shrink in a black hole,</div>
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searching?</div>
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The charismatic remote leisure,<br />
Strengthning<br />
facing<br />
the deserted truth.<br />
A plunging darkness<br />
bare as death,<br />
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and a dot<br />
disperses a line<br />
in a voluminous circle,<br />
folding the fire<br />
a living time.<br />
Images annihilate.<br />
The bodyless prevails.<br />
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What was it?<br />
That whispered<br />
Reverberations<br />
in a chilled silence.<br />
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From my book 'Ignited Lines'<br />
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<i><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">Is she a vase</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">or a statue on a pedestal ?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">She is no icon!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">Her feet strong </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">firm on ground.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">The earth supports her.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">The real in her </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">longs to be </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">revealed through layers</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">seeking identifications </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">undraped </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">in a figureless </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">formless existence.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">In vain,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">she searches - an iconoclast, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">beyond the turbidity of love.</span><br style="background-color: white; 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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-74975338652194027822014-03-19T01:50:00.004-07:002014-10-25T13:29:50.986-07:00Charisma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The sun sets </span></i><i style="font-size: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">on the back of the camel</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The night unlocks</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">the mysteries</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Awake</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Roused</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">the moonlight.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Clouds are coiled</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">live streaming</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">the twisted passage of a deadly day</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Reflecting a panoramic </span></i><i style="font-size: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">hillside.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A formidable climb.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Insomnia e</span></i><i style="font-size: 14.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">nthralled</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Captivating the beaming hopes.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Voyaging the void.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The radiant night</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Irradiates delving darkness.</span></i></div>
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-39533390799342432542014-03-14T11:39:00.001-07:002014-04-01T17:54:03.713-07:00Potency<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-53719676752154841262014-03-14T10:49:00.000-07:002016-01-21T06:14:35.315-08:00Metaphorical<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="en-US" style="color: #212120; font-style: italic; line-height: 129%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-Meena Chopra</span></span></div>
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-50467024870630711002014-03-14T10:42:00.000-07:002014-04-01T17:54:45.001-07:00Ignited Lines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">touched the soft mud<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Sun's brittle brightness falls, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">earth evaporates <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">in a thin layer,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">glazing a clear sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Aghast I am !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">My flesh tingles. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">A restlessness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">empowers me <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">wanting the mud <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">once again <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">My fingers tremble<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 125%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">carved on my hands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-68401883120759367052014-03-14T09:39:00.001-07:002018-05-13T15:33:53.067-07:00A Death, A Beginning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Your lost self <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">unfolding those <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">The blazing honesty of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">vulnerable naked - self <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">in your arms,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">in disastrous fantasies,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">tearing me apart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">making me a whole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">grasping a moment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">beyond bondages,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">a death<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">a beginning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">an eternal embrace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">worshiped,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">my primeval existence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 110%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">loving <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-85972495977642404132014-03-13T22:25:00.001-07:002015-09-07T05:20:04.516-07:00A Stillness Moves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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#canlit #poetry</div>Meena C hoprahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05994174304843611997noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039113040017396472.post-39730379512641485342014-03-13T22:08:00.001-07:002015-05-20T05:54:20.293-07:00A Glimmer It Was...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 114%;">In the day's heat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 114%;">Remnants of a deflected time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 114%;">I fear remaining an outline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 114%;">Your warmth lingers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 114%;">till the fire burns in me.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Graying evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Starkness of night! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">All over our faces. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Unrecognizable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Was my vision hazy?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Or I looked at the haze?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">Perhaps<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-style: italic; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">We are beginning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><i>-Meena Chopra</i></span><br />
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