All Blog Posts Tagged 'nature' (13)

though worries hurt

and fears injure

joy yields healing

beyond measure

though gloom has roots

deep in culture

joy at all times

sages nurture

though the reasons

may outnumber

joy is the wealth

wise ones treasure

though the mundane

exerts pressure

joy is accord

with one's…

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"Ultimately, poetry is the pouring of the divine consciousness through the pen of the master poet." - Bijay Raut, The Heart of The Mind





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"The Heart of the Mind" immediately stands out as a poet's quest to epitomize progressive human experiences - beginning from love, to…

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When the day seeks to rest,

It pleads the Sun to set,

When the workers wipe the sweaty forehead,

The cool air breezes from the distant ahead,

When the crops sink to soak the soil,

The farmers lay their tools to rest,

When the babies sing the evening chirps,

The mother birds return to their nests,

When the lovers long for the solitude,

The dusk invites with its twilight fade,

When my heart…

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Henry David Thoreau Autumnal Tints The Atlantic Monthly (October 1862)

Europeans coming to America are surprised by the brilliancy of our autumnal foliage. There is no account of such a phenomenon in English poetry, because the trees acquire but few bright colors there. The most that Thomson says on this subject in his "Autumn" is contained in the lines,— But see the fading many-colored woods, Shade deepening over shade, the country… Continue

Summer - A Poem by Wayne Jarus

The boats adrift in the harbour As thoughts in a calm mind A liquid sun beaming today and forever We hoard happiness a smile at a time As thoughts in a calm mind Finding respite in cool shade A liquid sun beaming today and forever Butterflies flutter in a golden haze Finding respite in cool shade In this pastel world of light and shadows Butterflies flutter in a golden haze And crickets sing in motionless… Continue

May Flower

Pink, small, and punctual, Aromatic, low, Covert in April, Candid in May, Dear to the moss, Known by the knoll, Next to the robin In every human soul. Bold little beauty, Bedecked with thee, Nature forswears Antiquity. - by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886, an early American poet)

How to Celebrate Earth Day – April 22

The celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd began in the United States in 1970 and was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson, who had long pondered about finding a way to "put the environment into the political 'limelight' once and for all". There are actually two Earth Day celebrations (the other one is held in March on the equinox) but this article focuses on the April 22 Earth Day, which is now… Continue

Spring Cherries

White Cherries are blooming, Wild birds are dancing, Green grass is shining, I ask them why they are so merry, They say, Come outside brother, Break the shackles of dead old habits, The tiresome chambers of cubicles, And empty hopes of vanity fairs, For spring has come, And time has come to shine and smile. -Bijay Raut, Spring… Continue

River From the source to the destination, I travel from here to here, I carry water, I make sound, I dance in rhythm and sing in joy, O Human, the blessed soul, Don’t you see that I am life? Though I begin the journey towards the end, Yet I have no beginning and no end. -Bijay Raut,
December 2008

Look Forward, My Friend! Not backward, Not in the past, Not in agony, And not in regret, Look forward, my friend! In a world full of cynics, Individuals regretful of the past and fearful of the future, Where will you find optimism, hope and peace? Nowhere but in the present, And in the present, by looking forward, my friend! Past is history, Put it in a dictionary, Look for a hopeful today and promising tomorrow, By forgetting all that already… Continue

Why Leaves Change Color

The Color of the Fall: Why Leaves Change Color Source: USDA Forest Service If you are lucky, you live in one of those parts of the world where Nature has one last fling before settling down into winter's sleep. In those lucky places, as days shorten and temperatures become crisp, the quiet green palette of summer foliage is transformed into the vivid autumn palette of reds, oranges, golds, and browns before… Continue

Moon, You are all alone in the sky, Yet so mighty and bright, You receive heat of the Sun, Yet give us night so cool and fun, You are one in number, Yet brighter than all the stars together, You are without a lover, Yet inspiration to all lovers, When I seek you in the mirror of the ocean, I find you in the face of my beloved, When you glide through the night, My heart sings a song full of joy, Blessed is your presence, Without, incomplete indeed… Continue

(Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was an enlightened poet from India. This poem is part of Tagore’s Nobel Prize winning collection of poetry - Gitanjali. Though Tagore seems to be talking to a child in this poem, is, in fact, marveling at the mystical beauty of mother nature!)…

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