A Fleeting Moment

On a calm and weary afternoon

I saw her from my seat in a running bus,

she, her back turned to the busy street,

and she about to enter the coffee shop.

A humble placard at the entrance said,

as if an invisible entity was saying there,

"Come in, we are open"

In a flash of a moment our vibes matched,

a warm afternoon, a weary girl,

she in need of a coffee,

I in a hurry to reach home.

And everything rolled

into a fugue, some notes were playing on piano,

Informal, cordial, intriguing, sweet.

Sushama Karnik.

 Lying in the belly

Of the fevered earth

Are the ghosts of torment.

They take on the bodies of vicious beasts,

Energy that stirs for release..

How many rounds of gestations

Over the slow and precise

Metamorphosis!

Until after aeons

They find their designed goal.

Lo! They break into open space.

They mount and take on the reins

Of the white horses .

The sky is watching

And turns deep blue

In amazement at what the earth can do.

Tighe O'Donoghue Ross

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“ YIPPIE ... AYE...A “. ( Ghost Riders in the sky )

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Françoise Dhulesia

You have this ability I would call a gift to embrace and enter artists's worlds, in particular Tighe O'Donoghue Ross 's surreal vision! I like how your poem follows the different layers of the painting, meandering through the scenes / episods of this a… 

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Sushama Karnik

Françoise DhulesiaFrançoise Dhulesia Thanks Francoise. I have been inspireto write all along on, the "surreal paintings" as you call them, of Tighe O'Donoghue Ross. They have something stirring inside which haunts my subconscious imagination.

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Françoise Dhulesia

Sushama Karnik I understand. Tighe's paintings have something otherworldly that interrogates.

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Tighe O'Donoghue Ross

Françoise Dhulesia thank you ladies, your intelligence and sensitivity inspires me...

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Françoise Dhulesia

Tighe O'Donoghue Ross Sushama's sensitivity and intelligence are phenomenal. I like her expertise and skill at rousing in each one of us a great interest in discussions on many varied topics. Moreover, she sees the best in people and pushes them to think deeply. Sushama

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