River Ganges flows
in silence, in its
journey meets
cross sections
of people.
Quietly provides
solace, to the guilty,
to the cruel, to those
who feel for the misdoings.
A dip in the holy waters
purifies one,
destroys the sins
papanasam.
Good find beatitude,
bad receive blessings,
an impartial phenomenon
experienced nowhere.
On its banks lies
Varanasi, the ancient city
where Hindus seeks
atonement,
The holy place is right
on the Trishool
Trident of Lord shiva.
Hindus wish to die here
as it breaks the cycle of rebirth
one attains salvation. One of Brahma's
five head torn by Shiva,
gets dropped from Shiva's hold
at this place and disappears.
The city known as Kasi
attains glory at this phase
transforms to a holy site.
sacred to the Hindus.
Mark Twain puts it, {Benares
another name for Varanasi}
"Benares is older than history,
older than tradition, older even than legend,
and looks twice as old as all of them put together."[
On The Banks Of Ganges
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Good poem. A pretty nice flow to your narrative as well. My one nit...I'm not sure how Shiva clearly fits in with the rest of the poem.
Re: On The Banks Of Ganges
The holiness of Varanasi increases while the slain head of brahma held by Shiva for long drops down in this city.
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Re: On The Banks Of Ganges
Thx for the explanation. Because of my ignorance, it throws confusion into an otherwise nice flow. Even knowing it, I don't think it is crucial to the poem. Maybe leave it in according to your audience? Anyway, I don't want to focus on this point, since my emphasis should be on how nice a poem this is.
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Meenas, your poem has been nominated. If you want it to go forward, please post it asap in Writer's Block Palaver Upcoming March