Driftwoods Poem by Sathya Narayana

Driftwoods

Rating: 4.8


Grateful ever I’m
Crating reminiscences
From ever-evanescing hours
Like precious fossils
From receding marine streams

Nescient of times ahead
What else to opt for?
Clueless are humans of
The impending divine deluge
Whether a shower of nectar
Or a surge of venom

Staring at the ‘future’
Congealing as ‘present’
And the ‘present’, freezing as ‘past’
Floating in muted patience
Only rudderless boats we are
Wafting the waters of time

Trying frantic to swerve away
Is sure not in our sway
Nor the strength to stay still
In the never-ending rill
Driftwoods in ocean flows
Know not…when they reach the shores! !

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Greenwolfe 1962 12 July 2008

I gave this an 8. It is a wonderful and, I believe, accurate description of humanity in its existence. Again, I am never quite sure how something like this needs to be structured to its best effect. In every prose piece, there are phrases which need to be the focus of the piece. I can easily see what they are, as well as others and the author. I have to assume and give freedom for the author to make such decisions. GW62

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ngaio beck 12 July 2008

This work speaks to my heart and mind, but alas also to my memory.Too good.

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Meena Iyer 16 July 2008

Staring at the ‘future’ Congealing as ‘present’ And the ‘present’, freezing as ‘past’ Floating in muted patience Only rudderless boats we are Wafting the waters of time The sheer though behind these lines.. just so profound! amazing one!

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Inbar A 20 July 2008

A good and profound thought, beautifully put into words.

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Allan Macli Borges 31 January 2009

maybe we're just this way... what's harder to carry is the possibility on never reach the shore...10 for the poem!

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Raj Nandy 01 November 2008

Your last two paras concludes very effectively! I loved the expression of the present congealed as past, - like two dimensional snapshots stuck up in our family album! - Raj Nandy

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Mamta Agarwal 15 September 2008

its a profound comment on the state of apathy with which we drift through llife. the poem has a melancholic tone and a sense of resignation to human condition. you have woven a journey of drifthood with human life with great dexterity and imagey, that kind of has a haunting atomsphere. great poem 10 Mamta

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Kris Smith 15 August 2008

Yes I enjoyed that piece of workthankyou Chris 10

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Rajaram Ramachandran 31 July 2008

Like my poem 'A driftwood I'm', you have written a poem on these driftwoods. Well done!

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Sathya Narayana

Sathya Narayana

Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
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