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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MANDALA, by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The centre of the mandala is everywhere Last Line: Into the perennial circle of the sun. Subject(s): Love; Secrets | |||
The centre of the mandala is everywhere, Wherever the eye falls The mystery begins to unfold; it is there, The growing-point of love, an ever-opening rose Perceived as light on leaf or shadow under, And in the brooding heart the wings stir Of the bird whose flight is through a thousand skies. The centre of the mandala is the secret We have always known: Sometimes a hazel-nut in the palm of the hand, Sometimes it covers the whole sky, Or rains down on a city Making strange places all familiar Because the light that touches them is our own. The centre of the mandala is possibility Of incarnation, seed of the tree About whose beams the myriad stars turn, I the infinity where all selves converge Into the perennial circle of the sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT THE MUSEE RODIN IN PARIS by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR EXISTING LIGHT; FOR LEE NYE by MADELINE DEFREES GRETA GARBO AND THE STAR MESSENGER by MADELINE DEFREES ELSINORE IN THE LATE ANCIENT AUTUMN by NORMAN DUBIE MARGARET'S SPEECH by NORMAN DUBIE THE PARALLAX MONOGRAPH FOR RODIN by NORMAN DUBIE THE TREES OF MADAME BLAVATSKY by NORMAN DUBIE A MESSAGE TO MICHAEL by KATHLEEN JESSIE RAINE |
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