EARTH MANTRA

Poems with mystical Oriental themes.

SOLAR ECLIPSE, AUGUST 11th. 1999.

And how, across the bridges of the years, must ancient chieftains have trembled before this swift assassin of the Light.

AVATARA

In the shimmer and the shade Thoughts are woven, Love is made; Hari Ananda, Hari Om, Om Mani Padme Hum. - - -Avatara, Earthborn Divine, - - -Sings in silence songs of Time;
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TANDAVA

Through the ancient silence Shiva dances in Eternity; Dances on the rim of Heaven, Dreaming light from shadow ...... Scatters in the darkness Footprints of a crescent Dawn;

SHIVA

The third great Eye which cannot close, That watched since time-tossed planets froze; Beneath whose gaze all Nature quakes; Within whose glance such splendour wakes: - - -That is I.

KAMA

My Love is young beneath the skies, and to his heart my spirit flies; Though I call, I follow him, yet mine the heart that he would win.
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THE TEMPLE DANCER

Lord of North and South's bright wonder, Lord of Heaven's pearly skies; For his love her feet are dancing, To his heart her spirit flies ....... - - With one sweep of gilded lashes

KRISHNA

Behold my smile, the sunbright pearl That fuses gold across the sky; Behold my eyes, the crystal fires Soft-dreaming as the worlds spin by. And hear awhile my quiet voice