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Workshop
# 5
Held in Purity
The crystalline ripples said much to my heart
Yearned for me to submerge myself in them
I desired their unselfish grasp
I was held in purity.
The waters did not speak to me with words,
but spoke volumes with their wave of touch.
No one else embraces you closer.
I was held in purity.
A stream of water wandered my hand,
Tracing a path of its own choosing.
I observed how it lingered and then as it dropped,
contemplating where it would land.
I marveled at the simplicity it showcased.
I was held in purity,
Purity that understood me.
My eyes relaxingly closed
as I soaked in the cleansing river.
I was at one with the calm, still waters
as they flowed beyond my worries and strife.
I was held in purity,
Purity that knew me.
The sunlight reflected off the water's skin...
I felt warm and comforted.
I smiled and laughed within.
The purity was now in me.
The water's ripples stilled
and in them I saw myself.
You see,
the water and I were not altogether different.
We both became still enough to see things clearly.
So this is the reason my heart cries out:
"Come once again to me, crystalline flow."
So that I may focus myself in your eyes.
– Joseph
Allen Hardy
January 20, 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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