"A Sanctuary" [ghazal]

When news arrives   green light to build a sanctuary
enthusiasts delight   God willed a sanctuary

might Kali's yugic pen withdraw   without first limning
her line of would-be fright?   they killed a sanctuary

the sanctity of birds occasions   wild digressions
sweet clamor rose   when flight befilled a sanctuary

sheltered by branches   domes might draw prayers' leafy arbor
when ardor's flame grows bright   they build a sanctuary

prospects wax green where kelly sward meets pool adorning
(after ink far-from-slight's been spilled) a sanctuary

the soul's return needs holy company   said Nanak
go where confusion's blight is nilled   a sanctuary

while Raphael's afar   his heart drew near & whispered
a phrase long quilled by light's hushed guild   a sanctuary



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Sufi[sm] Reoriented worship center project approved (Contra Costa Times)
"said Nanak" -- more like a general paraphrase (via poetic license)

Non-dual Non-Sequitur [gnomic verse]

"Our writing instruments contribute to our thoughts"
thus spake Friedrich Nietzsche in 1882
so data is described as a realm of ones & aughts?
"things are as evanescent" quoth Shankar "as the dew"


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1st quote is from: Hansen Writing Ball (Wikipedia)
2nd quote is paraphrased from the Vivekachadmani of Shankaracharya

Self-Generation [gnomic verse]

Love makes its own comment
valor proves its own prize
sorrow sings its own lament
vision brings its own eyes

"Noise-to-signal" [ghazal]

When the noise-to-signal ratio grows extreme
will renascent thorns pronounce the rose extreme?

lend fresh clarity O midnight! when darbari's
open window day's brute echo shows extreme

is the writer some rough football in their play?
head's expendable! declaim blunt toes extreme

is the middle path obliterate O Buddha
when the raft declares the one who rows extreme?

Raphael why sift through shadow seeking substance?
gold's spent glimmer dreaming eyes suppose extreme

Heartbreak Hotel [gnomic verses]

"There are no happy poets"
a poet once opined
all poetizers know it's
a paradox of mind

yon sea of bliss bides deep
ink's darkling path looms steep
for bright bliss poets pine
heartbreak imparts dark wine



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1st line borrowed from the tweet of Raj Devjani (via Facebook-mirrored response of Sharanya Manivannan)

Questions & Answers

Questions   why do you arise?
Beings whither-ward depart?
Whence shines sparkle in your eyes?
Answers hide within the heart

Questions & Answers [gnomic verse]

Questions   why do you arise?
Beings whither-ward depart?
Whence shines sparkle in your eyes?
Answers hide within the heart