| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 11/17/05 at 05:08 AM Askok, yes, the natural path is knowingness first, then knowledge...the full power of - intent. Bringing the unstructured self to the tonal or structured. Very well penned, indeed. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 11/19/05 at 01:57 AM From a Christian perspective, this poem says stand your ground when temptation comes around! |
| Posted by Graeme Fielden on 11/21/05 at 06:39 AM A wonderfully positive message, Ashok. Nice work :) |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 11/21/05 at 07:24 PM The 'power to dismiss', as facilitating, in addition to being 'validated' by, the 'choice to receive', choice being a meaningless concept where there is only one (no) choice :). The poetry in this piece given 'life' by the personalisation of 'Dawn', bearing metaphors... |
| Posted by Max Bouillet on 12/08/05 at 03:53 AM This is an amazing verse filled with color and meshing that color with nature and our being. As usual, you make me think and by thinking I am made better. Great read. |
| Posted by Laura Doom on 04/14/07 at 12:29 PM Although I have been here before, your words have taken on a different hue this time around - a natural turn, and one by which I do not feel in any way threatened :) The refusal to yield, a step towards retreat from an unnatural condition - the contrast encapsulated in the first stanza broke upon me anew. Poetry becomes you Ashok :) |
| Posted by Kyle Anne Kish on 04/14/07 at 02:23 PM “Just BE, stuck to your seat
If you have the choice to receive
You have the power to dismiss” ... great words, indeed, which led up to a beautiful ending. Congratulations on your POTD.
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| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 04/15/07 at 03:31 AM Ashok, congratulations on your POTD! The dawn is persistent if nothing else.
~Chelle~ |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 06/10/10 at 10:09 PM Ah, what a lovely piece. You had my imagination totally captured throughout. I love the Dawn imagery. Staying put and present in the now is both a challenge and a gift for me. I love reading your poems because it gives me a chance to walk gently across the oceans and continents and linger a while in your wonderful land with a people so soaked with wisdom. Thanks, Ashok. |
