English Poetry Options

[catch22]

Jump-Rope Rhyme (Tom Hansen)

Tat tvam asi:
thou art that-
that leaf, that tree,
that cow, that cat,
that cloud, that sky,
that moon, that sun,
that you, that I-
for all are one.
So here you are
and there you go
and who you were
you hardly know.

I think this I
is only me:
a drip, a drop,
but not the sea.
Yet when I wake
from all these dreams,
then like the snake,
I'll shed what seems:
this mask, this skin,
this ball and chain.
I will begin
to fall like rain.

Our heart's last home:
the wind-whipped foam,
the sweet, deep sea.
Tat tvam asi.

[shivani]

Oh, the interesting games we play
To solve puzzles, clear as day
I am a mystery, so people say
It is interesting to leave it that way

Imagine a beautiful lass, a 1000 miles yonder
with a mischeivous smile, she begins to ponder
Whence thy cometh, where thy goes
thou art an enigma, nobody knows

"We have to live today by what truth we can get today, and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood." -William James