Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NEW BUDDHA, by DHAN GOPAL MUKERJI Poet's Biography First Line: The moonbeams, like intangible flowers Last Line: Night, the only buddha that attains to it. Subject(s): Buddhism; Future Life; Buddha; Buddhists; Retribution; Eternity; After Life | ||||||||
The moonbeams, like intangible flowers; The air, the trembling drapery of the priest; The murmur of the river, a soft chant ... All are there at the feet of Night, The white Buddha on the shore of Sleep, Brooding over a new Nirvanic peace. The silence of enlightenment, a new ecstasy, Calls our souls like bees To suck honey from the lotus of Eternity. A perfection this, of silence, of peace and light; Night, the only Buddha that attains to it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IKON: THE HARROWING OF HELL by DENISE LEVERTOV LEEK STREET by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR UNABLE TO FIND by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS 3 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 1 by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE AFTERLIFE: LETTER TO STEPHEN DOBYNS: 2 by HAYDEN CARRUTH WRITING IN THE AFTERLIFE by BILLY COLLINS |
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