tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89070648708872073002024-03-05T17:37:25.151-08:00EkphrasisEkphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-83328129498999060832013-04-08T10:13:00.000-07:002013-04-09T00:51:40.098-07:00Sujata Achrekar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">The Ascetic</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">They say I've lived a million years...</span><br style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">They say I'll live a million more.</span><br style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">Orange flames</span><br style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">paint my skin...</span><br style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">Camouflaging</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">the scars beneath.</span><br />
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Somnolent</div>
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I see the world</div>
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That lies before</div>
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'Her' mangled ghats...</div>
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The horizon</div>
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is on</div>
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the brink of decay...</div>
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Choked</div>
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with vicious</div>
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Urbane-ness.</div>
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I immerse myself</div>
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in Ganga's depths.</div>
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Her holiness</div>
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Chars my body...</div>
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Scalds it,</div>
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till I exist no more</div>
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The river</div>
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still burns</div>
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upon my scars - </div>
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Exhuming</div>
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dead bodies</div>
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from her womb</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">My shadow walks away from me</span><br style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">Eclipsing the million years I've lived</span><br style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;" /><span style="line-height: 24px; text-align: left;">Eclipsing the million years I'll live.</span></span>
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<i style="font-family: inherit;">©Anukriti Sharma 2012</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div>
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Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-32844187331630802622013-03-04T01:22:00.000-08:002013-03-04T01:22:09.400-08:00Online Publication of EI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Poets/Artists,<br />
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<b>Ekphrasis India</b> is extremely sorry for the delay in the publication of its online magazine: <b>EI</b><br />
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The delay has been due to some unavoidable circumstances. We are now back and will soon publish the magazine.<br />
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We will keep you posted and publish the online magazine by April 30.<br />
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I request all our dear poets to please bear with us for sometime.<br />
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Sorry for the inconvenience.<br />
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Warm regards,<br />
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Anukriti Sharma</div>
Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-12042548931918068532012-08-21T08:54:00.003-07:002013-03-04T01:17:04.965-08:00Results - Poetry Writing Contest: 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Poets,<br />
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Thank you for participating in Ekphrasis India's <b style="color: #cc0000;">Poetry Writing Contest: 2</b>. We truly appreciate your time and effort. The judges surely had a tough time! We are extremely happy to announce the results.<br />
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But before we do that, let us know about <b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">EI</b><br />
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<b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">EI</b>, Ekphrasis India's online magazine, aims to bridge the gap between various art forms. It promotes budding artists and poets by giving them a platform to express their creativity.<br />
The Editorial Board includes Samik Bhattacharya, Rahul Sharma, Mihir Vatsa, Anukriti Sharma.<br />
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We are proud to showcase a glimpse of <b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">EI</b>
<b>'s</b> second issue. It will be released by the end of September.<br />
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Here's the cover (Concept and Design - Anukriti Sharma)<br />
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We have chosen 49 beautiful poems for this issue of <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>EI</b></span> ( The poems shall be published in our magazine along with a short bio/photograph of the poet). Ekphrasis India team wishes all the poets the very best in life. Many Many Congratulations to all of you!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">EI</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>'s</b> featured poets along with their poems are (in alphabetical order) :</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />1. Aditya Singh - <b>Red was the Colour</b><br />2. Aman Mathur- <b>The Forbidden Fruit</b><br />3. Amlandeep Bhattacharya - <b>Confusing Times</b><br />4. Amrit Sinha - <b>Canvas</b><br />5. Anindita Deo - <b>Parasitic Harmony</b><br />6. Arvind Kumar Sharma - <b>The Portrayed Souls</b><br />7. Aryak Ray - <b>The Red, the Dream, and She</b><br />8. Avantika Kaushik - <b>Eve with an Apple</b><br />9. Cinthya Anand - <b>The Mask</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">10. Debasmita Ghosh - <b>The Knife under my Skin</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">11. Dr A V Koshy - <b>W--king with Colours</b><br />12. Dr Aprilia Zank- <b>Mirroring</b><br />13. Dr Nicola Coutinho - <b>Beneath the Surface</b><br />14. Gajendra Mohan Jha - <b>Break Free</b><br />15. Gayatri Soni - <b>Birth of Beauty with Dignity</b><br />16. Gorakhnath Gangane - <b>Lifeless</b><br />17. James Heller Levinson - <b>Countenance Curational</b><br />18. John Fraser. R - <b>Marriage of the Moneylender's Daughter</b><br />19. Kanchan Jindal - <b>Who am I?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">20. Kavya Sharma - <b>Eve-ness</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">21. Kriti Sharma - <b>Corners</b><br />22. Kritika Pramod Kulshrestha- <b>The Wrath of Betrayal</b><br />23. Maliny Mohan - <b>Mirror Hues</b><br />24. Manaswita Ghosh- <b>Born in a Closet</b><br />25. Mugdha Basu - <b>The Pieces Black and White</b><br />26. Nandini Garg - <b>Of the Inopportune!</b><br />27. Neeraj Naidu - <b>Bloodstained Dream</b><br />28. Nikhita Satnalika - <b>Unrevealed Mask</b><br />29. Paramjit Paul - <b>A Tainted Chronicle</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">30. Piyush Dayalal Bhatt - <b>My Perception</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">31. Pooja Lokhande - <b>Unrest of Desire</b><br />32. Pooja Sharma Rao - <b>Crimson</b><br />33. Preeti Singh - <b>Canvas</b><br />34. Ragini Puri - <b>Masquerade</b><br />35. Rekha Seshadri - <b>Bittersweet Meetings</b><br />36. Rukhaya MK - <b>The Lost Canvas</b><br />37. Rupam Goswami - <b>Camouflage: Colours of Redemption</b><br />38. Saptarshi Basu - <b>Dead Man Talking</b>39. Sarat Kumar Saikia - </span> <b>Mirage</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />40. Saravana Kumar Murugan - <b>Cry of a Night Queen</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">41. Sheetal Kakar - <b>Very Few Times I Fall in Love with Myself</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">42. Shloka Shankar - <b>Phoenix. Apparently</b><br />43. Soujanya. B - <b>The Apple of my Blind Eyes</b><br />44. Souvik Sinha - <b>Behold my Love</b><br />45. Sukanya Kar - <b>A Masked Existence</b><br />46. Susma Sharma Gurumayum - <b>His Fantasy</b><br />47. Tom Thomas - <b>Gloom</b><br />48. Zeenath Ibrahim - <b>Broken Images</b><br />49. Zepphora Lyngdoh - <b>Disguise</b></span></div>
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The magazine would be online by April 30<br />
If you have any queries or would like make a contribution in <b style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">EI</b> -<br />
Mail us at ekphrasis.india@gmail.com<br />
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<u><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">The Winners of Poetry Writing Contest: 2</span></b></u><br />
So here are the results! Heartiest Congratulations to all the winners! We shall soon contact you.<br />
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<b>1st Prize</b> - Receives a special prize from Ekphrasis India, worth 350/- INR<br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rukhaya MK</span></b> for the poem <b>"The Lost Canvas"</b><br />
Kerala, India<br />
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<b>2nd Prize</b> - Receives a special prize from Ekphrasis India worth 250/- INR<br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Shloka Shankar</span></b> for the poem <b>"Phoenix. Apparently."</b><br />
Bangalore, Karnataka, India<br />
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<b>3rd Prize</b> -
Receives a special prize from Ekphrasis India worth 200/- INR<br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Zeenath Ibrahim</span></b> for the poem <b>"Broken Images"</b><br />
Calicut, Kerala, India<br />
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<b>4th Prize</b> - Receives a special prize from Ekphrasis India worth 150/- INR
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kavya Sharma</span></b> for the poem <b>"Eve-ness"</b><br />
New Delhi, India<br />
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<b>5th Prize</b> - Poem to be published in Vayavya/ Impulse magazine<br />
Shared by:<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>James Heller Levinson</b></span> for the poem<b> 'Countenance Curational'</b><br />
New York, USA<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Nandini Garg</b></span> for the poem<b> 'Of the Inopportune!'</b><br />
Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India<br />
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Thank you,<br />
Ekphrasis India Team</div>
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Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-70016287951888152422012-06-28T12:21:00.000-07:002012-06-28T12:32:09.837-07:00Poetry Writing Contest: 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Poets</span></b><span style="color: #cc0000;">,</span><br />
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After the grand success of <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>EI </b></span> - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ekphrasis India's</span></b> online magazine, we are glad to announce our second <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Poetry Writing Contest</span></b><br />
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Your <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>dream to get published(online) </b></span>may just come true; since every relevant entry shall be <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>featured</b></span> in <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>EI</b>.</span><br />
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And that's not all.<br />
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The top three winners will receive their <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>favourite books</b></span> and two lucky contestants will have their poem published in our partner magazines - <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Impulse</b></span> and <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Vayavya</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br />So, what are you waiting for? </span><span style="background-color: white;">Just pen down a poetry based on the given painting and</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>win fabulous prizes!</b></span><br />
Participate now!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Please read the following guidelines:</b></span><br />
1. Poems must be written in <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>English</b></span>. Translation is a must for those who wish to submit poetry written in any other language.<br />
2. Your poem should be <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">based on the given painting only</span></b>. Do not forget to include a title. Irrelevant entries shall be rejected.<br />
3. Submit your work here - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ekphrasis.india@gmail.com</span></b><br />
4. Please mention the following, when you submit your poem -<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Name:<br />Location:<br />Date of Birth:<br />Email address:</b></span><br />
5. Entries shall be accepted from Friday, <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">June 29, 2012</span></b> to Monday, <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">July 16, 2012.</span> </b>Multiple submissions are allowed and late entries shall not be entertained.<br />
6. The poems shall be judged based on <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">creativity, content, and relevance.</span></b><br />
7. This contest is <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">open to people from all over the world.</span></b> We do not discriminate poets on the basis of gender, religion, colour, caste, creed, community, ethnicity, etc. Please refrain from writing hateful/ discriminatory content.<br />
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For further <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">queries</span></b> please leave a comment or contact us on <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ekphrasis.india@gmail.com</span></b><br />
We are always happy to help.<br />
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The result shall be announced by the first week of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">August</span></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is the painting for the Contest:</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">All the best! :)</span></b><br /><br />
The painting is by a very talented artist: <b><a href="http://subratagangopadhyay.com/index.php" target="_blank">Subrata Gangopadhyay</a></b></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-58663022509880777062012-05-31T10:00:00.001-07:002012-05-31T10:19:29.391-07:00Sekhar Roy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="line-height: 14px;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />The Blue Boy</span></b><br /><br />I knew a little boy once who painted his face blue,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">But his thoughts had their abode higher than the clouds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Hidden behind the smoke, sunlight was hard to find<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">When the tanks used to march the deserted streets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">It was the year 1989 and thus not very kind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">For in some corner of the world, people still were colorblind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Some places where sunlight shone just bright,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">The Blue Boy merely chose to see a different sight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">He sang as he walked, of the colors he could see,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">For he wanted every soul to listen to his songs,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">'The colorful flag fluttered with warmth and glee'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Wind carried his songs to the world where people were living free.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">The mother’s heart was frightened when she heard,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">For it were still 1989 there and thus not at all kind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">But the Blue Boy had a special question in mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">When his mother caught him down there, he said,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">'Why can’t I be blue Mamma? When I can see right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">Why do they need so many colors everywhere?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 14px;">“If they want it to be just black and white?'</span><br />
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Adjoining my life</div>
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I set a small store</div>
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Of little smiles</div>
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And laughters</div>
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Enveloped with dimples</div>
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And sweet smelling sound</div>
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I come to life thinking about them</div>
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I come to what is real</div>
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From stations and electricity bills....</div>
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<i><span lang="EN-IN">© Rahul Sharma 2012<br /></span></i></div>
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Sadness besieged me<br />
Alone..<br />
When I woke up this morning<br />
An April day<br />
Thought about the memories<br />
I so much cherish<br />
Under the umbrella of sleep<br />
In the night<br />
Devoid of those<br />
Who left no stone unturned<br />
Ideas<br />
To kill me..<br />
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To mockingbird -<br />
Who in this large world of infinite desires<br />
Seeks life in a single pebble<br />
Floating on the stream<br />
Flowing down the rocks<br />
I look and say<br />
O my bird<br />
Where dost thou find yourself<br />
Entranced in this world of eagles<br />
Who beguile you to clouds<br />
And cut your wings<br />
Thrash you to the world beneath..<br />
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In the rains befitting my soul<br />
I look at the clouds<br />
The rocks of air<br />
Enticing me to live and<br />
Then again<br />
Rocking me down<br />
A spear of lightening<br />
Leaving me alone<br />
A withered leaf<br />
Drenched with moisture<br />
But dying of its want...<br />
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In a seldom hope that spring shall come<br />
You spoil your rain<br />
Thinking about about those memories<br />
Which never were<br />
And which never could<br />
Be part of what you see suiting your life<br />
Because my friend<br />
Everyone is as alone as you are<br />
Behind that mask of smiles<br />
Everyone is as weak as you are<br />
Enshrouded by an armour<br />
Who keeps hopes away<br />
And allows not the life<br />
To come out of it..<br />
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And being alone in rain<br />
We pity others<br />
Trying to feel strength<br />
In the weakness of others<br />
Deceiving our weak self<br />
That yes there is someone<br />
Who needs our help<br />
There is someone who is<br />
As wretched as we don't<br />
Want the world to know about us..<br />
And we perish<br />
By the hands of a fox in sheep<br />
And leave our world adrift<br />
Of any hope of happiness...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span lang="EN-IN">© Rahul Sharma 2012</span></i><br />
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</b></span></div></div></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-71513992632291071222012-03-07T04:58:00.003-08:002012-03-09T03:49:27.979-08:00Results - Poetry Writing Contest: 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Dear Poets,<br />
We would like to thank you all for participating in Ekphrasis India's <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Poetry Writing Contest: 1</span></b>. Your time and effort is greatly appreciated by our team. We apologize for the delay in announcing the results. The reviews too shall soon be sent to all the participants.<br />
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Before we declare the results, we would like to share some good news with our readers.<br />
Ekphrasis India will soon launch its very own online magazine -<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">EI </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">EI</span></b> aims at bridging the gap between various art forms. It promotes budding artists and poets by giving them a platform to express their creativity.<br />
The Editorial Board - Samik Bhattacharya, Rahul sharma, Mihir Vatsa, Anukriti Sharma<br />
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Here's the cover of our January issue. Concept and Design - Anukriti Sharma -<br />
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18 poets shall be featured in <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>EI</b></span> ( Their poems shall be published in our magazine along with a short bio/photograph). Their words brought life to the colours and characters of Samik Bhattacharya's painting. Ekphrasis India team wishes all of you the very best in life. Congratulations!<br />
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<b>EI's</b> featured poets along with their poems :</span><br />
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1. Annie Besant - <b>The House That Love Built</b><br />
2. Jaya Swarup - <b>Have Nots</b><br />
3. Madhumita Ghosh - <b>Play on...</b><br />
4. Nishi Jain - <b>The Evening Song</b><br />
5. Pooja Sharma Rao - <b>Patriarchy</b><br />
6. Reena Prasad - <b>Aurulent Tones</b><br />
7. Rukhaya MK - <b>The Sound of Music</b><br />
8. Susma Sharma Gurumayum - <b>The Gathering</b><br />
9. Zeenath Ibrahim - <b>Absences</b></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">♂<br />
1. Abhishek Rath - <b>A Panegyric on the Painting</b><br />
2. Abhishek Srivasta (Sahir) - <b>Us Shaam Hua Yuun Mehfil Mein (It so happened that evening)</b><br />
3. Arvind Kumar Sharma -<b> Raga of Life</b><br />
4. Cijo Abraham Mani - <b>The Durbar of Music</b><br />
5. Dr. A.V. Koshy - <b>Tansen</b><br />
6. Felino A. Soriano - <b>Assemblage of approbated rhythms</b><br />
7. Gopakumar.R - <b>I sing for you</b><br />
8. Rajarajan - <b>The Man behind the Veil</b><br />
9. Suraj Samtani - <b>Inspired to Perform</b></span></div><br />
The magazine can be viewed online from 15th March.<br />
If you have any queries or would like to contribute in EI -<br />
Mail us at ekphrasis.india@gmail.com<br />
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<u><b>The Winners of Poetry Writing Contest: 1</b></u>Heartiest Congratulations to all the winners. We shall soon contact you.<br />
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<b>1st Prize</b> - Poet of the Month - Receives a special prize from Ekphrasis India along with a winner badge.<br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Reena Prasad</span></b> for her poem <b>"Aurulent Tones"</b><br />
Sharjah, UAE<br />
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<b>2nd Prize</b> - Receives a special prize from Ekphrasis India along with a winner badge.<br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rajarajan</span></b> for his poem <b>"The Man Behind the Veil"</b><br />
Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India<br />
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<b>3rd Prize</b> - Poem to be published in Vayavya Magazine<br />
<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Felino A. Soriano</span></b> for his poem <b>"Assemblage of approbated rhythms"</b><br />
California, USA<br />
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<b>4th Prize</b> - Poem to be published in Impulse Magazine<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Abhishek Rath</b></span> for his poem<b> "A Panegyric on the Painting"</b><br />
Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India<br />
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Thank you,<br />
Ekphrasis India Team</div></div></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-26707342569426729842012-02-16T04:35:00.000-08:002012-02-16T04:35:32.065-08:00Kala Ghoda Arts Festival - Mumbai, 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Straight from the Horse's mouth</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Anukriti Sharma visits Kala Ghoda Arts Festival and brings to you a glimpse of Mumbai's artistic, vibrant colours.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">To know more about Kala Ghoda Association click on the picture below:</span> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kalaghodaassociation.com/" target="_blank">Mumbai's Pride</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Festival of Art</span></b></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Something to crow about</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cube of Compassion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best out of Waste</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chat in Denims</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Have an eye on art</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little things that matter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Smoking Kills!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to unlock bottled corridors</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Catch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to the Future</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Embrace Life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let Go of everything that pulls you back</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Words on a Wooden Horse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Give Peace a chance</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corruption Down Under</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mumbaikars</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3wN3nngrmogBXwwEV7vL4CciAuE5DJ94UYojfYMU3NROziEj0m7sjkm82Sa8Iv6WboRDpCfA0hAoGpBimLta8c33ONPQwD4hCmw2jIHRF2zFYtW6-_QVTPOGvr2pearrD9Jf9wOsk-Y/s1600/102MSDCF24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3wN3nngrmogBXwwEV7vL4CciAuE5DJ94UYojfYMU3NROziEj0m7sjkm82Sa8Iv6WboRDpCfA0hAoGpBimLta8c33ONPQwD4hCmw2jIHRF2zFYtW6-_QVTPOGvr2pearrD9Jf9wOsk-Y/s640/102MSDCF24.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The modern Yamraj</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvuZ8PjbmOKzxenQe-kvb0bn1ZLWy1LoUirgS1at9Ew2lMrZSgH-MJ__nfk37J8tujKh9v7uGmlY0N60m8VAuEMBPHBpnAUV_wRU517GjqDD_qS6jL-3eR5ygBMi12Cu54DkmjKbClqs/s1600/102MSDCF25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvuZ8PjbmOKzxenQe-kvb0bn1ZLWy1LoUirgS1at9Ew2lMrZSgH-MJ__nfk37J8tujKh9v7uGmlY0N60m8VAuEMBPHBpnAUV_wRU517GjqDD_qS6jL-3eR5ygBMi12Cu54DkmjKbClqs/s640/102MSDCF25.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colours of Life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Up in the Air</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Street Art</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peopled by people</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX68qXkdo-d90W_9tQqn_kYkiviOjnSiU8Ap2w4pzELt9XxSTQe_SdYHhX7h9Bswp3VH8sXXrUyf7fXGuE-MHpMmKSLF9mvMRtEag1vpR3xOSfuUdHPUswaONMX_1feeEGmnwWFJ3XVDA/s1600/102MSDCF3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX68qXkdo-d90W_9tQqn_kYkiviOjnSiU8Ap2w4pzELt9XxSTQe_SdYHhX7h9Bswp3VH8sXXrUyf7fXGuE-MHpMmKSLF9mvMRtEag1vpR3xOSfuUdHPUswaONMX_1feeEGmnwWFJ3XVDA/s640/102MSDCF3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handle with Care</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art Expressed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Your i-dentity</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRj-bRCPzd-j5mIbhhtIrODzMs_1anDSEZWwca7jJ5iyUsILL9ggHao0wiUkh41YdN1irGf8MQApEkTVKhQOZv3Jcc8TvUiUaLqwUTR_Z6RH7V49cDEpYUjEkDol2KedduL6jgEf8dY8/s1600/102MSDCF6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRj-bRCPzd-j5mIbhhtIrODzMs_1anDSEZWwca7jJ5iyUsILL9ggHao0wiUkh41YdN1irGf8MQApEkTVKhQOZv3Jcc8TvUiUaLqwUTR_Z6RH7V49cDEpYUjEkDol2KedduL6jgEf8dY8/s640/102MSDCF6.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little children wiser than men</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Treat for Shopaholics</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaqLnIAiK5TDRDRohAK35jXZu8YDLaDbOpTDG8iKPEt5FvCYh8vWjGeC3RGe65d7cGOVQncUPhx_C414-ELdrMM8lan0ERWLQxsehULA1gXyAEsHUJ0_4qjOkRpf80NxWBGLIpZxno-M/s1600/102MSDCF8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaqLnIAiK5TDRDRohAK35jXZu8YDLaDbOpTDG8iKPEt5FvCYh8vWjGeC3RGe65d7cGOVQncUPhx_C414-ELdrMM8lan0ERWLQxsehULA1gXyAEsHUJ0_4qjOkRpf80NxWBGLIpZxno-M/s640/102MSDCF8.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Majestic Kala Ghoda</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBJrXA8vvliGsVhd68MSV0vqmmNMRnRQP4iDkj_ncsFJPQ5bB_GGcHWMs86LOcMn6CITzUnQBuAkGZfOyz8nqnSKnO6-py9BWuWdLTKAuTh47H85nGrubFlPzRVDMsJYON92UHu4uHJg/s1600/102MSDCF9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBJrXA8vvliGsVhd68MSV0vqmmNMRnRQP4iDkj_ncsFJPQ5bB_GGcHWMs86LOcMn6CITzUnQBuAkGZfOyz8nqnSKnO6-py9BWuWdLTKAuTh47H85nGrubFlPzRVDMsJYON92UHu4uHJg/s640/102MSDCF9.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottled Lantern</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoRVfFCRaE1bSR14h0r-0e4PETfJ2jNN-sf_gSm5j0nhcs-mpfplpTh76IevwO_ubrO8ostPtt4Y2xmR6cdhMt1K7YFqifXaIO-A3qviloCXlmb7ZJf8CTef38UsFjPSRvXF56P_lxyQ/s1600/102MSDCF29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoRVfFCRaE1bSR14h0r-0e4PETfJ2jNN-sf_gSm5j0nhcs-mpfplpTh76IevwO_ubrO8ostPtt4Y2xmR6cdhMt1K7YFqifXaIO-A3qviloCXlmb7ZJf8CTef38UsFjPSRvXF56P_lxyQ/s640/102MSDCF29.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a nutshell</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-75202169932239091012012-01-31T07:40:00.000-08:002012-02-16T02:33:22.183-08:00Poetry Writing Contest: 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Do you love writing poems? Do verses flow from your pen the moment you see a beautiful creation? Does art appeal to your senses? If yes, then this contest is for you.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Ekphrasis India</b></span> invites poets from across the globe to participate in its first <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Poetry Writing Contest.</b></span><br />
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All you need to do is write a poem based on this painting made by our in-house artist <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Samik Bhattacharya</span></b>.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The Ten Commandments/ Guidelines:</span></b><br />
1. Poems should be written in <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>English</b></span>. You can also write in vernaculars/other languages, but if you do so, please try and include a translated version alongside.<br />
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2. The poem must be based on the <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>given painting</b></span>. And yes, <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">don't forget to title your poem.</span></b> Irrelevant entries shall be rejected.<br />
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3. Submit your work here - <a href="mailto:ekphrasis.india@gmail.com">ekphrasis.india@gmail.com</a> Do mention your name, location and other details you would want to share with us.<br />
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4. Entries shall be accepted from Tuesday<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <b>31st January, 2012</b></span> to Wednesday <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>22nd February</b></span>. Multiple entries are allowed but late entries shall not be entertained.<br />
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5. The Best Poet shall be conferred the title of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Poet of the Month". </span></b> He/She shall receive a personalised <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">"winner badge"</span></b> and also get his/her poem published on <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://impulse.org.in/" target="_blank">Impulse</a></span></b> and <b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://vayavya.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Vayavya</a></span></b> Magazines.<br />
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6. <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Top poems</span></b> shall be <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">published </span></b>on <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ekphrasis India.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">This is the painting for the Contest:</span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-1082071129099369202012-01-29T05:54:00.000-08:002012-01-29T07:06:05.958-08:00Gouri Vemula<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgru9YyYl0GrJkmMw9qU4aWWSZ8AH_lUoOM1J5zq55yXLvJv-HqUv9ac6A8zsY2hDTqJlk7Y2yxGdzn8T1pKLkayxnEw5z-UeM_r7vcy8fZqyhW1jX6l1fESdwYK3fjotHwJ-0EeqbekNc/s1600/GV_154_001_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgru9YyYl0GrJkmMw9qU4aWWSZ8AH_lUoOM1J5zq55yXLvJv-HqUv9ac6A8zsY2hDTqJlk7Y2yxGdzn8T1pKLkayxnEw5z-UeM_r7vcy8fZqyhW1jX6l1fESdwYK3fjotHwJ-0EeqbekNc/s640/GV_154_001_thumb.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><b>Ev-e-il</b></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Light-bearer</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lucifer</div><div style="text-align: center;">lurks</div><div style="text-align: center;">around</div><div style="text-align: center;">the world</div><div style="text-align: center;">he</div><div style="text-align: center;">darkened...</div><div style="text-align: center;">While Eve</div><div style="text-align: center;">lives a life</div><div style="text-align: center;">of damnation...</div><div style="text-align: center;">No longer chaste - </div><div style="text-align: center;">never to be</div><div style="text-align: center;">hearkened!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Birds of prey</div><div style="text-align: center;">prey upon her beauty...</div><div style="text-align: center;">And devils of hatred</div><div style="text-align: center;">Assemble</div><div style="text-align: center;">to do</div><div style="text-align: center;">the</div><div style="text-align: center;">death duty.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Following Satan's decree</div><div style="text-align: center;">she lies</div><div style="text-align: center;">fettered</div><div style="text-align: center;">within</div><div style="text-align: center;">the folds of</div><div style="text-align: center;">a tree...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And </div><div style="text-align: center;">Kinnara</div><div style="text-align: center;">looks</div><div style="text-align: center;">at her</div><div style="text-align: center;">with </div><div style="text-align: center;">horse-eyes</div><div style="text-align: center;">of caprice</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lecherous demons</div><div style="text-align: center;">Conquer </div><div style="text-align: center;">every side...</div><div style="text-align: center;">As</div><div style="text-align: center;">the waters of doom</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rape Adam's bride...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Styx, the river</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is bleeding red</div><div style="text-align: center;">Adam is dead</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh!Adam is dead!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A boat</div><div style="text-align: center;">now</div><div style="text-align: center;">lies stagnant</div><div style="text-align: center;">on the shore</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it moves no more</div><div style="text-align: center;">It moves no more!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>©Anukriti Sharma 2012</i> </div><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
<b style="color: #cc0000; font-style: italic;">To know more about Gouri Vemula, click on any of his paintings below:</b></span></span></span></span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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</i></b></span></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-79780549144612027962012-01-29T03:29:00.000-08:002012-01-29T04:18:01.493-08:00Satish Multhalli<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJUmf7y7k3ShcypF457SIjY5biDw7CFw5pMz2b-EBpvUjQJFkECSQlIoIKzdzU-EJSPRLD6A27rpS7B-gA3e4sFkoA0DDhyphenhypheneXB0UWMLQWH7S6nN65GfahGa7wLFdH-B_axnR3rAVg6bs/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJUmf7y7k3ShcypF457SIjY5biDw7CFw5pMz2b-EBpvUjQJFkECSQlIoIKzdzU-EJSPRLD6A27rpS7B-gA3e4sFkoA0DDhyphenhypheneXB0UWMLQWH7S6nN65GfahGa7wLFdH-B_axnR3rAVg6bs/s1600/2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Re-Death</span></b><br />
I kill my present,</div><div style="text-align: center;">looking for a future past</div><div style="text-align: center;">-when I was sad,</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy too-</div><div style="text-align: center;">to meet the ghosts of past</div><div style="text-align: center;">-I kill my present-</div><div style="text-align: center;">who scream to me</div><div style="text-align: center;">that they helped me once</div><div style="text-align: center;">out of the grave they put me into-</div><div style="text-align: center;">laughed at me; held my shoulder</div><div style="text-align: center;">killed me; gave me a new life</div><div style="text-align: center;">when from a happy present</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had retreated to them</div><div style="text-align: center;">"once upon a time"…</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I kill myself:</div><div style="text-align: center;">everyday,</div><div style="text-align: center;">every night,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to wake up anew</div><div style="text-align: center;">with new thoughts</div><div style="text-align: center;">but into a past</div><div style="text-align: center;">listening to them-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the ghosts of past-</div><div style="text-align: center;">which were too dear to me</div><div style="text-align: center;">the ally,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and reasons,</div><div style="text-align: center;">of my bad past…</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And the cycle continues-</div><div style="text-align: center;">taking birth</div><div style="text-align: center;">committing suicide</div><div style="text-align: center;">every day-</div><div style="text-align: center;">-being sad in past</div><div style="text-align: center;">-questioning the present</div><div style="text-align: center;">compromising with pain</div><div style="text-align: center;">being contented with those in pain</div><div style="text-align: center;">-a patient with a patient-</div><div style="text-align: center;">not coming out of</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the hospital:of past..</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And being surprised</div><div style="text-align: center;">when happiness comes</div><div style="text-align: center;">-the ray of hope-</div><div style="text-align: center;">the quest:</div><div style="text-align: center;">for darkness overpowers;</div><div style="text-align: center;">and you recede back</div><div style="text-align: center;">-once again-</div><div style="text-align: center;">killing yourself</div><div style="text-align: center;">meeting your friends</div><div style="text-align: center;">-the fellow patients-</div><div style="text-align: center;">suffering like you</div><div style="text-align: center;">not ready to heal<br />
but making everyone sick…<br />
<i>©Rahul Sharma 2012</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To know more about Satish Multhalli, click on any of his paintings below:</span></b></i></i></i> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://m.saffronart.com/artist/MArtistBiography.aspx?artistid=2719&a=Satish%20%20Multhalli" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiy-HSgpHNX768OnK9kszn18mXSEMGXccK3sBLKIvk1R5jl0_rF4xl6PN-bS7_LYlhHZuTda1LKjnyZAXslYG3TIuJD8g3TtVKrSVPd5GksOhHWsnjR8ezPJtJW8x-F5NFlT8BwJvJa8/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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</div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-40886498589637665182012-01-19T05:12:00.000-08:002012-01-19T11:49:08.866-08:00Ranabir Saha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl0TR3W5qQ7-gr2U6DagvlyEEw2RFIrkLiZz-C6bgaedSmAJ6RN3pvKEzReck8sniRADEMFoBbuvc_7TrtZlacrE-qYqUbCGjjw9CEG67RCG_RdfN8T0eG0TD8i4_CGDkTLBEgFZDUVo/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdl0TR3W5qQ7-gr2U6DagvlyEEw2RFIrkLiZz-C6bgaedSmAJ6RN3pvKEzReck8sniRADEMFoBbuvc_7TrtZlacrE-qYqUbCGjjw9CEG67RCG_RdfN8T0eG0TD8i4_CGDkTLBEgFZDUVo/s1600/7.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br />
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her insomniac steps,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">stalked by many libidinal eyes.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></span><br />
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<i>©Mihir Vatsa 2012</i></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The light has marched the horizons</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The dawn is not so far</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You will have our promised revolution</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">From each of the throbbing scars</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <em>©Samik Bhattacharya 2012</em></span><br />
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To know more about Pawan Sharma, click on any of his paintings below:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.indianartcollectors.com/artist/PawanSharma" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD03EOMsfA_ILsK1DkjvQ78OOvpj4YiZofI_5gbfjAaB59AwfSUGQr_FOmfOh8wnEU0OEKftVf4SeZ_36InEW8L-M4VkeHYj3By2Gp7GHsLP07pi_KHd9VbpBr090sr8jn8aRA9rhrJQw/s320/3.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://internationalartistsnetwork.ning.com/profile/Pawansharma?xg_source=activity" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOggqliff3kPaQWyH47kZnkXbp2DomQIvR9pBvKQf0kXgVfw2YtnQ1nnEztSye_k-aG86bx0EvsKMP0C3eexv2TybRzouFr6tTnAQMz5a8tDpw7rpbHni-5y9eOVGaiCbTBPT6R8rQ22k/s320/1.jpg" width="288" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/p/pawansharma/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XEGdAhjpLDUxzaZevYQuATTc61F3-k3lBv29ubNolJ53A5lmh71nt-qrSHvWioyXCF_uIrImuikGBdMLauHbHkGYQqa9hEtdo_-uVsUFOc-B-ctPYzOPZCNyObyLIfa1cBerXCIn5r4/s1600/2.jpg" width="237" /></a></div></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-40316393444006489392012-01-03T02:36:00.000-08:002012-01-17T08:37:59.884-08:00Jiaur Rahman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://blogjunta.com/EdchoiceContests/editors-choice-11th-january-2012" target="_blank" title="Blogjunta EditorsChoice at www.Blogjunta.com"> <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">His crimson blood</div><div style="text-align: center;">trickles </div><div style="text-align: center;">drop by drop...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it soaks my soul<br />
pore by pore</div><div style="text-align: center;">in eternal love...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I call him Allah</div><div style="text-align: center;">I call him Ram</div><div style="text-align: center;">His scars embalm </div><div style="text-align: center;">my tarnished essence...</div><div style="text-align: center;">And<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I call him Jesus</div><div style="text-align: center;">I call him Buddha<br />
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Who is he that you love?</div><div style="text-align: center;">God's shadow</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or Incarnation?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Reality</div><div style="text-align: center;">or Imagination?<br />
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I say:</div><div style="text-align: center;">He lives in me</div><div style="text-align: center;">He lives in you</div><div style="text-align: center;">He lives in us</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Atheist though you are</div><div style="text-align: center;">One day </div><div style="text-align: center;">You too shall </div><div style="text-align: center;">believe<br />
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But...</div><div style="text-align: center;">His pain</div><div style="text-align: center;">is nothing to you...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because</div><div style="text-align: center;">YOU</div><div style="text-align: center;">yourself<br />
Callously<br />
Brutally<br />
Demonically<br />
Murdered him...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Slaughtered him<br />
Killed him!</div><div style="text-align: center;">His love is unending<br />
undying<br />
unfettered...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It remains<br />
embossed<br />
As my quintessence<br />
<i>© Anukriti Sharma 2012</i><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">To know more about Jiaur Rahman, click on any of his paintings below:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jiaurrahman.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPG2Mv2OkZC0KWp7QgN9OHiH4ZKe9gPf6psRNJ8G04v3DTtQw5-g3VT6eqbtDk9fpilKfFGAQZ2WNZJs14EqT9p8oc38eHmvA-LrBbkF74K2Rbv8r4HTjIitStwxHU2F41Wf2eAGZTfk/s320/20111113220830-Tribal_Dance__46X36_Inches__Acrylic_on_canvas__2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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</i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">To know more about Sunil Tambe, click on any of his paintings below:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.suchitraarts.com/profiles.asp?profile=Sunil%20Tambe"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoeZFlseWHG-nWH9GMbWYSSCC5aF6_Fhcb_s0wk8Ewa3M9Yx8Z2gluhlsHUifQwjPoJUZ97P9JUk882QyTtX3KdGOGcljW4t4uZBD9rpxsAxHH-V9IafRE-b7xOB5Y1mTMPWMIbM0nC-w/s320/Picture_1789_zoom.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Why are your eyes shut tight,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know you are not sleeping tonight</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wearing your golden tiara</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of dreams that are screaming inside</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Time flies draining all the lies</div><div style="text-align: center;">The leaves of memories fall and fade</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just want to lose my way</div><div style="text-align: center;">Right into your sweet serenade</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wish I could grow little wings</div><div style="text-align: center;">To fly away with your little dreams</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would live a million lives</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you let me see through your eyes...</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN"><i>©Samik Bhattacharya 2011</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-IN"><b style="color: #cc0000;">To know more about Ajay De, click on any of his paintings below:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="http://www.treasureyourart.com/Artists.aspx?Aid=30&sc=" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n4RUBOHXO7nzW_lVO3xS9IFuFMfVctIJ9VO9Krcm4iStAOsx4Gx5bVzGLlccnoD5QXhsrhzEnJFMtP4AbFz75hyfF5n5adu-zXIuXuOk27ravsur2jqSBg24Uk3u3W55fSInAKm4pKk/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br />
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</b></span></span></div></div></div></div>Ekphrasis Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03643768811856613369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8907064870887207300.post-18884316817464942042012-01-02T18:38:00.000-08:002012-01-03T11:06:41.432-08:00Anjolie Ela Menon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZazz6ISjcks8H39qzBxX3TL4DUJYDnnbmnQTC3PzcAf60JT16ATbutWhW5qqlvLoJ5Hz3ybWUDYncIsvaY8dGjzGDRkdTvBKBOSOF8eTnrUxfdBPkgNtVHyZoinQJyd4vwyZVUF1mP4/s1600/crowfrm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZazz6ISjcks8H39qzBxX3TL4DUJYDnnbmnQTC3PzcAf60JT16ATbutWhW5qqlvLoJ5Hz3ybWUDYncIsvaY8dGjzGDRkdTvBKBOSOF8eTnrUxfdBPkgNtVHyZoinQJyd4vwyZVUF1mP4/s640/crowfrm.png" width="627" /></a></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>The Silence of his Life</b></span><br />
Kafka sits alone</div><div style="text-align: center;">pondering...</div><div style="text-align: center;">if only he could</div><div style="text-align: center;"> feel relieved</div><div style="text-align: center;">from the world</div><div style="text-align: center;">crackling in the backdrop...</div><div style="text-align: center;">All serene...</div><div style="text-align: center;">yet hooting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amid the silence</div><div style="text-align: center;">of his life...</div><div style="text-align: center;">black and white life.<br />
<i><span lang="EN-IN">© Rahul Sharma 2011</span></i><br />
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