Posts tagged with "light"

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

Have I Ever

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

March 10, 2023

Have I ever brought Thee faded ardour,Fires with meagre shrivelled limbsWasted by passing storms and

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta bring thee word light thy spirituality

All The Summoners

Sonnet — Daily Poetry for The Master of Works

February 27, 2023

I am Thy summoner at the birth of dawn,Sparking birdsong upon verdant trees,Lighting incense upon ri

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy summoner birth light nature

Companion Me

Sonnet — An Invocation to the Master

April 21, 2022

A sullen reverie thrust like an unwanted giftBrings covert projections to dream surface,A repertoire

Sringara Vira Bhayankara Bibhatsa Adbhuta companion light thy love

Thy Lustre

Sonnet — An Invocation to the Master

March 8, 2022

A purple screen of dusk now descendsMarking the close of a futile day,A little lamp is lit and its f

Sringara Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy lustre light lend fall love time

A Lamp

Sonnet-An Invocation to the Master

February 10, 2022

The stain of soot on a lamp spentMirrors my grime earned in deeds,The charred residue of a wick burn

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta lamp thee flame light offer nature spirituality

For Thy Will

Sonnet — An Invocation to the Master

January 30, 2022

A slow welter of melancholies sweeps,The tongue lies mute and inarticulate,The feet weighed by immen

Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy immense light

Fire

Sonnet-An Invocation to the Master

January 24, 2022

What fire hast Thou lit withinThat burns every savour in everything?It leaves but a patina thinAnd a

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta fire light leave thy

Thy Words

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

January 17, 2022

What hast Thou poured in Thy wordsThat it must baffle and allure me so?What light is in there that v

Sringara Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy word light little love

Vestige

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

December 15, 2021

A hundred oracle-tongues are in meBy the strange muses possessedUttering cryptic divining prophecyIn

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta vestige light love spirituality

To Thee

Poem — An Invocation to The Master

December 5, 2021

How many scores of years to learn this factThat all the circuits that traced my treadAnd all the for

Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy o light divine nature love spirituality

Unsung

Poem — An Invocation to The Master

August 9, 2021

How much light doth Thou squanderOn a laggard heaven all dully bright,Thy gods have grown recalcitra

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy unsung light heaven glory nature spirituality time

Of What Worth

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

July 25, 2021

Keep O serpent thy glistening treasuresOf diamonds and rubies, opal and pearl,Guarding jealously the

Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy worth treasure stream light spirituality time

My Lamps

Sonnet — An Invocation to The Master

July 3, 2021

Mine lamps are as fireflies of the night,A little eager glimmer dwindling to sightAt the first peeri

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta thy lamp little light oh nature love spirituality

My Heart’s Prayer

Poem — An Invocation to The Master

June 3, 2021

Through the camp of wail-filled nightI walk silent shielded by Thy light,The sights are all mauled b

Sringara Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta night heart thy light sight love spirituality

The Storm and I

Poem

March 23, 2021

A piddling storm came ambling byBearing desire and fear with a sigh,“Take kindly Sirs, these offerin

Karuna Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta light thy storm cast nature love spirituality

Offices

Sonnet

February 20, 2021

A worn-out satchel on a haggard frame,A sheaf of half-filled scribbles and quillAre all the possessi

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta office change light station nature spirituality

Émigré

Sonnet

January 20, 2021

I am an émigré from a sun afar,Here upon a green globe my habitat,Attired in earth-formed robe for a

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta émigré earth light nature spirituality

Little Soul

Poem

October 31, 2020

Surely there is no measly flame at playIn this wide world made of soil and clay.A strange amalgam of

Vira Bhayankara Bibhatsa Adbhuta little night thy soul light nature spirituality time

The Cure

Poem-Part 2

September 21, 2020

Across the lands the pyres bloomed like deadly weedAnd sowed again in vulnerable minds fear’s seed.T

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta mind action cure man light nature love war spirituality

Lamps

Sonnet

September 15, 2020

At the downing hour of the crimson curtains of dusk,When the flaming sky-torch renews its quest to s

Vira Bibhatsa Adbhuta flame lamp dusk night light nature time