Haiku Inspirations
by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 6
1
To capture your smile
In a brushstroke, or beauty
With a turn of phrase.
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2
To cross oceans with
Gossamer sails, or fly on
Wings made of paper.
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3
To see beyond with
Both eyes closed, and to feel your
Heart in just one breath.
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4
It is our sacred
Dream — our life’s goal — to create
The impossible.
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5
Your heart — my safety,
My inner sanctuary,
My eternal home.
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6
You have woven your
Love, into each note of your
Melodies divine.
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7
From our beyond comes
Newness that never before
Existed on earth.
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8
We begin our days
With love — the shining jewel
Of our oneness-heart.
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9
When God created
Our hearts, he also gave us
His oneness-life dream.
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10
As tides ebb and flow,
Creator and creation
Too, reverse their roles.
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11
With our hearts’ prayers,
We reach to touch the ever-
Present silence above.
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12
We step on freshly
Laid ground, as our universe
Expands on all sides.
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13
In the company
Of angels, we always put
Our best foot forward.
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14
There is a place of
Exquisite beauty where our
Hearts play together.
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15
There is a place of
Quiet solitude where our
Hearts pray together.
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16
One day we will look
At these earthly years and say,
How lucky we were!
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17
Our pilgrim hearts have
Travelled for millennia
Just to reach your Feet.
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18
On bended knees, we
Place our gratitude-flowers
At Your sacred Feet.
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19
You come to my heart
With a sunburst of delight
O my life giver.
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20
I live inside the
Shelter of your precious love
O my heart dreamer.
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21
Life is a chance for
Us to offer this world our
Heart’s peace and goodwill.
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22
A canoeist or
Haikuist, such a choice when
You are all at sea!
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23
If I could omit
Just one mistake in this life,
It would be — regret!
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24
Your New York is a
City within a country
Within your Heart Home.
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25
My London is a
City with in a county
With in your Heart Realm.
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26
If the fingertips
Of your outstretched hand could touch
My eyes, I would wake.
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27
As the world sleeps, I
Write the words that silence speaks,
Just for you to read.
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28
Your divinity
Is so close, I see before
Me, my Beloved.
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29
You are a healer
Of minds, a lover of hearts —
Fulfiller of lives.
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30
In the brush of a
Moment, in the deep silence
Of night, I feel You.
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31
Through the frantic maze
Of life’s complications, I
Seek your heart of Peace.
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32
A shining jewel —
One, among myriads — You
Took my breath away.
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33
To our wide surprise
God blessed our lives with colours,
All so beautiful.
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34
O, to be a bird,
To lift and live among the blue
Heights of heaven-skies.
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35
With my heart-smiles and
Tears of joy, I run to You,
My life’s safe haven.
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36
Soft night falls, a sweep
Of birds wing to home, on the
Last glimmer of light.
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37
The ground still speaks of
The dance of your tennis play
And the crash of weights.
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38
It still echoes your
Meditation steps and your
Peace music prayers.
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39
Our Aspiration-
Ground holds safe, both the sounds and
Silence of your Life.
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40
We are called by the
Beauty vast of a new dawn
From a world within.
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41
O Sovereign of Light,
O world Saviour, in your hands
Our destinies lie.
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42
I try, to please you,
I cry, to serve you, I would
Die, for just one smile.
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43
We remain silent
In the hope that God will speak.
But will we listen?
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44
The world rushes by,
And we — who were once your age —
Now spin in its wake.
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45
With thrills and spills, with
Gasps and cheers, the circus has
Arrived in town!
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46
A heart such as yours
Came into existence from
God’s own precious Dream.
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47
O my mind, do not
Prevent me from entering
My own heart garden.
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48
At the shrine of your
Heart temple, I pray each day
With you and, for you.
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49
We are eternal
Pilgrims of the heart in search
Of the immortal.
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50
You spoke to the gods
Yet you walked among us with
Your fathomless Grace.
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51
I am sure I have
Passed this way before, only
The season has changed.
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52
Winter — a glass-topped
Pond, keeps its secrets hidden
In a silent world.
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53
Spring — a wonder burst
Of newness, a splash of joy,
On butterfly wings.
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54
Summer — the play of
Life, of colour in full flight,
And long gentle nights.
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55
Fall — the autumnal
Tumble of leaves, in the sweep
Of life’s retreat.
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It is a story,
Long told by mendicants, of
Life in the searching.
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57
My heart was at peace
As I woke to see your smile
Of benevolence.
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58
Sunrise and sunset,
And each phase of the moon has
Something to teach us.
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59
Just as we reach for
Perfection, our perfection
Is reaching for us.
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60
Sneakily, problems
Disguise themselves as mantras
To steal our mind’s poise.
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61
Each atom of faith
Builds a temple of love, in
Humanity’s heart.
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Chosen by our souls,
Is the path once trodden by
Saints and sages.
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Only God could have
Created such a special
Life as yours.
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64
Your precious heart-touch
Is in all that you are, and
In all that you do.
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65
Annam Brahma — Home
Of God’s sacred, self-giving,
Universal Heart.
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66
You receive God’s gifts
With both hands, and with your heart
You feed the world soul.
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67
I place at Your feet,
My heart-flower gifts, at each
Forever moment.
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68
The parade of drums,
Trumpets and song proclaims your
Victory divine.
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69
Heaven once called you
The king of the track, whose feet
Barely touched the ground.
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Again, we pause, we
Wait to hear the elusive
Near, yet distant call.
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71
In the weave of life’s
Bright tapestry — no more threads
Of bleak tomorrows.
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72
From the tower of
Self importance, we deign to
Give the world advice.
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Music of the soul,
Awakens our inner voice
To sing our God-songs.
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74
To the ends of the
Earth we go in search of rare
Untrammelled beauty.
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75
At the edge of time
Where poems composed of Light
Charm the silent rim.
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76
Creation dons the
Subtle form, of its endless
Possibilities.
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77
We will retain our
Age-long faith in the dream of
World liberation.
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78
To walk among the
Ancient forests, each step to
Breathe in nature’s calm.
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79
God composed songs of
JOY, not for just one voice to
Sing but, for many.
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80
I hold your heart close
Within — and within each breath
I feel your heart smile.
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81
You are with us, at
Each unknowable step, to
Guide and protect us.
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82
On your way to earth
You brought with you the sparkle
Of Heaven’s newness.
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83
O my supporter
Unseen, to your promise life
Always, I will bow.
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84
Deep within our hearts
All divisions dissolve, in
Pure tranquillity.
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85
You have given our
Separate lives the shelter
Of your oneness home.
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86
O, how the clear, wide
Skies of morning lift our hearts
And renew our dreams.
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87
Your Heaven-free songs
Bend with welcome hands to lift
Our earth-bound discord.
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88
You still speak in the
Same familiar voice I first
Heard so long ago.
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89
The mountain mist draws
Me to silence, and my heart
Is winging the heights.
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90
In the darkest storm,
When all seems lost, your light guides
Our lifeboat ashore.
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91
You hold each smile of
The world soul, deep within your
Heart of boundless bliss.
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92
O wandering star
I follow your elusive
Path across the night.
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93
You pass the realms of
Cosmic gods as you straddle
The constellations.
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94
You shower earth with
Your heaven-blessed light, then all
In an instant — gone!
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95
Long after the end
Of time, I will continue
To love and serve you.
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96
You have flooded my
Entire being with your
Heart’s perfection dream.
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97
Let me not forget
You for a single moment,
O Light of my life.
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98
Where, but in the depths
Of my heart, could I worship
Your eternal smile.
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99
Throughout the ages
I have searched heaven and earth
For one glimpse of you.
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100
The mere thought of your
Presence, eclipses all forms
Of comparison.
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