by Kushal Poddar

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Interchange

May 23, 2009 06:38 AM EDT

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Interchange

(To the Group Surrealistic Circus-II)

The last time, you took a point to touch the grass,

to smell, like a vintage Chateau Margaux,

to kneel on the bare ground; surprised wind passed.

The grass blended in you, till things interchanged.

You became green, peaceful, glistening with dews.

And the grass wanted to become you, all flesh.

The grass wanted to possess, the ancestral home,

the green entered through the building’s rusty doors,

spread on the broken tiles of the checkered floor.

You were seeking the beats of the dead body,

you had left; with your newly grown roots.

Tags: poetry, poem, verse, writing, muse, surreal, kushal poddar, impressionism

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Comments: 43

Svetlana Goryacheva May 23, 2009, 6:43am EDT

Fantastic imagery, Poddar! Great work! :-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.

Kushal Poddar May 23, 2009, 6:44am EDT

Thank you for reading and understanding this.

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JOHN BECK May 23, 2009, 6:49am EDT

The connection evolves. Clever, deep, poetic.

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Robert - just a simple man - B. May 23, 2009, 7:12am EDT

This spoke to me of natural rebirth, a cleansing by the earth. But it went deeper than that; I seem to be smelling fresh mown grass as I type this and I haven't a window open. You used your imagery well kemosabe!

I hope to find time to write today.

Kushal Poddar May 23, 2009, 7:17am EDT

Where are your feet trodding upon?

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Nancy Biri May 23, 2009, 7:27am EDT

Nice

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Victor Yakin May 23, 2009, 7:30am EDT

Very nice post....nice

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Cheryl W. May 23, 2009, 7:35am EDT

Fantastic imagery in this, Poddar. Well done!

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Beth - Doing God's work Daily J. May 23, 2009, 9:06am EDT

Thanks for posting on Getting to 3000 Together

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sara B. May 23, 2009, 9:32am EDT

I love this! Strong imagery!

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Adrian Eve Revenaugh May 23, 2009, 9:32am EDT

I felt the speaker recognizing the "need" to touch what may be ever renewable, the greenness of the Earth regenerating. I also felt as though the "greenness" might extend the invitation further; that through the speaker, "It" might further existence.

Fertile exchange? A symbiotic relationship...

Thought provoking second installment woven from the Noetic. The Surreal Circus

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Ann M. (Site Scryer) May 23, 2009, 9:37am EDT

Stunning! I get the feeling that the narrator is tracing the tree of life backwards to its roots.

We at The Surreal Circus are honored to have a series of poems devoted to us. You are now featured.

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JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 23, 2009, 9:47am EDT

I'd like to know who keeps rating you so low, Poddar. You know that you can turn-off the ratings - I always do.

This, to me, is one of your strongest pieces. Bravo, my friend!

Kushal Poddar May 23, 2009, 9:56am EDT

I am not going to turn off the ratings. It shall be there, my dearest friend, to make the troll ashamed. I only value comments. I do.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 23, 2009, 10:29am EDT

I understand, Poddar.

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Peter Edgerton May 23, 2009, 10:06am EDT

It speaks of Gaia. Very centering.

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Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. May 23, 2009, 11:09am EDT

Exotic evolution~

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Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. May 23, 2009, 11:09am EDT

Essential evolution~

Thank you for posting to GutterGirls~

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Sharon P. May 23, 2009, 11:55am EDT

All things are connected. We all flow into each other, becoming one with Gaea. That's lovely Poddar.

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blaine d. May 23, 2009, 12:46pm EDT

nicely done!

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Haim Kadman May 23, 2009, 12:58pm EDT

Well done Poddar I loved it.

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Kathryn E. May 23, 2009, 1:19pm EDT

Featured in the Triple Name Club

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Alison H. May 23, 2009, 1:45pm EDT

Mysterious, lovely. Did you mean the heartbeats of the body? This one raises more questions than it answers.....I want to know more.

Kushal Poddar May 23, 2009, 10:44pm EDT

How are you Alison?

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Jennifer Lee May 23, 2009, 2:45pm EDT

I want to be the grass, always have. Fantastic write, dear one. I love it! This poem will be one that I print and save. I look forward to having an autographed copy of your book someday soon.

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Angela A. May 23, 2009, 4:46pm EDT

I'm sorry, the whole time I was reading this, I was envisioning something else quite adult like. Te he!!

Lovely poem friend.

Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting

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Lisa Frost May 23, 2009, 4:47pm EDT

I love the imagery

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Georgiana S. May 23, 2009, 6:51pm EDT

Nature reclaims all!

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L. H. May 23, 2009, 7:28pm EDT

I love this, not quite sure I understand it all- but love the flow and the types of words you used ::)

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Jo N. May 23, 2009, 8:58pm EDT

Very nice, thank you for sharing it.

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Sharon C. May 23, 2009, 10:12pm EDT

I love the imagery in this one. Wonderful job.

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Patti M. May 23, 2009, 10:17pm EDT

Very interesting imagery.

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Robert - just a simple man - B. May 23, 2009, 11:01pm EDT

Today my feet trodded 4 miles around Shelby Lake and through the woods along the shore. Streaker and I also enjoyed a mile swim.

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Jeana Hamilton May 23, 2009, 11:02pm EDT

Hmmm very interesting

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Elsie Duggan May 23, 2009, 11:39pm EDT

I found it very interesting Poddar, great writing, and I had my own idea of what the poem was about, but like everyone's above better, like art, I guess.

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