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A Hymn to Becoming — A Dedication

A Hymn to Becoming — A Dedication [Metrical scheme: dactyl-dactyl-cretic-iamb-anapæst] Cusecs of music from mountain cliff, they tumble to earth, Splendorous time like a morning sky in hurry of birth;…
Two Himalaya Paintings by Marc D

Two Himalaya Paintings by Marc D Immense retreats of silence and of gloom, Hills of a sterile grandeur, rocks that sublime In bareness seek the blue sky’s infinite room With their…
When Grandpa Was a Boy

When Grandpa Was a Boy By Dorothy Walters So many things were different When Grandpa was a boy. He never saw a movie And he seldom had a toy. He…
The inspired and inevitable Word

The inspired and inevitable Word Winging through new heavens of beauty and truth To the spirit hastening in dazzles of life Cruises great word bearing in its rush every sense,…
5 December 2025 at Auroville

“Sri Aurobindo has not left us. Sri Aurobindo is here,as living and as present as ever and it is leftto us to realise his work with all the sincerity,eagerness and…
A Few of my Selected Marathi Poems

सोनचाफा : माझ्या काही निवडक कविता (Marathi Edition) Kindle Edition उदात्त आवाज आणि उत्स्फूर्त ओघ हे भारदस्त काव्याचे वाङ्मयिन वैशिष्ट्य उंचावणारे प्रतिष्ठित वैभव ठरते. त्यात तीव्र उत्साह आणि धावता शब्दप्रवाह एकाच…
He the absolute Sovereignty

He the absolute Sovereignty Seated on a mahogany chair brought from time, Wearing radiant shoes made of heaven’s leather, Infinity draped himself in a gleaming shawl, Its chocolate tinge spreading…
Richness of the Else

Richness of the Else Oh richness of the Else within-without-above Reached only by the flame burning in a heart Which is like a topaz plunging into depths, Profundity of silence…
On the Pond of Love the waves of Love — Marathi-English Poem

प्रेमाच्या डोही प्रेमची तरंग आधी होते प्रेम, अगदी प्रेमच, चमत्कार की झाले ते वात्सल्य; शुभ्र कपिलेचे वासरू दुडदुडे, हंबरण्यात कौतुक एकत्वाचे; त्याच पदार्थाचे ती-ते दोघेही, जन्म घेई जन्माच्या गूढत्वात; प्रेमाच्या…
A Poem in Marathi with the Original in English

पूर्वेच्याही खूप पलीकडे भूतकाळाच्या रात्रीचे मांजर मागचे पाय गडद हिरवे अग्नीचे; देह पुराणा थरारक भयावह विश्वाच्या चितेवर जळत जळत; कथितपक्षाचा आत्मा प्रसिद्ध घेई रूप सतत पुन्हा हर्षाचे; लहरींच्या गाण्यात…
She will bring a lustrous Body — A Poem in Marathi with a Rendering into English

येईल उज्वल शरीरधर्म नसे थोडीही कल्पना ह्या थकलेल्या देहाची, बिनखात्रीचे वृद्धापण, भयानक अगतिकता; होईलका वस्त्र ते जीर्ण टाकूनी देण्याकरताच, आशेचे धागे विस्कटलेल्या तुच्छ भावभावना? बलिष्ठ होते ते, हुतुतुत पटाईत एके…
Matrimandir Calendar 2026

Dear Friends, It is with great joy that I announce to youthat the Matrimandir Calendar 2026is available in the beginning of December ! The 2026-edition shows some of the newly finished…
Oh the Rain that needs no Cloud — A Poem in Marathi and English

पडतोय पाऊस ढगाविना पडतोय पाऊस ज्याला कधी न लागे ढग, सतत बरसात अढळ प्रेमाची ह्र्दयाविना; अद्भुत संगीतमय वीणा चपळ तारांशिवाय स्वर स्तब्धतेच्या निळ्या आकाशापलीकडून; दृग्गोचरात दिसणारे प्रशंसनीय अदृश्य होई अधिकाधिक…
Once I looked into the Mirror of Elea

Once I looked into the Mirror of Elea Once I looked into the mirror of Elea and met Parmenides, But the One Thing that seemed to be still raced in…
A silence was heard — A Poem in English and Marathi

A silence was heard A silence was heard by the listening ear, An unspoken voice echoing in the soul; Zealous flowers in garden unseen by the eye Smiled in rapture…
A skyblue inspiration — An English-Marathi Poem

A skyblue inspiration alighted once To see beyond creation was in her eyes The great hill ran at imagination’s speed And glad springs narrated the weal of beauty Peacock shimmers,…
Françesca is in deep contemplation

Françesca is in deep contemplation Françesca is in deep contemplation, a luminous hush envelopes her all around, and within, into the very depths of the cells of the body. The…
In Search of Silence by Rohan Chitale

Last month Rohan Chitale visited several places in the South as a Quester of Inner Silence. He made extensive notes of the impressions he had during his travel. The present…