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Adi Atman 1: dipped in black

Ivan M. Granger, Ivan M. Granger poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Yoga / Hindu poetry by Ivan M. Granger
(1969 - ) Timeline

Original Language
English
Secular or Eclectic
Yoga / Hindu : Advaita / Non-Dualist
Contemporary

Adi Atman,

your brush is dipped
in black
     black hairs drinking black
     black hairs rolled
against gray stone
     black hairs rolled
to a fine black tip

white
beneath your black
brush --
I wait

I wait
your first mark
-- quick and rough

will I know myself
after?

 

2004

 

 


 
 
 
 
 



 

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