http://happyhiplucky.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Happyhip_lucky en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:00:48 GMT 2009-12-30T13:00:48Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956166&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   The Gardener The gardener, with an indifferent field; with a fistful piquant seeds analyzes probability. A village, a company, an existence or existences depend . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:08:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956166&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-21T01:08:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952216&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Columns I The white columns sweat the way I do though it is arid winter, weak sun. Sometimes we soak in salt and a sea wakes up on our palm. At any rate, the waves obliterate . . . Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:54:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977952216&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-18T00:54:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950739&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace cremation pier A white symbol, the river is reflected on those clouds. We watch a boat carrying our minds over to the other side as we bury our corpses. . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:55:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977950739&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-17T00:55:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939858&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   Immortality of a carroty sky (To Richard Lynn LIvesay) This is the turn where we end. We leave the death buried. I look at you, bewildered with my immortality. What would you . . . Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:55:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977939858&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-10T00:55:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937918&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   I, a thief Shades of a wrong lie on a still road. November clouds; the smoke of evening is a whisper you hears I scream, I have come across a famine, a flood and now . . . Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:56:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977937918&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-09T00:56:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932692&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Life of a winter The spots of the sun on a cold stone. Winter has brought a squadron of lives; nomadic birds, famished villagers, tourists who touch the stone; history burns . . . Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:36:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977932692&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-06T01:36:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931951&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   Both are dedicated to my brother, Robert Fraternity My brother is off to some seashore with cold water and warm sands. Warmer something may propose him to . . . Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:53:23 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977931951&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-05T10:53:23Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926355&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   Surreal corridor “However”, says the naysayer; ‘however’ has always been his way to end a sentence which will fly like a mesmerized . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:44:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926355&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-02T01:44:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924659&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   Affair with a dead poet Vital blood of a fountain pen on the floor; dead muse from a century before flips, turns as the wind blows. Saliva dribbles down . . . Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:14:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924659&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-12-01T02:14:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923543&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace relationship Hate soaks a piece of cloth in water with love she applies it on my head.   Twitches her mouth. She says that I have made her face these trying times . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:13:45 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977923543&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-30T12:13:45Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920106&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Zen economics Blankness. Blankness. A brief pause. Blankness once more.   They urge me to buy an one way ticket as a therapy. Actually if Mr. Magellan . . . Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:49:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977920106&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-27T12:49:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915671&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   Scratched memoir of mom A phone somewhere; the night is just scratched. Blurred vision of the sun walks out of that scratch as if the star was not sure what . . . Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:24:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977915671&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-24T15:24:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903777&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace We had it all The greatest love And a picture perfect family What happened I'll never know But whatever it was tore a hole between you and me   I'm down on my knees I don't want to . . . Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:08:15 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977903777&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Taken by the Guy I Love 5*15*09 L. 2009-11-16T23:08:15Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895018&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   taste of the relatives The preserves she brought taste akin to the tongue of flame, green college boys, sweet, sour and briny. Advises are the same. Lead a life . . . Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:37:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977895018&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-11T01:37:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891565&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   words caught in a photograph Onomatopoeic words scatter with your entrance. Pose with a flower; sit on the table before a glass half filled with milk. Search love. . . . Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:39:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891565&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-09T01:39:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880659&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace     Sonnet for a host Wings spread from one ear of the sky to the other; the snowy egret flying. We have talked about Shelly; talked about weather; whether you . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:33:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880659&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-11-02T01:33:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977868988&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   N eatly p assionate By Kushal Poddar I He looks at those packing boxes, lying askew. The lack of pattern disturbs him. He moves them till they form a perfect pyramid. Ask anybody . . . Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:33:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977868988&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-10-25T10:33:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977860353&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Promises swirl through her head The ones he made The ones he never kept She should be used to it Two faced guys Yet she still cries Her heart still bleeds   She ran away from home . . . Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:47:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977860353&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Taken by the Guy I Love 5*15*09 L. 2009-10-19T18:47:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977854057&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   haiku for granny rain drops on the sun they bring the heads together sunflowers © 2009- C opyright reserved Kushal Poddar (reprinting . . . Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:38:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977854057&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-10-15T01:38:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840205&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Insane bones Van Gogh went away before I knew him well. Yesterday I finally understood him over a goblet of blood and a shared feelings of the burns of insanity.   In the basement . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:46:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840205&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-10-06T01:46:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823128&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace New block in the blood The sound of sob makes you attentive; a new neighborhood; you fear others and cannot fathom their angst, pathos.   Unpacked boxes fill corners. Curtains . . . Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:14:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977823128&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-09-23T12:14:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977821773&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   incautious adventures The birdbath has a lonely crow with the dark and wet feathers of the one who survives.   She talks with the panes, talks in cellphones with the cautious . . . Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:22:06 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977821773&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-09-22T13:22:06Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977817309&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   woman seated in blue by Cezanne ( To R ichard B ) Chirping comes from outside; if tiredness would have been a cloth, she would drop it on a blue seat. Cezanne might have . . . Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:01:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977817309&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-09-18T11:01:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806961&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   Elegy   Evening comes with homing birds. The flying wings are slowing down. Memories want to fill the gaps at this moment; hunt for pieces scattered in a room we visit . . . Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:19:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806961&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-09-10T11:19:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977784557&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Dr. Jekyll’s domestic pet Demons are, mon ami, legendary cowards. Demons are, legends say, residing within us…   The tickle of blood abides gravity; . . . Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:10:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977784557&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-08-23T11:10:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977783737&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace   Road kills at seventy-five K.M./hour The gleaming grass and two inquisitive squirrels we pass them all, we pass the corpse of a dog at seventy five K.M. per hour. Only . . . Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:00:58 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977783737&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-08-22T11:00:58Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781448&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace (Note: The concert mentioned in the article below took place on July 10th. Since I haven't been able to post here on Gather since July 3rd, this is first opportunity I've had to tell you all about it. . . . Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:35:57 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977781448&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. 2009-08-20T17:35:57Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764678&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace t he girl missed the last train T he last train passes the verdant signal. Missing it by a whisker rattles nerves. Nothing more happens in earth and heaven . . . Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:53:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977764678&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-08-06T10:53:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977762009&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace R un, soul run (Don’t ask where) When the train has passed, you can still see them, coming, sweaty with the long chase and noon. As we are turning our head, running again my eyes . . . Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:32:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977762009&grpId=3659174697252365&nav=Groupspace Kushal Poddar 2009-08-04T11:32:39Z