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As Thee

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 12, 2023

O shape me in Thy likeness,Mirror in mind and heart Thy manners,Seed within that will unflinchingLik

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy thee mind love spirituality

My Ember

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 11, 2023

Pale is the dawn, pale the trudging hours,Sapless like a mindless ritual’s empty gestures,All motion

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy ember pale like priest

Self of Dream

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 10, 2023

Who knocks upon the dream doorWith frantic raps unceasing, shouting,‘Heed, heed for the day is nearF

Vira Bhayankara Bibhatsa Adbhuta self dream heed near hour time

This Day

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 9, 2023

This day my wondrous sun withdrewBehind this clay-wrought grosser sheath,A world of pliant matter he

Sringara Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta day light thy nature spirituality

The Boon

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 8, 2023

What is mine here to freely giveFor all was issued by a will unknown,Breath and body and senses five

Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta boon breath purpose

Petulant Villain

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 7, 2023

Treacherous are thy waters O time,Littered with murderous eddies of desireAnd storms of passion ruth

Sringara Karuna Vira Adbhuta thy thou petulant villain o love

A Rumination

Poem — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 6, 2023

“Ah, the misty gaze flees by a severe sunAnd mine scenes stand stripped of fancies;Crimson lust of y

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta sun year nature love spirituality

Thy Doorstep

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 5, 2023

Does it count the thoughts that rise and passAs offering to Thee all enduring and immutable,Trudging

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy thee like doorstep count nature love

Front Unguarded

Poem — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 4, 2023

The woes of self come clustered or aloneLike a troop or a loner by honour bound,To hold them in abey

Karuna Vira Bhayankara Bibhatsa Adbhuta unguarde woe come

Immortal Eyes

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 3, 2023

Why dost Thou employ beauty’s rhetoricOn my feeble person so easily swayed,Smiling ever so slyly fro

Sringara Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thou dost immortal like thy nature love

All Too Real

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 2, 2023

And how, how couldst Thou stand in that throngReleased from the dire snare of time and fate,Thy slig

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy thou word real high nature spirituality

Our Sons

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

December 1, 2023

What gluttony is thine O time,Gorging on our hero sons,A hundred hundred livesWhets not thy hungry w

Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy o time hero son love

Dakshineshwar

Poem — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 30, 2023

By Gangā’s shore rose that spired sightHoused on a plot more humble than proud,At attention’s centre

Vira Bhayankara Bibhatsa Adbhuta priest thy thou dakshineshwar plot love spirituality time

Hail Mother!

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 29, 2023

The night is alive, the night is alive,A dire alarm seizes the senses five,The soul shudders in awed

Raudra Vira Bhayankara Bibhatsa Adbhuta night alive hail mother spirituality

Pilgrim River

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 28, 2023

How mighty flows this pilgrim river,A rush of seeking hearts traversingLife and fate with just a mur

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy pilgrim river seek heart nature love war

Cacophonous Hours

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 27, 2023

A drab dawn unveiled a sleepy azure,Sharp the ruse to keep me unpreparedFor the hours cacophonous be

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta cacophonous sleepy hour love war

Gangā

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 26, 2023

The bold feminine from the mountain sourceWhite and pure, from crescent bearing tressesLeaping earth

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta gangā like soul inspiration nature love spirituality

Little Hymn

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 25, 2023

Here, besides me be, in this my daily sanctuary,When moments link arms for a musing shelter,Secluded

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta little hymn daily like love time

Am Unsatiated

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 24, 2023

What miserly portion hast Thou made as mineFrom Thy capacities birthing stars in a noon-reverie,Cast

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta hast thou thy like world love spirituality

Omnipotent Beloved

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 23, 2023

How many sneering hours are made my shareFrom the short lease lent in this dim hemisphere,How many c

Sringara Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta omnipotent remain old thine love spirituality time

Impostor Sun

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

November 22, 2023

What inversion prevails in this aspiration’s phaseAs if my meagre world to unknown end upturned,All

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta impostor sun moon nature

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