Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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A room full of people:
Sad, solemn, grave, they sip their drinks
And tease their segments of experience
For a private view.
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Ananta Madhavan
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Valsa George 13 April 2015

A room raw with people: Tray-fuls of small talk borne away With the empty glasses; trivia of the day Stubbed out in ash-trays. I don't know why this stanza revives in me some images of T.S. Eliot's poem Rhapsody on a Windy Night where he expresses the boredom and futility of modern life and man's vain efforts to lessen them and talks of cigarette smoke in corridors and smell of cocktail in bars ! Great write!

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Kelly Kurt 09 April 2015

A well written poem, Ananta. Thanks for sharing

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