Her face like a landscape for me to traverse

 November 11, 2018

Her face like a landscape for me to traverse;

a landscape lying asleep,

and in a quiet afternoon

I could move around

to get to know all those signs

that marked the hidden places

which lay in a shadow, hidden from the scrutiny of a judgmental crowd;

Her mouth relaxed, nostrils held in a rhythm that knew the life's symphony,

and in sleep untouched by anxiety,'like the doors of a house,

open to all wayfarers who chanced to stop, they breathed amicably, in and out.

Her cheeks like lakes without a ripple spoke of her inner serenity.

Her eyes like palm leaves covered the spaces of two canoes, now anchored to their assigned posts in retreat and saving the unheard litanies of prayers,

and at last, I ascend to her brow, the vast stretch of the golden dunes of

sand, where during the day, a storm would sometimes rage

and tear apart the threads that held the fabric of her entire being.

(c) Sushama Karnik

17 Feb 2018

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Sem Xtz2017

Great poem!

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Sushama Karnik

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+Sem Xtz2017 Thank you, Sem! A happy weekend

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Kevin Walsh

Sushama, this is a delight. a wonderful introduction to a book or short story it is, poetic and descriptive in the painting style you create. thank you

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Sushama Karnik

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+Kevin Walsh Thank you, Kevin! These snippets are the only things I can come up with these days. Glad that you like this.

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Kevin Walsh

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+Sushama Karnik no poem is more than snippets of our lives Sushama,

for if a single snippet captures us

then what more is needed of a poem.

keep snipping you wonderful poet

as we are little more than flower arrangers gathering the cuts we find along the roadsides

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Sushama Karnik

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+Kevin Walsh Thank you

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Tony Cairns

Are these your own words? It's a nice idea to combine, this way, an image with a poetic description.

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Sushama Karnik

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+Tony Cairns The words of the poem and the words of the comments under my name are all my own. The image was found in the stream of my friend David Testa, a good friend of mine who has always graciously allowed me to borrow the images he posts in his stream, and I have often been inspired to write poems on them.

Glad to meet you +Tony Cairns

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Tony Cairns

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That's impressive! Especially so because the text is well presented. Thanks for the post and your comments... Also, glad to meet you too.

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Sushama Karnik

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+Tony Cairns Thank you so much! I just visited your page; liked it.

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tony langmach

+Sushama Karnik

How beautiful you truly paint with words Sushama,Thank & enjoy the weekend.`))

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Sushama Karnik

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+tony langmach Thank you A great Sunday, and rejoice.

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edward j. janzen

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a wonderful painting ....very tortuous

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Sushama Karnik

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+edward j. janzen Tortuous! I liked that word!

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