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    Open Skies
    Open Skies
    Open Skies
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    Open Skies

    By Sushma Sagar

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    Open Skies is a collection of poems by Ms Sushma Sagar, an Indian. Hers is a voice that speaks of everyday phenomena in lyrical, evocative verse. These are poems that will touch a chord in your heart, and leave you to ponder the deeper meaning of life, and make you aware of the significance of human existence in the unfolding Cosmic scheme of things.
    Simply written poetry, meant to be understood with ease.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing India
    Release dateApr 8, 2014
    ISBN9781482820515
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      Open Skies - Sushma Sagar

      Copyright © 2014 by Sushma Sagar.

      ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4828-2052-2

            Ebook      978-1-4828-2051-5

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact

      Partridge India

      000 800 10062 62

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      orders.india@partridgepublishing.com

      Contents

      Dedication

      Acknowledgements

      1.   A language exists

      2.   The Universe is

      3.   And why should a son be silent?

      4.   As petals from their blossoms

      5.   Still your self my turbulent mind

      6.   There was a clap of thunder

      7.   It is not possible for me to soar like an eagle

      8.   A rill frolics down

      9.   The words that leave my mouth

      10.   At last, I found it!

      11.   Does an elixir

      12.   Did I not get you right beloved Life?

      13.   Let the storm blow so hard

      14.   Abruptly the light receded

      15.   Strive for victory.

      16.   I have ceased

      17.   Time heals, time heals

      18.   Here comes soaring in flight

      19.   I am a dew speck

      20.   Every dawn a warbler comes

      21.   No matter how much courage I engender

      22.   At times I hold my thoughts, arrest them

      23.   For an age I have wandered

      24.   This life that seems eternal to you and me

      25.   The eye has drowned in longing

      26.   I will cry out to every moment of creation

      27.   How many thoughts flow

      28.   The Morning Star has dimmed

      29.   I stretched out my hand

      30.   The tasks are many

      31.   Some sorrow, some pain

      32.   With carefree gait

      33.   In the mornings at six o clock

      34.   In 50 years

      35.   It has been a long vigil

      36.   I am neither an atom nor a galaxy

      37.   When the summer-fall

      38.   I desire-

      39.   Let me hold each moment

      40.   Like butterflies, my desires!

      41.   My wandering feet

      42.   You’d be amazed to learn, my child

      43.   A poly-bag

      44.   Have you sister, taken a ceremonial bath

      45.   I will not be cowed down

      46.   This is not a simple missive,

      47.   The Peace, that leaders talk of

      48.   The lime plastered walls

      49.   We

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