Activating a substrate to receive
An enzyme
Ready
Arrive
The electrons
Stretch to welcome
You float above the substrate
Before you form a link
You drift
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Silver Haired Goddess
(Written about my grandmother October 2006)
The sun lights up her silver hair
She walks gracefully past in her fresh light sari.
She’s a goddess from above.
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Flakes
Written in Feb 2007
The season changes
Clouds cover parts of
The sky. I lose peace.
Moisture in the wind
Falling leaves; dry and
Brittle. Wait for rain.
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Earth
June 5th 2008:
There is vulnerability
In the bud, and
Small new leaves.
In all young,
Newborns sprouting
Into Life.
There is freshness in
Water- life-giving
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At the Neem Tree
August 12, 2007
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I walk to my Friends in silence,
Drop my bag and jacket on the way
Carelessly let loose my hair.
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Chopin's Nostalgia: Ballade No. 2 in F Major op. 38
Chopin has always been the most real sound track of my life. I got to know some of his most popular pieces as a nine year old in Australia when Reader’s Digest sent the CD for my mum.
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Poongaathu Thirumbuma? Lyrics and Translation
This is a relatively old song. The lyrics are in rustic Tamil style. Melody by Ilayaraja.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ujkKvIpyfY
**Poongaathu thirumbuma? Yaen paatte virumbuma?
Paaraate, madiyil vaichu thaalaate,
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Ennadi Meenakshi- Lyrics and Translation
Theme Betrayal! The beat is peppy, but the song conveys his pain. It is almost caustically sarcastic in some parts. Kamal’s character is singing to the girl who left him for his friend.
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Poove Sempoove: Lyrics and Translation
Here is another Ilayaraja song. A melody from Solla Thudikuthu Manasu.
**poovae sempoovae un vaasam varum
vaasal en vaasal un poongaavanam
vaay paesidum pullaanguzhal
needhaanoru poovin madal**
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Naan Malarodu Thaniyaga- Lyrics and Translation
This is a sweet romantic song from the ’60s. Thanks to my dad for making sense of the last verse!
**nAn malarOdu thaniyAga yEn ingu ninREn
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