Sunday, November 11, 2012

Anti-thesis

Benedictions of foes,
Maledictions of friends.


Longevity of troubles,
Causticity of love.


Melodies of ravens,
Shrieks of doves.


Trepidations of life,
Celebrations of death.


Impuissance of innocents,
Insouciance of sycophants.
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32 comments:

  1. ninotazizNovember 11, 2012 at 12:42 AM

    A study in contradictions.

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  2. asteria's canvassNovember 11, 2012 at 12:46 AM

    thanks nino,
    well now you made me rethink the title.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 11, 2012 at 12:52 AM

    ha! love this piece - both as a poem in its own right (which btw is written with such a clear voice and with such care in the language) but also because I just wrote a poem called "Thesis" (used the Greek word - meaning "to place/to locate"), literally a day or so back. Ha! Love it when things like that happen.

    Yours is better by a mile.

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  4. asteria's canvassNovember 11, 2012 at 12:56 AM

    thanks wolf(its funny calling you that..:) )
    well the world is a smaller place than we think, and these co-incidences make us believe in a higher power.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 11, 2012 at 1:48 AM

    Bravo! I love the word choices here. Great sound combinations throughout.

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  6. ninotazizNovember 11, 2012 at 2:48 AM

    Thank you for visiting NAGA. I see we both love Agatha Christie. Cheers!

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  7. SayantiniNovember 11, 2012 at 4:38 AM

    First of all, I like the header of your blog....I like how you crafted the poem, positives and negative stacked one after another beautifully.

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  8. Abin ChakrabortyNovember 11, 2012 at 4:59 AM

    such is life, eh!Like Jack I must appreciate the diction as well...esp the last two lines.

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  9. FatimaNovember 11, 2012 at 6:16 AM

    Wow quite an Anti-thesis...loved the choice of words..deep poem if one goes by the exact meaning of words :-)

    Take Care

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  10. Sam JamiesonNovember 11, 2012 at 6:31 AM

    I really liked it. I find it kind of funny though that just a few minutes before I was reading Kodjo Deynoo's poem that also contained a similar format.

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  11. asteria's canvassNovember 11, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    thanks people...:) its these comments pushing me to write even in my hectic schedule.

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  12. asteria's canvassNovember 11, 2012 at 11:07 AM

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  13. LauraNovember 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM

    well done!

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  14. UnknownNovember 11, 2012 at 6:47 PM

    a great poem..
    epic writing dear..
    would've loved to see it go on.. :)

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  15. asteria's canvassNovember 12, 2012 at 5:50 AM

    thanks laura and pratik,
    may be ill continue this...:)

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  16. Jennifer WagnerNovember 14, 2012 at 1:26 PM

    Lovely twists. The third stanza is my favorite.

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  17. KappuNovember 15, 2012 at 1:37 AM

    //Benedictions of foes,
    Maledictions of friends.
    //

    Bravo!! Quite an observation and a true one that! Lovely write!! :)

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  18. Vinay Leo R.November 17, 2012 at 2:36 AM

    Wow.. That's some poem.. very wordily crafted :D but I think I'll need to come ping you for a translation, Rati ;) :P

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  19. asteria's canvassNovember 17, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    haha leo...SSHHH if someone listens u saying this they will die laughing...You talking about translation of a poem,
    thanks btw.

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  20. Sri ValliNovember 19, 2012 at 1:02 AM

    I've learned some new words and their meanings because of this poem!
    Loved the contradicting lines!

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  21. asteria's canvassDecember 23, 2012 at 5:49 AM

    thanks valli...:)

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  22. Ritesh AgarwalJanuary 1, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    Merlin's Beard :O
    I would need a translator this time. Don't know the meaning of half the words you have used. This poem evokes in me a lot of respect. I can see there's much to learn from you. In the words of my fav character Poirot,I wud say "Following you now, mon ami" :)

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  24. RachnaMarch 11, 2013 at 8:56 PM

    Well crafted! Perhaps I didn't even get all the nuances.

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  25. MixiMarch 18, 2013 at 5:54 AM

    Yowza! Superb one, chips! Very elegantly composed. I love the words you've used, they make this sound almost like a song.

    Beautifully done!

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  26. FireblossomMarch 18, 2013 at 6:53 AM

    The sound, as one reads this, is superb, but I confess i was waiting for the payoff, a "why" or some kind of ultimate point about all the unexpected combinations.

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  27. AnonymousMarch 18, 2013 at 8:46 AM

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    This is very clever. Fantastic word choices.

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  30. AnonymousMarch 18, 2013 at 11:19 AM

    Very deep, but simply and skillfully said.

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  31. Kay L. DaviesMarch 19, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    Wow, you've really nailed this. All previous comments have left me bereft of words.
    K

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