by gautami tripathy

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May 2, 2006

Life and Death

October 20, 2006 01:48 PM EDT

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at her birth, smiles around
she was crying her heart out
smiling now, heavenward she is set
those around her have their eyes wet

(c)gautami.tripathy
~Oct 19, 2005

Tags: short verse, gautami tripathy, life and death

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Comments: 13

♯ ♪ Oct 20, 2006, 1:59pm EDT

Beautiful image!

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John Doyle Oct 20, 2006, 2:10pm EDT

There is a sadness here. Am I correct?

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Stephanie, proud Maw-Maw to my 2 granddaughters, G Oct 20, 2006, 3:46pm EDT

great poem, I see a happy time, maybe a momentous time in her life, wedding, childbirth, etc.

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Larry H. Oct 20, 2006, 7:20pm EDT

very touching..

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Granny Janny H. Oct 20, 2006, 7:42pm EDT

Yes, this is how we arrive and leave in this wondrous world.

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~~ Sarina ~~ Oct 20, 2006, 8:02pm EDT

sums it up, in few words

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Dawne Joy Oct 20, 2006, 11:47pm EDT

ahhh, that's the shortest article on here that really made me want to cry!
Beautiful and poignant

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Marinela Kotsina Oct 21, 2006, 3:49am EDT

The cycle of life
very beautiful
thank you

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Barbary Chaapel Oct 21, 2006, 12:23pm EDT

Your last line, Gautami, sets the poem apart from the ordinary. Excellent.

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Pina M. Oct 21, 2006, 9:59pm EDT

Gautami, in the simplicity of a few words you have encompassed the magic and mystery of life and death, and our myriad reactions to it. Lovely.

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gautami tripathy Oct 22, 2006, 12:15pm EDT

Thanks folks. Isn't this life is all about? We are crying when we enter this world but others cry when we leave it.

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Carol P. Sep 17, 2008, 11:59am EDT

I love this, and yes, this does seem to be what life is about.

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