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triveni spotlight: 09 oct 2024

triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY! hosts: Vidya Shankar and Teji Sethi GUEST EDITOR: Rupa Anand 09 October 2024


 

tea bowl

empty all day

i fill

my evening

with starlight


         — Pamela A. Babusci     

pages from a tanka diary 2022

 

As a resident of New Delhi, India, I live in the midst of noise. More so over the last decade.

As a spiritual seeker, I am exposed to the practice and understanding of silence. Often, I am torn apart between the two. My spiritual teacher instructed me to initially ‘listen to’, ‘recognise’, ‘understand’ and then, ‘dwell’ in that silence. Most of our deepest moments occur when we are alone in silence or in silence with others and our environment. It is a gateway to nurturing, of healing, of renewal, and sometimes of revelation. The reverence for silence has been emphasised in most religious and spiritual texts. Sri Ramana Maharshi remained in silence and taught through silence.


As the poet steps out to commune with nature, even with stones, he or she incorporates ma — the artistic balance of the physical and psychological space existing between people and things. This empty space pulls us in inviting us to connect our minds to it. Then the mind becomes space.

 

My selections this month are about the three S’s — Silence, Solitude and Space. The underlying silence that is the background or the substratum of any manifestation. The poems are about opening windows to that silence within us and outside of us, both visible and invisible. Join me on this journey with the Masters, and poets from India and around the world.

 

in haiku quietude,

yours Rupa


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Thank you for being our next guest editor, Rupa. We look forward to a month-long of ‘listening to’, ‘recognising’, ‘understanding’ and then, ‘dwelling’ in that ma these poems bring about.


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sanjuktaa
14 ott

So lovely, rich and vivid! A vintage Pamela Babusci tanka.

Mi piace

Such a beautiful tanka!! Loved the twist in the last two lines. This shows the deep longing for a friend, a company to talk, to walk and to exchange perspectives.

But, the moment the poet found the tea bowl empty, I could see no disappointment. Immediately she had solutions to fill her cup with starlight!!

Thank you so much Rupa for picking this one and Pamela to have written your heart into this. So simple but profound tanka. Nevertheless, the poet doesn't mind being alone!!!!

Mi piace

many thanks Rupa for honoring me with this tanka; it is one of my favorites ( not, to brag)

blessings, pamea

Mi piace

Most poignant.

Mi piace
Risposta a

many thanks! blessings, pamela


Mi piace

I love Pamela's tanka, this is a beautiful one from her collection.

Mi piace
Risposta a

many thanks! blessings, pamela

Mi piace
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