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Pastries falling asleep in their box.......what a line ! Ooooh......just made my morning ! Raju......I feel like coming to Mumbai and talking to you ! I think I will make another cup of tea to linger on this poem !!!

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Yessss!! Happiest to be an excuse for more tea.. would love to talk to you Ritu 💘🌺🌿 thank you for reading

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This! Plus “my plants when I’m busy” 😆 what a delightful read.

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Each & every line a “delicate” reminder of life being alive … amen to your prayer dear Raju

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Thank you, Neena.. for seeing it the way only you can. ❤️

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We are all thankful that you have gathered the courage to share your poems. Because, wow!!

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Sanket, thank you for this, it really gives me permission and encouragement to share more poems. ❤️

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Savoured each line of this delicate poem and then the last!! Yes Raju to be slow to love the delicate all around us.. you captured the beauty of this!!

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You awakened in me a need to slow down, although I believe I’ve slowed down hugely, but not slow enough to observe the littlest things that should still surprise me. Thank you for this poem that prays softly.

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So beautiful and tender, Raju 😍

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Sublime! Loved the way the words fell softly on my consciousness, much like the parijats in the picture drifting to the ground :)

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For the rest of the day I want to ride on 'soap bubbles of memory!'💖💖💖

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Absolute beauty and tenderness!

Made me think of my father's feet,

Broad, with the projecting bone

(Which I inherited, which ruined all my soft shoes)

Which, in later years, I would give him pedicures

Trim his toenails, get unnerved when he squealed!

His quiet gratitude would break my heart...

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What a poem to wake up to this morning. Pastries...

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Thank you once again, Stacy. ❤️

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Beautiful! Keep sharing them Raju 👏

Our art is an expression of the Divine. Every time I am in my place in the creative process, that Divine in me is leading the way. I agree with you, that state echoes a prayer.

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Thank you, Keva! Your words have stayed with me and encouraged me. Thank you. ❤️❤️

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Pastries falling asleep may just be my favourite imagery of all time ❤️. Such a gentle and lovely poem - so like the poet 🤗

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Thank you Binu 💘 thanks so much

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You! You! Thank you for sharing. Please do keep sharing.

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Thank you dear Sarah 🥰

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May we all be slow enough to love delicate things 🙌🏾🌸 Thank you for this stunning prayer in the form of a poem!

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Thank YOU for your prompt. Thank you for being you. 💘♥️🌿

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♥️🤗

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In love with the gentle beauty of this <3

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🤗🥲🌻🎶 itnaa sundarr!!

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