COALESCING POETRY
(into seven haiku forms)
Creating a Universe
Poetry began
the process of creation
deep within itself
the first sound came from
a vowel in the bowel
of the universe
but it soon collapsed
choking on a consonant
with nowhere to go
looking to itself
it remembered what it was
and started dancing
tapping syllables
the sound fractured into forms
causing attraction
elements combined
into a cosmic language
sounding out all things
same thing with these words
as they break and make themselves
into poetry
© Ken Chawkin
For more details on this transformation, see this blog post with thoughts on language, translation, and creation.
Tags: atma-veda-sharir-vishwa-brahm, creative manifestation, haiku, multiple haiku poem, Poetry, process of creation, shruti-sound, smriti-memory, sounds becoming forms, universe, verse
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