Introspection (Senryu) Poem by Govind Ramakrishnan
Introspection (Senryu)
in this quiet house
i can hear my secret thoughts~~
as the doorbell rings
© 2016
I appreciate your consideration, Govind. It does seem like trolls follow you and every comment made or received gets numerous thumbs down. In the past few weeks, almost every one of my posted poems, new and old, have received at least one 1. It is curious but not upsetting.: -) I don't think I'd last a day in Manhattan, my friend. :) Thank you for your outstanding comments!
Hi Kelly, even the same thing I noticed last week and on many of my comments and all of the comments received on your wonderful haiku and senryu series are thumbs down and even I notified this to the editor and help desk to track who is doing that but they say it cannot be traced since anybody can do it even without being logged in.......Anyways I won't shy away giving you my comments and votes and by the way who cares for points ? ? ? Let them do what they feel is good and we will continue our good work.
I live alone in the basement of a 160 year old empty church.18 inch thick limestone walls and being in a tiny rural town bring a constant and profound silence. Not even a doorbell to interrupt. I can be in this quietude for days on end, so that an hour or two of interaction, when it comes, becomes the meditative state. : -)
Dear Kelly, Hope you are doing well. I loved the Alpha Bet and the II poems very much. These are the vintage Kelly classics that I just love reading, Unfortunately, I did not leave messages because of the clowns that have nothing better to do than hit the dislike button. It was touching to read your comment from above, I wonder sometimes whether poets seek loneliness or loneliness seeks the poets. I would love to be in an environment of quiet all the time. May be you should swap with me! You live in crowded manhattan and i will go to a rural town in Illinois.: -)) But the irony of it all, is you are to put it mildly a non-believer who lives in an empty church. So you can will what you want, but you cant will what you will: -))
beautifully written, in zen meditation, you are taught to listen to your thoughts.
The last line is cleverly written, it could mean the introspection is successful or your thoughts were interrupted. So you have given the reader a chance to finish the poem and have their own ending. Well done.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Two contrasts nicely put together giving vivid images, silence and lost in thoughts no matter where you are takes you to yourselves and the doorbell is breaking of that silence to bring back to the real world....10++++