Seema Jayaraman Poems

Catch me in my fall
Soothe me in my despair
I cling to you in body and soul
Swearing my hearts allegiance
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#Tanka #Senryu
Pearly droplets
Perched on curved lashes
Orphaned words
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Dance with me, bare feet
a wild tango, Hip to hip
bodies swirling in soft light
On dawn kissed patch of green
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A stillness so vast, so somber
like a blooming garden
frozen in sudden autumn sheen
all the splendor and grandeur
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It starts at sharp ten
just as I am adrift
to weave my dreams
the chickaree rhythm
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Looming blocks grey
Majestically jagged lay
curtains of - granite
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Gazing up at the inky sky
The mysteries it seeks to hide
I search for my only Star
A brilliance amidst lesser lights
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African Tulip
Crimson scarlet canopy
play emerald parrots
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Fine day, hit outdoors
Old bones, eons of slumber
Sound -dry log split asunder
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I remember an era long gone by
Growing up as simpletons
On Balmy summer nights
Under open starry canopy
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