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]

Put the post back, the one you deleted,
Don't feel bad, I won't feel humiliated.

I presumed it would be taken in good fun
but truth fares always better than pun.

Forget the falsehoods, let us live for today,
Tomorrow may never see the light of day

For what is false but truth unexplored
and tomorrow will see its glory restored.

Rommy.. I look at him in the same fashion as well.. how the hell is he possible !!