Hills of Nirvana

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    • hippideeth
    • Hey guys! I recently published a poetry chapbook in memory of my mammaw. It's available on amazon.com and createspace e store. It's titled If I Settle Down... by Charles Cross.

    Hills of Nirvana

    Hills of Nirvana

     

    A breeze brings a burning sensation

                Set deep within

                Beneath the skin

    Some far land a man is on fire

                Burning bright

                In a starving night

    A snowflake dives to the ground

                April snow

                On convict’s toes

     

    STOP

    FREEZE

    NONEXISTENT POUCH

     

    Death is asleep for the time being

                Bullets look back at the gun

                Father stops hitting his son

    Stock market crash

                No one minds

                Not aristocrats, not even their kind

    The store owner leaves the money

                The trigger is still

                Even though he has not had his fill

    A Buddhist monk sits outside his temple

                Watching the hills

                Waiting till

     

    THE EYE OPENS AND THE HILLS COLLAPSE

    BLOOD FLOWS

    BULLETS SOAR

    THE INNOCENT DIE

    WHILE WE OPEN THE DOOR

    Goodbye

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    SuSpence commented on Hills of Nirvana

    05-10-2010

    Pretty amazing hippi, I had to read this one several times to truly appreciate it entirely. I really like your style. Awesome. -Spence
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    dvusdreams commented on Hills of Nirvana

    01-20-2010

    i love the way poem leads up to something far worse then normal everyday evil, it gets you thinking about the true darkness that is around the corner, it allows your mind to run wild thinking of the impending events to come, i also enjoyed the structure you used, very well done keep up the great writing
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    sk commented on Hills of Nirvana

    09-25-2009

    Good commentary on the evil that men do...the rest that they seek, yet push further away every day by their deeds...the days are growing shorter and something much much bigger is coming...our violence against eachother is the beginnings of birthing pains signalling the pending birth of a new world in the age of man....God watches his children and cries.
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    ginga commented on Hills of Nirvana

    09-20-2009

    hippi, A very well thought out socio/cultural write that oozes of the dirty deeds that plague us. This poem has so much truth. riddled with the violent aftermath. Great nerves of steel went into this! I have written Helpless to Help, a poem that reminds me of this one to some degree. ginga
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    torimode commented on Hills of Nirvana

    09-15-2009

    SOOO captivating! You have wonderful imagery and such a flow in this poem. I LOVE the last line! Yes, the door is slowly being opened and the new age is just around the corner. very well done.
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    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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