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Workshop
# 5
Rain
and Me
The rain pounds relentlessly
against me
Caressing me as intimately as a lover
Every cool drop touches my body
Setting it afire with desires.
Like me the rain is the universal lover
Belonging to whoever wishes to
Hold them at that moment
Held by everyone
Yet belonging to none
Each drop touching my skin
Seems to echo my hearts sound
Whisper words of understanding
Sympathizing in my pain
Knowing that some people
Have to fall and mix with dirt
To give others ecstasy
Vendors of love they still face scorn
Admired in the dark
Yet despised in the daylight
They belong to everyone
Yet have no one to call their own
The wild frenzy of the pounding drops
Identify my urge to beat a relentless tattoo
And merge with my beloved
Even if I have to fall to do that
The surging wind reflects my emotions
Swept along in a frenzy
Into events beyond my control
Touching all the lives I pass through
Into worlds un-traveled
Bar by few.
(c) Smitha V
January 7, 2001
Workshop # 5
Poetry
Abundance – Brian Fisher
Arise Vanity Arise – Mahesh Jambunathan
Deliquescence – Kanchan Mahesh
Dew Drop – Rohini Ranjan
Elixir of Life – Sivasundari Bose
For What Purpose – Roberta Lee Wilcox
From Women To Lioness – MaryAnn Harrison
Goddess Mortal – Jason Gillam
Held in Purity – Joseph Allen Hardy
Maya – Rajender Krishan
My Inspiration – Ramendra Kumar
Nature's Dance – Robert M. Hensel
Picture Perfect – Ahmed Tanhaa
Prayer – Bhagwat K. Shah
Rain and Me – Smitha V
Resurrection – Uma Parthasarathy
Shore of Silence – Meenakshi
Jha
Singing in the Rain – Subhajit Ghosh
Soul – Pili Pubul
That's All I Ask – Anil Israel
The Light – Cynthia Proctor
Time Alone – Sean Vincent
Trans-Meta – Mallik Bulusu
What Do You Perceive – Maria Reed-Shore
Articles/Stories
Agony & Ecstasy by Pavalamani Pragasam
Bliss in Solitude by Dr. Vidur Jyoti
Nectar of Immortality by Subrata Mukherjee
On A Rainy Day by Subhajit Ghosh
Sayujyam by Maalok
The Y2K Bug by Satish Nair
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