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I am gifted with the ability to see beyond the obvious.</tagline><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><modified>2012-01-28T01:25:28+00:00</modified><generator url="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1382</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="blogspot/nsid" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130</id><feedburner:emailServiceId 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xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">poets united</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2012-01-26T08:19:07-08:00</issued><modified>2012-01-26T08:19:07-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-5297241959254927466</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">it hurts to traverse that road

in my mind's eye

it is a straight path

but your machinations stop me

I find pieces of glass embedded under my shoes

left all alone in that labyrinth

I need a...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-26T21:49:07.640+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total></entry><entry><title>escape</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2012/01/escape.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">poetry jam</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">we write poems</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dVerse OpenLinkNight</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">3WW</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2012-01-25T07:34:18-08:00</issued><modified>2012-01-25T07:34:18-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-889420285493201407</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">under that tree I kept it hidden

the sheen of your sweat

which had flowed for me in desire.

who dug it out,

along with my sensuality

which I had &amp;nbsp;packed inside a bubble?

the air evokes you...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-25T21:04:18.884+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">21</thr:total></entry><entry><title>encircle</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2012/01/encircle.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">sunday scribblings</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">One Single Impression</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">magpie tales</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Sunday Swirl</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2012-01-22T09:05:59-08:00</issued><modified>2012-01-22T09:05:59-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-4814921439065690675</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">a story

I scatter in the wind

I know it will scald

shards will pierce into the ashen urges

but I curb my instinct to run

ignore the whispering sisters

who have the knack to create trouble

when...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-22T22:35:59.783+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">23</thr:total></entry><entry><title>chequered windows</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2012/01/chequered-windows.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">magpie tales</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Sunday Swirl</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2012-01-09T05:39:47-08:00</issued><modified>2012-01-09T05:39:47-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-7993228538490027730</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">thousands of aeon have passedI grope the airthatched huts are just beyond that gateforgotten splotchy hearth reminds me ofmy fluttering heart in a rain laden daya flash of iridescent stones blinds...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-09T19:09:47.330+05:30</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lQ_fEnQ4T3Q/Twm0iRqfLVI/AAAAAAAAASE/LPxodPx1j1c/s72-c/friedlander+yul.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">16</thr:total></entry><entry><title>frustrating frustum</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2012/01/frustrating-frustum.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">3WW</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">poets united</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2012-01-05T18:18:34-08:00</issued><modified>2012-01-05T18:18:34-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-683592833526353457</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">I see the atmosphere spiral downthe cut shell makes a naughty sound wonderful tactic to distract methat rotation is not the zenitheven though I know its importance what lay on that deserted ground?...&lt;br/&gt;
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I walk in the misty fog

the dust under my feet speaks to mea tale of mirrored magichidden in the mystical fog

pebbles pave the waybranches kiss the skybending to the will...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-01T22:51:03.776+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">26</thr:total></entry><entry><title>locked  in the closet</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-pondered-over-decree-to-angel-to.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">sunday scribblings</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">One Single Impression</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">we write poems</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Sunday Swirl</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2011-12-27T08:52:49-08:00</issued><modified>2011-12-27T08:52:49-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-7391575590643685006</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">I pondered over the decree for the angel to bring gold tidings shepherds watched over that silence I endured it in joyless peace my heart was like a manger I was afraid to let it go but in my haste I...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-27T22:22:49.087+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">17</thr:total></entry><entry><title>citizen of dreamland</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/12/citizen-of-dreamland.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">55er</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">we write poems</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Sunday Swirl</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dVerse OpenLinkNight</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2011-12-18T09:44:07-08:00</issued><modified>2011-12-18T09:44:07-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-4415668898359565626</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">I circled the&amp;nbsp;purple

a game I played

as luck would have it

I had no trouble winning

my dream allow me to be flexible

I become a citizen of one the states of dreamland

far beyond...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-18T23:14:07.299+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">22</thr:total></entry><entry><title>hidden by shadows</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/12/hidden-by-shadows.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">sunday scribblings</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">One Single Impression</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">magpie tales</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">carry on tuesday</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2011-12-18T09:12:19-08:00</issued><modified>2011-12-18T09:12:19-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-2031778815196938360</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">I stand here

half in shadows

my glasses hiding my eyes

the tears stream down

your shadow on my jacket

provides a kind of security blanket

I look so aloof

the boards behind enhance that

do you...&lt;br/&gt;
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grip the spasm

the boat is an enigma

I feel weightless in sand

tumbling in a rare medium

the spacious vastness&amp;nbsp;

pulls me in rapid succession

I am released into...&lt;br/&gt;
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in the mist of that vast gathering



a lonely garden chair, under that oak

had so many people flock there



a membrane of fleeting nostalgia

so heavy that I needed a...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-29T23:19:56.835+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">19</thr:total></entry><entry><title>fulcrum of my thoughts</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/11/fulcrum-of-my-thoughts.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">One Single Impression</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Sunday Swirl</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2011-11-27T08:37:45-08:00</issued><modified>2011-11-27T08:37:45-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-6697186900970680281</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">anger spinning out of control

I lash out at you

my face so ruddy

your smug smile incenses me



I find that untidy envelope

gullible words rustle in my ear

I shudder in a subliminal way

but...&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-27T22:07:45.379+05:30</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">25</thr:total></entry><entry><title>weathered</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/11/weathered.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Sunday 160</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">magpie tales</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">sunday scribbling</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2011-11-27T17:03:44-08:00</issued><modified>2011-11-27T17:03:44-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-5235065840349358566</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">it toppled over-

I placed it against the wall

that redness enhanced by drabness

which hides a story or two

I investigate for clues



"who hid you away from me?"&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-28T06:33:44.089+05:30</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-25dvKAgGn20/TtJdCOkzWFI/AAAAAAAAE9M/dWtclSv7LFM/s72-c/sofa.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">29</thr:total></entry><entry><title>moon sways</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://firmlyrooted.blogspot.com/2011/11/moon-sways.html" /><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">free verse</dc:subject><dc:subject xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dVerse OpenLinkNight</dc:subject><author><name>gautami tripathy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613</uri></author><issued>2011-11-21T09:38:19-08:00</issued><modified>2011-11-21T09:38:19-08:00</modified><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-5647798589418001625</id><content type="text/html" mode="escaped">the moon sings to the stars

it is sight to behold

the stars swaying to melody

celestial dance of eternal love

soaks into my pores

moon is all alone

yet never lonely

spiritual love of the...&lt;br/&gt;
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oblivious of silence;

trapped in smolder

of mindless fire

sky rains diamonds



which fleetingly show their face

and fly away to another planet&lt;br/&gt;
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warped sentences:partial reality that coat

enunciations

 so when we look

into his flat words,

 we try to see something

multi-dimensional

in the eyes of the...&lt;br/&gt;
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I find the strength from bees

who balance out nature

eloquent in their silence

rapidly cleaning dew from the flowers

they make a point

in a motionless way

(life is...&lt;br/&gt;
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I twisted my ankle

my knees gave away

I fell on the ground

my shin bone hurt

my elbows balanced my body

my cheeks pressed to the ground

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delirium leaves seem to pleat

in the strident fall

in the tombstones

one can hear swish of impending storm



which shell emits piercing sound,

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my heart thumps&amp;nbsp;

when I see the flickering sunset

my foot hits a bottle

I look down at my bloody toe

which has now carved into a stone

my legs...&lt;br/&gt;
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pitch black

which contains eternity

their eyes merge after a while

heat shakes the hearts

slippery slithering bodies

of snakes entangle in knots



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your plate of food unfinished

I run to the door to call you back

but you are nowhere to be seen

feeling sad and vulnerable

I walk back inside the house

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inside my car I sleep on the wheel

(don't worry, the car is stationary)

my head rolling after hours of driving

I...&lt;br/&gt;
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don't look into my insomniac eyes-

seemingly so,&amp;nbsp;

(I sleep like a log)

that cross on my forehead-

a mark I acquired&amp;nbsp;

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