Horizon Poem by Bharati Nayak

bharati, the horizon, subject of this poem, is ubiquitous, but this is only the second poem of hundreds (or thousands?) that i've read that focused on it- which makes it, i think- a great subject. and then there are the echoes of mythologies, the archetypes, that give it weight. in case you don't know it, i copy below, the other poem where it figures as a subject. the author, stephen crane, wrote great short poems which i think of as naked poems. there's little ornamentation in them, but there is great force in their few lines. hoping this finds you well in all ways, glen I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. “It is futile, ” I said, “You can never —” “You lie, ” he cried, And ran on.

ok, i started at the oldest end of your poem list and finally found one i had not commented on, and probably never read. i've now read it and find it charming? yes, maybe charming is one good word for it, and certainly insightful [and perhaps also “inciteful”] about the everyday experience of seeing ‘the horizon’. And it is told so well, with a bit of poetic flair. “Horizon You are an illusion” ……………..yes, I guess so, in a sense. It certainly is a different ‘animal’ from a........................................................mountain range which (pretty much) stays in one place! Favorite line: “So close and yet so distant.” ………………reminds me of some ladies I saw online last night! This I like much better than your ‘new’ one which I am planning to put into September’s showcase (Part A) , Flower Vase. Perhaps I’ll put this one in also or save it for another month. Thanks. to MyPoemList it goes. Bri :)

This wonderful poem is beautiful and good in several ways: 1- It remains immortal as is outside the frame of time and space. 2- The poet does not speak about herself. 3- The word of horizon can be translated as a rhetorical metaphor. 4- Great harmony and tranquility meanings found in the content. Congratulations for this wonderful poem 10+ And it goes into my fav list

You are the point Where blue mist of sky And lovely green of earth Mingle and merry So close and yet so distant.

Horizon can be our aspiration, we feel at times we are too near to it; but the nearer we are the farther it appears. We are children after the dragonfly

Horizon is so distant from the human brain but again it's so close to the human heart. A great poem.

Horizon, waiting​ to get beyond, ..... Nice one.