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an excerpt
Poem
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Ode to Drowning ~ by Tishani Doshi
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Ode to Drowning ~ by Tishani Doshi
Inspired Poems, October 2008
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"For there is no love
without music
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"For there is no love
without music
No rain
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without peacocks
perched
in branches
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of sandalwood trees
with plumes
of angels
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and voices of thieves
pleading for their loves
to return "
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I might have a clue to what it means,
but it'll probably NOT be what the poet intended.
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but it'll probably NOT be what the poet intended.
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Here's my take...
It's about a person who has led a negative life... for example...
a criminal, a selfish person, a rebellious teen or a former atheist.
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In the first stanza...
"no love without music, no rain without peacocks perched in branches..."
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In the first stanza...
"no love without music, no rain without peacocks perched in branches..."
He suddenly finds that his life has no happiness and is full of regret.
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In the last stanza...
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In the last stanza...
"and voices of thieves pleading for their loves to return"
... he hopes that the people he loves (or God) will forgive him.
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