Saturday, February 20, 2016

Four (And A Half) Poems On Nothing Comments

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You think once
sober
You think once
drunk
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Souren Mondal
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Akhtar Jawad 03 March 2016

Live in love and die in love, life is love and love is life. A great poem.

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Valsa George 23 February 2016

In these scattered thoughts, I find a strong thread tying them all together. Man is left in a world of confusion..... Each thinking soul has been since eons trying to solve the riddle called life. But life and its mystery keep eluding him to a point in which he cries out in utter helplessness....' confusion confounds'! Man's existential angst has been expressed by writers and thinkers in many ways. Finally we go back to that point from where the poem began........ that life is a lie between two truths... Birth and Death! The skull at the end also tells- Death is the next reality and the only reality that a living man has before him! Souren..... only one with a highly philosophic bent of mind can write such a profound poem!

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Souren Mondal 23 February 2016

Thank you very much Valsa ma'am.. During my earlier days, I was not sure about a lot of things and they created a confusion in me that troubled me.. As I have grown older now, I have finally realised that the only mantra that we need to follow in life is that of loving everyone with compassion and empathy.. Our lives are meaningful not by whatever material possessions we have got, but how many lives we touched positively during our lifetime.. This is the only thing we should know.. Hate no one, love everyone, including ourselves, and the beautiful planet we have got.. This will do enough for us.. Between life and death, there needs not be shadow, but just love...

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M Asim Nehal 22 February 2016

We all came from nothing and will go nothing, in between also is nothing........yet we look for something in nothing. Nice Poem.

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Souren Mondal 22 February 2016

Thank you Asim...

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Nosheen Irfan 22 February 2016

This work has so much depth that it deserves many readings. Once again you have dealt with the theme of nothingness with a natural finesse. Though I could never make much of existentialism and reading Jean Paul Sartre was a very bumpy ride but I enjoyed reading this poem. To me, this is not a drunken rant, its a very well thought-out work. I feel these stories are connected to each other n its for reader to figure it out. We all have this question at the end of the day, Why am I here? So I really liked this poem that attempts to find answers.

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Souren Mondal 22 February 2016

Thank you Nosheen.. Sarte is too much at times when he writes non-fiction. It troubles a lot.. Being someone without any formal training in philosophy, or much formal education, I find him too troublesome to read. But he always made me question the idea of my existence... Thank you for reading - :)

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Kelly Kurt 20 February 2016

I have come to find that (especially after 8 shots of tequila) Nothing thoughts grow deep and deep thoughts grow profound. At nine the next morning, I don't care about anything but coffee and aspirin.

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Souren Mondal 20 February 2016

I am lucky that I had never had any hangover irrespective of how much I drank.. It feels nice to be sober now.. Almost 8-9 months since my last drink.. Poor liver and depression made me consider this.. Now if I could go cold turkey, I would be a happy man.. Thanks kelly..

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