poets sit on a lotus flower and get comfortable to watch the world... - 5

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poetry is a small secret sign

in a regulated standardized world

silently overthrowing 

the hackneyed hampering conventions

ruling our souls

hundreds... thousands

perhaps millions

get lost each day

no roads

no policemen

no prayer

can help them find their way home

.

poets sit on a lotus flower and get comfortable to watch the world... - 4

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poetry

whether it is written or read 

is a shelter

rather than a vehicle

it protects the soul against 

the dazzling sun of truth or

the intimidating speed of facts

cats avoid cars

except when they are parked

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poets sit on a lotus flower and get comfortable to watch the world... - 3

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poetry is an empty plate

filled only with 

the reader's experience

no matter how beautifully it is decorated

the real taste comes from the food

which can also be eaten 

with hands

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poets sit on a lotus flower and get comfortable to watch the world... - 2

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poetry is a magnifier

revealing lines

you might have never noticed 

the path that you should take

may be lost 

in the humdrum of daily life

you live

but you're not alive

.

poets sit on a lotus flower and get comfortable to watch the world... - 1

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poetry is a frame 

imprisoning a reality

in the mind's eye perception

not all lions are predators

some trot over to you

to say hello

when you open a door

or switch on the light

in the dark

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a comment made by dear friend and poet, mark, on one of my works inspired the title of this series which is dedicated to a dear anonymous friend who's got a thousand and one heads... and one big heart...