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Imagination

by Vivek Shrinivasan

Imagination is...
When children hunt and animals play
and Xmas celebrated in the month of may

when birds swim and fishes fly
as you are happy while you cry

when roots blossom and flowers strengthen
as past is now and future was back then

when death begins a new life and life ends when born
as snakes walk and their skin worn

when it rains in summer and when the sun shines in monsoon
for early is to be late as late is to be too soon

when ships take off and planes sail
and when failure wins and winners fail

when the sky is yellow and the sun blue
and when you are them and I am you

That's when, you see my friends
dullness starts - creativity ends.

03/03/2011

Posted on 03/03/2011
Copyright © 2025 Vivek Shrinivasan

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Clara Mae Gregory on 03/04/11 at 01:31 AM

I remember once standing at the edge of a storm and being able to walk in and out of its showers all while the sun was shining...for some reason, this poem brought back that memory(which was a true event that really happened). I think it was this line that triggered it:"when it rains in summer and when the sun shines in monsoon for early is to be late as late is to be too soon" ....anyways, I really like the overall poetics of this work...but the last few lines just do not seem to fit."That's when, you see my friends dullness starts - creativity ends." It could be the punctuation as well as the presentation style of using "imagination is....when.....and some of the "whens" fit this idea, yet towards the latter part of the poem, it seems to indicate what "imagination" is not....and it isn't clear that it has changed from what imagination is to what it isn't, leaaving me a little confused in deciphering the poem's meaning.

Posted by Kevin Fehlen on 11/03/11 at 08:41 PM

Most wonderful.

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