Black
The black of the eye
That sees light
The black of ink
That adorns the paper white
The black of the sky
That stars need to shine
The black of the night
That sedates the mind
The black cloud
That pours down as rain
The black coal
That treasures the diamond
The black mud
That brings green to life
The black versus white
That makes white seem white...
The black on the palette
That engulfs all hues
The black of black...
For the serenity it gives...
(c) 2000 Praneeta Paradkar
Read at the Pune Readmeet on 13th March, 2005 at Max's place.
That sees light
The black of ink
That adorns the paper white
The black of the sky
That stars need to shine
The black of the night
That sedates the mind
The black cloud
That pours down as rain
The black coal
That treasures the diamond
The black mud
That brings green to life
The black versus white
That makes white seem white...
The black on the palette
That engulfs all hues
The black of black...
For the serenity it gives...
(c) 2000 Praneeta Paradkar
Read at the Pune Readmeet on 13th March, 2005 at Max's place.
Labels: poetry
Selected by Anonymous |
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4 Comments:
this is a perfect description of the colour black and its differnet interpretations
I like the way you have turned around the "English", particularly religious interplay of black and white around.
--Maud
I like the way you have turned around the "English", particularly religious interplay of black and white around.
--Maud
the black runs well - esp
the contrasts - but i wonder if
it would scan better without the
"the":
black of the eye
that sees light
black of ink
adorning the paper white
hmmm - to me, this seems just a
shade tighter.
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