Numberless costumes yet the soul finds its mate! (Magic and Alchemy)

 

As we look into

each other's eyes, 

I get transported to

numberless places

where I have looked at you

with the same intensity

and you have captivated me

with your overflowing love.

Somewhere in space and time,

we have loved each other

in numberless costumes

I have danced to your music

I have captured you on my canvas

You have given words to my

incoherent thoughts

You have taught me pottery

We have created sculptures.

As we look into

each other's eyes, 

I learn the secret to this familiarity.

Numberless roles we have played

in this stage of life;

We have put on various costumes

I have taken the male costume at times

and at other times, the female costume

Yet the soul manages to find its companion 

We find our way back to each other

to love and be loved in numberless ways

despite the changing of the costumes.

P.S. This poem is inspired by a poem of Rabindranath Tagore in 'Gitanjali'

Purba Chakraborty

16.04.2021

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A Time You Felt Happy (Magic and Alchemy)

 

Do you 

remember a time

you felt truly happy?

Not for a flickering few minutes,

But for what felt like eternity;

Dancing in the air kind of happy

Spreading love like confetti kind of happy

Feeling that you belong to the entire universe kind of happy?

Close your eyes

Take a deep breath

Feel at home with hope and love

Radiating through every cell of your body.

Walk into that room of your mind

that carries the fragrance of the happy time;

Look for its source in every nook and corner

till you tire out and fail;

Now see yourself in a new light

Yes, You - the Creator 

of Absolute Happiness and Bliss,

of every great thing that has happened in your life. 

-Purba Chakraborty

01.04.2021

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Epiphanies on Life (I)

Sing the anthem of Life....Follow your bliss

Come what may...Never give up on your dreams! 

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Kindness and Love - Two Magic Wands!

Kindness and Love are the two magic wands that we are bestowed with. Are we using them enough in our daily lives? 

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Between the tempest of yesterday

And the amber sun of tomorrow,

I marvel at the rainbow

In my azure sky today. 

Between the catastrophic past

And the glorious future

Is the wisdom of the present-

The truest of all wealth in the world.

I have earned my sagacity

Walking in the labyrinth of heartache.

Between the tears of yesterday

And the laughter of tomorrow

Is the enlightenment of today;

Success and Failure are like Day and Night

One is followed by the other

Two feet stepping forward on the path of life.

Between the bruises of yesterday

And the radiance of tomorrow

Is the strength blossoming in me today;

Each scar has left behind

A note of wisdom

With which I gather my broken pieces

And construct a new monument

That cannot be shaken by an earthquake. 

I am the architecture of my dreams

I am the creator of my future. 

-Purba Chakraborty

28.02.19'

Let It Fall Away!

Let it fall away so that better things can arrive in your life. The best thing about a brand new year is the hope that gets planted in everyone's heart. The hope to start afresh and being successful in every aspect of life. 

Charles Lamb had rightly said, "New Year's Day is every man's birthday."

My resolution for the new year is to do one thing every day that makes me happy. 

"Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin" ~ Sir John Lubbock

Apart from that, I have a couple of goals that I want to accomplish this year. I hope all of you drop the baggage of failures and heartbreaks that you faced last year. Make every day of this year count. Write a wonderful story in the new 365 page-book that you would feel proud of. 

Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year. 

What is your New Year Resolution? How do you want your 2019 to look like? I would love to know in the comment section.

Musings of a Gemini Lass (Sunshine and Wildflowers)

A perennial dreamer I am,

My life is a panorama of myriad hues.

Dancing and fluttering like a butterfly

I leave a tint of cheer wherever I go.

The scars of my metamorphosis

Are camouflaged behind my twinkling eyes,

Autumn and spring coexist in me

I am both vulnerable and resolute;

Inside the social and colorful carapace

You can find a sensitive and poignant soul.

Creativity is my loyal refuge

Where I balance my wavering thoughts,

Arcane twilight or an esoteric paradox?

You wonder every time we meet

Darling! Don't feel uneasy by my duality

See the portrait of life in me

Duality is the beauty of life

Where success and failure are intertwined.

My infectious zest for life 

Will make you admire thorns in roses;

The sanguine dust that I will sprinkle

Will let you find beauty amid chaos. 

Just an earnest pleading:

Never try to cage me in your golden frame;

I will always be your friend and lover

Let's fly together, holding each other forever. 

I always get fascinated with sun signs and their traits. As my zodiac is Gemini, I enjoyed a lot penning down this poem which talks about the common traits of a Gemini girl. 

What is your sun sign? Which trait do you like the most in your zodiac? Do let me know in the comment box. 

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My friend -the moon (Sunshine and Wildflowers)

A part of me is broken beyond repair

I don't recognize this brokenness

Gazing at me with a grimace

From the other side of the mirror.

I wait for my friend-the moon

Camouflaged by the dark clouds;

I long to unmask my heart today

And sing my sorrow-song to her. 

Living amid the darkness

With a new face each night,

Only the moon can hear me

And be the blotting paper to my pain. 

The moon appeared with a balm for my scars

She said, "Dear girl, life is a perennial journey

From fullness to brokenness to emptiness;

In order to start anew

Embrace thy emptiness

Without getting stuck in 
The desert of brokenness

And one beautiful day, 

You will be shining like the full moon

Opulent, graceful, and resilient." 

This poem is about a girl's friendship with the moon. I believe if we can befriend nature, we can discover a mine of treasure and wisdom within us. At times of despair, gazing at a sunset or moon can provide more solace than talking to someone. 

Although Sunshine and Wildflowers is a blog series of short stories on women, I thought of also using poetry as a tool for story-telling. 

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That Rainy Night

Night Jasmine

Leaves and Letters

Linking with Poetry Pantry #415

Zen Meditation: Trinet (Letters from the Soul #26)

Eyes closed

Agonized heart

Head feels heavy; ache in body

I sit in the lotus position

Pay attention,

Breathe in 

Breathe out.

Breathe in 

Breathe out

The breathing matters and nothing else

I am conscious and full of life;

Completely blessed,

Divine love

Protecting me.

Anxiety slowly

Ebbs down;

Enveloped in a bubble of tranquility,

All my thoughts jump around it

I smile

I am

Fully free.

© Purba Chakraborty 

30.04.2018

Note: This is a Trinet poem. It is an invented poetry form which has the following specifications:

Line 1: 2 words

Line 2: 2 words

Line 3: 6 words

Line 4: 6 words

Line 5: 2 words

Line 6: 2 words

Line 7: 2 words

Repeat this pattern 2 more times. When centered correctly, it looks like 3 crosses. 

Read Letters from the Soul #25

This is the last post for the #AtoZ2018 and the #BlogchatterA2Z challenge. 

26 days

26 poems

26 poetry forms.

It was a roller-coaster ride experimenting with various forms of poetry every single day in April for my series~ 

"Letters from the soul". 

I hope you enjoyed the series. I am happy that I could complete the challenge successfully.

Yesterday has finally gone! : Quatern (Letters from the soul #25)

Yesterday has finally gone!

And here's a new, roseate dawn

Acting like morphine to your soul

Showing you a new path and goal.

To the pool of tears, don't get drawn

Yesterday has finally gone!

Collect the pieces and rebuilt

your life one more time, bit by bit.

Your cracked heart will rejoin again

The way sun shines after the rain

Yesterday has finally gone!

Do not cling to the spiky thorn.

You will slip again in this road

Tired of carrying grief as load,

But now run like a sporty fawn

Yesterday has finally gone!

© Purba Chakraborty 

28.04.2018

Note: This is a quatern poem. Quatern is a 16 line French poetry form composed of 4 quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. 

A quatern has eight syllables per line and can follow any rhyme pattern. 

The refrain in this poem is: "Yesterday has finally gone!" which you can spot at different places in each quatrain. The rhyme pattern that I followed is aabb ccdd eeff. 

Read Letters from the soul #24

Xeroxed Moments: Rondolet (Letters from the Soul #24)

Xeroxed moments

Are too rare to capture in life;

Xeroxed moments

Makes one static with no movements

Gliding with the tide feels alive,

Cannot offer newness to thrive

~Xeroxed moments. 

© Purba Chakraborty 

27.04.2018

Note: This is a Rondolet. This is a French poetry form consisting of a single septet (7 line poem) with 2 rhymes and one refrain: AbAabbA. A is the refrain. A rhymes with a, b with b. The refrain is of 4 syllables and the other lines are of 8 syllables. 

Read Letters from the Soul #23

Water and Love : Sedoka (Letters from the Soul #23)

Mocktails cannot quench
The thirst of a tired tourist;
Only water can do that

Love alone can soothe

Burns and scars of the journey;

It deep cleanses like water.

© Purba Chakraborty 

26.04.2018

Note: This is a Sedoka poem. Sedoka is an unrhymed Japanese poetry form with the syllable count: 5-7-7 and 5-7-7. A Sedoka often addresses the same subject from two perspectives. 

Read Letters from the Soul #22

Violet Sky: Monorhyme (Letters from the Soul #22)

The hour of change is like the violet twilight sky

Explosion of shifting colours that can beautify

your life amid some uncertainty and goodbye;

The ride can seem turbulent and might terrify

But aren't you born to wear your wings and fly

from the cage of monotony that makes you cry?

Dawn and dusk lends you the magic eye

To recognize change as a divine lanternfly

That will illuminate your path as you walk by.

© Purba Chakraborty 

25.04.2018

Note: This is a monorhyme poem. It is a very simple poetry form where all the lines have the same end rhyme. 

Read Letters from the Soul #21

Umbrella of God : Shape Poetry (Letters from the Soul #21)

No

typhoon,thunder,tempest

and hurricane can make you tremble;

They cannot break your spirit when you

stand dauntlessly under the umbrella of God.

The divine power that created you will not only

shield you from the furor and bedlam, but will teach

you

how

to

play

in 

the

rain

and

how 

to 

talk

           to  storm

       the       

© Purba Chakraborty 

24.04.2018

Note:  This is a shape poetry which is a very inventive poetry form. In this type of poetry, the poem takes on the shape of its subject. As my subject is umbrella, my poem looks like an umbrella. 

Read Letters from the Soul #20 here

Timeless ties: Tetractys (Letters from the soul #20)

Some 

people

touch our lives

with such bright hues

they cannot be wiped from our existence.

Their imprints deepen in our soul daily

like roots of trees

cobalt dyes

timeless

ties.

© Purba Chakraborty 

23.04.2018

Note: This is a Double Tetractys. Tetractys is a poetic form invented by Ray Stebbing, consisting of at least 5 lines with the syllable count of 1,2,3,4,10. 

Double Tetractys consists of 10 lines and follows the syllable count of 1,2,3,4,10,10,4,3,2,1. This poetry form is used to express a complete thought within the mentioned syllable count. 

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Slave to the Music: Sonnet (Letters from the soul #19)

The moon changes its face every black night

Seasons shift, whispering some old wise words;

I spot the changes in me without fight

Let go people and things just like free birds.

Music is the only thing I hold on 

Like a forlorn person who owns nothing

A melody for each night and season

Lost memories rekindle as I sing. 

Being a slave to the music gives me hope

I feel alive despite losing a lot;

Like letters stacked inside an envelope

Music makes me feel secure about my thoughts.

I can feel all the people I have loved

In the rhythm of songs, I have savored.

© Purba Chakraborty 

21.04.2018

Note: This is an English sonnet also known as Shakespearean sonnet. It is a poem consisting of 14 lines (3 quatrains and 1 couplet). Each line consists of 10 syllables. The rhyme pattern is abab cdcd efef gg. 

Read Letters from the Soul #18 here

Rainbow within her : Senryu (Letters from the soul #18)

Sundry emotions

Autumn and spring coexist;

Rainbow within her.

She frames the rainbow

In the pristine white pages;

Plays the song of life.

Unaware, she is

How many lives the rainbow

Touches and uplifts. 

© Purba Chakraborty 

20.04.2018

Note: This is a Senryu (also known as human haiku). It is a Japanese poetry form that follows the syllable count of 5-7-5 like that of a haiku. While haiku is used for describing nature, Senryu talks about human emotions or human nature. It is a three-line, unrhymed verse that is usually written in the present tense. 

Read Letters from the soul #17