Thursday, May 13, 2010

Image by Michael Parkes



A Time Travel

by Debashish Haar

An hour for time travel:
Vermeer accepts
Bernard Shaw’s invitation,
schools of arts and linguistics meet.
Dali and Escher host
Columbus for a drink, a whole world’s
rediscovered, after centuries, in a bed.

At 5.30 am, he wakes in the sheet
that had rivers and streams.
The streams flow upstairs
into the terrace, and he swims.

He’s the only creator,
sipping the solar system in a cup.

The wind frees the sheets of dream
and collapses like powder in grass.
Pictures fade like rainbows
and splash their colors.

14 comments:

Samosas for One said...

Beautiful. Did you get my invitation?

A Cuban In London said...

How beautiful! Many thanks. Escher and Dali as hosts? That'll be one hell of a dinner! :-)

Greetings from London.

rochambeau said...

Dreamland,
Endless possibility!
Hugs to you and the fam!

xox
Constance

Kat Mortensen said...

Wow, that is one wild poem, Yoli! I love the pairing with the Parkes picture. Who would you invite to a fantastic dinner party?

I think Shakespeare, James Joyce and Sylvia Plath would be fun.

Kat

Anonymous said...

You have a such a lovely blog, and this post is just beautiful! Best wishes for a beautiful weekend. Thank you for your kind words.

Agneta

Techyonix said...

Hi, this is Debashish, and I feel honored to see my poem on your blog, but I am not sure if I know you.

Yoli said...

I would have to invite Shaw and Wilde.

Debashish if that is indeed you, it is an honor that you are here. I am a big fan.

Annie Coe said...

So beautiful and makes me feel peaceful :-).
XOXO

Anonymous said...

Godmorning, Sweden here...

Thank you for nice comment on my Wabi & Sabi blog & I love to suprise you (you do the same for me all the time)!!

By the way, today I have a very swedish theme on my blog.... and I think you'll like it!

Please take care

Agneta

Robin said...

This sounds like a dinner I would love to be a guest at! What conversations!

Hugs,

♥ Robin ♥

at swim-two-birds said...

oh wow, so glad to know you! love this poem :-)

Amanda Summer said...

beautiful poem yoli............

whom to invite to a dinner party..........james joyce, yes. richard feynmann. and john fowles.


xo♡

thehauntedstudiounderthestairs said...
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Yoli said...

k we have two very different takes on Shaw. The man and his work are very familiar to me. I do appreciate your concern, I will make sure you come along for the dinner.