Raj Arumugam Poems

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past puppy loves
I found true love early
and I’d married Susi
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you ruffian, Oscar,
what are you doing
on the wall
of my garden?
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winter moon, misty moon
playful behind the trees
over the hidden Brisbane river
that makes the air thick with mist;
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the moment
of the still clouds
scattered in the blue sky
is a moment observed
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from deep sleep one wakes
to a fleeting moment:
glimpses of the room
the window at which the darkness hangs
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we love words
and unwilling to exert, to see for ourselves
we grasp at revelations, at what others can tell us;
and we suckle at concepts and ideas
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ah, happy crow
(uncaring that humans may
not find you very pleasant)
you sit on the branch of that shady tree
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Socrates dies, sleep easy, dear Athens;
Socrates is found guilty
of asking questions,
one too many;
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With all these advances
in neuroscience
it’s time you numbskulls
learn a little about your brains
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We speak often of the popular Indian and Asian imagery of the Mind
as a Monkey... This poem illustrates how this idea is embodied in a
Chinese legend of the Monkey King...
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