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Trust: A Poem for Uncertain Times by Oren Jay Sofer

  • Writer: DPC
    DPC
  • Jul 29, 2020
  • 2 min read

Photo Credit: Gagan Verma

I trust what this body knows –    breathing in, breathing out,    the way home.


I trust the ground, which I can stand upon –   the earth that rises to meet my feet   and gives gently beneath my weight.


And I trust that ground which I cannot stand upon –    the falling away that everything returns to.


I trust what this body knows –    the pulsing and quivering, the tight, the hard,     the smooth, rough and flowing.


I trust the great oak and the white pine, who do not question    where the next branch will grow;    who are tall, solid, gnarled and strong;     who bend in the wind.


I trust the sun, that shines and warms    the taut green skin and deep blue water of this earth;    that sun toward which we all instinctively turn;    which touches our billion faces alike,     asking only the song of our sincere living in return.


I trust what this body knows –    breathing in, breathing out,    the way home.


I trust what this body knows    that the magnolias in spring take time to bloom,    that the autumn leaves do not struggle to reach the ground,    that we too are beautiful, brief, free.

Trust is an original Dharma poetry and a copyright of Orenjaysofer.com (© Orenjaysofer.com). The Delhiwallah Poetry Collective is grateful to Oren Jay Sofer for permitting the republishing of his poem on our website.


Oren is a meditation, mindfulness, and Nonviolent Communication teacher. He is also the author of Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication and a co-author of The Mindful Schools Curriculum for Adolescents and Teaching Mindfulness to Empower Teens.


For more of Oren's poems, please visit orenjaysofer.com.

 
 
 

Know Your Poet: Gunika Virlley

  • Writer: DPC
    DPC
  • Jul 28, 2020
  • 1 min read

Gunika Virlley

Gunika Virlley is an educator by profession. She is passionate about all things creative and loves to embroider, bake, sketch, paint, and write poems.


She has published two books and runs an art and crafts website called G's Craft Boutique.



Musings: A Book of Poems is Virlley's maiden venture, is a collection of poetry in both English and Hindi. These poems touch myriad topics which go from being breezy to blithe, realistic to humorous, gloomy to emotional.


Written in easy rhythmic tones, they are thoughts that analyse different elements and the feeling or atmosphere they evoke.


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Does one ever know what's going on inside one's body? What surprises can it swing at you? And are you prepared? EVER? From the age of 34, a series of medical woes kept me on my toes! And then the fight started... against Cancer and a hell lot more!


Never underestimate the power of the human mind A whole lot ways it can find and leave the trauma behind to grow a new YOU, which only YOU CAN DO! ​


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Haiku: Dhruv Kabir

  • Writer: DPC
    DPC
  • Jul 23, 2020
  • 1 min read

The Delhiwallah Poetry Collective is honoured to publish some of Dhruv Kabir's haikus.


Dhruv is a student and young poet of Manav Rachna International School, Sector-46, Gurugram. He had participated in the Library Week Celebration Sports and Reading Together, a poetry session by the Collective held on 17th July 2020.

Photo Credit: Gagan Verma

Firefight of the Fireflies


Obscure moonless night

A stingy firefight blinds

Of the fireflies


Staying a mystery


Comfortable way

A few firewoods crackling 

Beyond the drawing


Ako-Gishi's saying


Bushido sayeth

Wolverine's spirit be thine

Give up thouest no

 
 
 
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