Workshop # 5 
My Inspiration

Lonely and sad
I was walking on the beach,
Happiness and peace 
Seemed so much out of reach.

Regret of the past
Anxiety about the future,
Caught between the two
Living was a torture.

I had wealth, I had power
I had prestige as well as fame,
Yet I seemed to be a loser
In life’s complex game.

I had always fought for more
And never settled for less,
But now when I had it all
I was still in a mess.

What was my blunder,
Where had I gone wrong?
This is all I kept thinking 
As I dragged my feet along.

Just then I saw a sight
Which was so rare,
I stopped in my tracks
And continued to stare.

It was a vision in brown
Bathed in sea water and sunlight,
She seem to me the epitome
Of all that was happy and bright.

While frolicking in the glory
Of the Sun, Sand and Sea
She showed me what was wrong
With my life and with me.

She was living life
In the present moment, 
And the past and the future?
She knew what they meant.

Yesterday was over
And tomorrow yet to come,
Today was the reality
One had to face with aplomb.

Happiness was not a chance
But a matter of choice
From deep within me
I heard my soul’s voice.

Bidding a silent good-bye
To my lovely inspiration,
I took a solemn vow
To make each moment a Celebration.

– Ramendra Kumar   
January 7, 2001          

Workshop # 5
Poetry
Abundance – Brian Fisher
Arise Vanity Arise – Mahesh Jambunathan
Deliquescence – Kanchan Mahesh
Dew Drop – Rohini Ranjan
Elixir of Life – Sivasundari Bose
For What Purpose – Roberta Lee Wilcox
From Women To Lioness – MaryAnn Harrison
Goddess Mortal – Jason Gillam
Held in Purity – Joseph Allen Hardy
Maya – Rajender Krishan
My Inspiration – Ramendra Kumar
Nature's Dance – Robert M. Hensel
Picture Perfect – Ahmed Tanhaa
Prayer – Bhagwat K. Shah
Rain and Me – Smitha V
Resurrection – Uma Parthasarathy
Shore of Silence – Meenakshi Jha  
Singing in the Rain – Subhajit Ghosh
Soul – Pili Pubul
That's All I Ask – Anil Israel
The Light – Cynthia Proctor
Time Alone – Sean Vincent
Trans-Meta – Mallik Bulusu
What Do You Perceive – Maria Reed-Shore
Articles/Stories
Agony & Ecstasy by Pavalamani Pragasam 
Bliss in Solitude by Dr. Vidur Jyoti
Nectar of Immortality by Subrata Mukherjee  
On A Rainy Day by Subhajit Ghosh
Sayujyam by Maalok 
The Y2K Bug by Satish Nair

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