{"id":3028,"date":"2019-09-20T03:54:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T03:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2021-03-23T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T14:37:07","slug":"time-a-cycle-of-poems-by-abhi-translated-by-nakul-vac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=3028","title":{"rendered":"Time: A Cycle of Poems by Abhi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dust of Time<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Ubiquitous dust<\/span><\/div>\n
receiving erasing<\/span><\/div>\n
shape-shifting<\/span><\/div>\n
life’s footprints<\/span><\/div>\n
overcrowded<\/span><\/div>\n
never-ending yesterdays’ dust.<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
Even distant snow mountain<\/span><\/div>\n
that turns to scorching stone<\/span><\/div>\n
on approach<\/span><\/div>\n
gives way to<\/span><\/div>\n
molten carcass<\/span><\/div>\n
of blood-red dust<\/span><\/div>\n
once crossed.<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
I scooped up dirt<\/span><\/div>\n
and flung;<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
It fell into my eyes<\/span><\/div>\n
irritating<\/span><\/div>\n
days reeking of minutes.<\/span><\/div>\n

Time and Time Again<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Who said<\/span><\/div>\n
those days are gone<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
concealed beneath skin<\/span><\/div>\n
clinging thorn<\/span><\/div>\n
and petals<\/span><\/div>\n
they retread<\/span><\/div>\n
this<\/span><\/div>\n
single-file path<\/span><\/div>\n
as new.<\/span><\/div>\n

Prison of Time<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Relentless watch of <\/span><\/div>\n
consciousness<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
Nightless eon<\/span><\/div>\n
displaced deep space<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
Time too<\/span><\/div>\n
does time.<\/span><\/div>\n

Twigs of Time<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
I roamed all around<\/span><\/div>\n
the forest;<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
I found<\/span><\/div>\n
old twigs.<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
As I laid them<\/span><\/div>\n
on fire<\/span><\/div>\n
one by one<\/span><\/div>\n
bursting into speech<\/span><\/div>\n
they spoke.<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
A prescient tone<\/span><\/div>\n
echoed in <\/span><\/div>\n
their voices.<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
As I doused<\/span><\/div>\n
let the black scars simmer down<\/span><\/div>\n
and <\/span>quenched<\/span><\/div>\n
shoots quivered<\/span><\/div>\n
into shivering leaves<\/span><\/div>\n
 <\/span><\/div>\n
whose midribs<\/span><\/div>\n
slithered into past<\/span><\/div>\n
lost to sight.<\/span><\/div>\n

Sources:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Dust of Time Ubiquitous dust receiving erasing shape-shifting life’s footprints overcrowded never-ending yesterdays’ dust.   Even distant snow mountain that turns to scorching stone on approach gives way to molten carcass of blood-red dust once crossed.   I scooped up dirt and flung;   It fell into my eyes irritating days reeking of minutes. Time and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[494,493,51],"class_list":["post-3028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-poetry-english","tag-abhi","tag-nakul-vac-2","tag-51"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5207,"url":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=5207","url_meta":{"origin":3028,"position":0},"title":"I Named The Village – Ahila","author":"\u0b85\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbe","date":"24.08.20","format":false,"excerpt":"I am not the Buddha When I rest under the banyan With closed eyes, folded knees, \u2018Look after carefully\u2019 Sounded an owl Giving her little one to me And went on its way \u2018Keep these with care\u2019 Said the green parakeet, Thrusted some ripened fruits In my lap and left\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "English"","block_context":{"text":"English","link":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tamizhini.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/books-on-painting-1-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1690,"url":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=1690","url_meta":{"origin":3028,"position":1},"title":"How Kim Ki-duk tamed creationism to look like an odd joke without having any such intentions!","author":"Srinivas Aravind","date":"13.01.19","format":false,"excerpt":"Inkan, Gongkan, Sikan Grigo Inkan (Human, Space, Time and Human 2018) That's a warship, sailing through a calm and serene sea breeze, brimming with all classes of people only denoting the miniaturized version of our planet, the earth. 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