Milestone 60
Poet and author Hariharan Balakrishnan reaches one of life's significant milestones and asks a question.
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April 03, 2013
March 27, 2013
Fireflies
Poet Hariharan Balakrishnan muses upon his significance in the Great Order of Life.
March 20, 2013
Elephantasy
Hariharan Balakrishnan brings a poem of pure joy - a poem to fix in one's memory.
March 13, 2013
A New Year Every Day
Embedded in Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem is a thought that can lead to a well-lived life.
March 06, 2013
What Makes Me Wait?
I'm angry with none
But happy with some
Anger takes me nowhere
But happiness eludes
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem considers the reason for human existence.
February 20, 2013
Melting In Eternity
Hariharan Balakrishnan reminds us that many a poem fails to appear in neat array upon a page.
February 13, 2013
A Hope for Tomorrow
Hariharan Balakrishnan finds hope in silent contemplation.
February 06, 2013
Swan-peacock song
...I did not see I did not know
Of such grace and beauty...
Poet Hariharan Balakrishnan is overwehlemd ny the grace and beauty of swan and peacock.
January 30, 2013
Standing Alone
Poet Hariharan Balakrishnan wonders why he feels alone in the world.
Standing Alone
Poet Hariharan Balakrishnan wonders why he feels alone in the world.
January 16, 2013
What Makes Me Wait?
"I have no more deadlines to keep
No more targets to meet...'' writes Hariharan Balakrishnan, wondering why happiness still eludes him.
January 09, 2013
When I Look Back
...I look back now and this I see
Toddler daughters- now women
One to be a mother soon
The other a match to anyone...
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem reminds us that a house is much more than a mere collection of brick, mortar and wood.
January 02, 2013
Swan-peacock Song
"I did not see I did not know
Of such grace and beauty...'' writes Hariharan Balakrishnan in this sensuous poem.
December 12, 2012
Father And I
Hariharan Balakrishnan's profoundly moving poem is a reaching out to grip and hold on to the meaning of life.
December 05, 2012
Alone
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem reflects the isolated feelings of a sensitive poet.
November 28, 2012
Two Half-Diamonds
Hariharan Balakrishnan's scintillating poem asks a profound question.
November 14, 2012
Do I Have To Write At All?
Poet Hariharan Balakrishnan questions why he sets down words.
November 07, 2012
Some Day
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem is an expression of a desire for perfect and simple understanding.
October 31, 2012
A Stranger
"Why am I ever a strangter?'' muses poet Hariharan Balakrishnan.
October 24, 2012
My Journey Is My Own
...I walk in silence, thoughts in mind
Thoughts I share with just a few...
And lucky we are that Hariharan Balakrishnan shares his profound thoughts with us.
October 17, 2012
Talk And Speech
Poet Hariharan Balakrishnan writes:
When I talk to someone
I talk to a person
When I speak
I speak to the world
October 10, 2012
I Would Rather Suffer More
Hariharan Balakrishnan is gifted a profound comment from a friend and poet par excellence.
October 03, 2012
Are You Saraswati
Hariharan Balakrishnan questions the force, the muse, which compels him to shape words into poems.
September 26, 2012
Encounter With Time
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem expresses a mood of tranquil acceptance.
September 05, 2012
Dawn And Dusk
Hariharan Balakrishnan's evocative poem tells of the most beauiful sights on Earth.
August 29, 2012
A Bridge To Whom?
Hariharan Balakrishnan asks himself the question which occurs to every imaginative writer.
August 22, 2012
Alone In A Crowd
"I am at peace, alone,'' writes poet Hariharan Balakrishnan, sharing deep feelings.
August 15, 2012
Ups And Downs
The bouncing enthusiam of a college kid leads Hariharan Balakrishnan to contemplate mortality.
August 08, 2012
Tree Of Life
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem tells of Nature come to the rescue of one of It's own children - a baby bird in distress.
August 01, 2012
Tree Of Life
Hariharan Balakrishnan's profound poem concerns flight from that which is good and life-giving.
July 25, 2012
Folly
Hariharan Balakrishnan presents a wonderful remember-for-ever poem about lost love.
July 18, 2012
War or Peace? - Dussera 2002
Dussera is the festival in India signifying triumph of good over evil. On the day that Hariharan Balakrishnan wrote this poem in 2002 India and Pakistan were on the brink of war.
July 11, 2012
Rain - Peacock
Rain rains but does not reign, declares Hariharan Balakrishnan's deliciously watery poem.
July 04, 2012
Patient Wait
Hariharan Balakrishnasn's poem tells of a man whose thoughts reach behond the din of the world.
June 27, 2012
...As They Come To Me
"A poet is essentially a loner- someone who writes for himself, and to himself,'' writes Hariharan Balakrishnan in reflective mood.
June 13, 2012
I Have No More Deadlines To Meet
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem indicates that life can be expansive and extensive when there are no more deadlines to meet.
June 06, 2012
Singular
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem announces that the silent man has silence for company. But there's a great deal of thought in that silent man's head.
May 23, 2012
The Lonely Howl Of A Forlorn Wolf
In Hariharan Balakrishnan's magical poem a wolf's compassionate tears restore the silence of the night.
May 16, 2012
A Place For The Stars
Stars are not like water, are they?
They do not find their way, do they?
Is my fist the place for them?
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem approaches the meaning of a mystery beyond resolution.
May 02, 2012
The Golden Gate
...Permanence is myth, a shining mirage...
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem reminds us that our lives last for a mere speck of time.
The Golden Gate
...Permanence is myth, a shining mirage...
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem reminds us that our lives last for a mere speck of time.
April 25, 2012
Dancing Diamonds
A sweltering summer's eve brings to Hariharan Balakrishnan a suggestion, a fleeting glimpse, of the greatest of all lights.
April 04, 2012
Tomorrow, Just Another Day
Hariharan Balakirshnan's poem expresses a detrmined optimism in facing up to another day.
March 28, 2012
Rainbow Moments
Hariharan Balakrishnan's beautiful poem highlights magical moments for parent and child.
March 07, 2012
The Urban Refugee
Hariharan Balakrishnan's deeply moving poem persuades us to pay attention to those in our midst who have nothing.
February 29, 2012
Silence
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem challenges the reader to consider the lives of those who stand alone beyond the crowd.
February 22, 2012
Some Day
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem expresses a deep longing for meditative simplicity.
February 08, 2012
Ashes And The Earth
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem emphasises the ephemeral nature of life.
February 01, 2012
A Blank Screen
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem tells of the word drought which affects all writers at one time or another.
January 25, 2012
The Toothless Beggar
A chance encounter with a laughing toothless beggar compels poet Hariharan Balakrishnan to consider the meaning of life.
January 18, 2012
Dreamless State
...If dreams are naught would you be you?...
Poet Hariharan Balakrishnan asks a pertinent question which may leave you pondering for many a day.
December 14, 2011
The Silent One
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem emphasises the shalowness of "society''.
November 30, 2011
Autumn Flowers
Hariharan Balakrishnan expresses thoughts which occur to everyone who tries to weave a magical fabric from words.
November 23, 2011
The Tamarind Tree
...The tangy fruits were all for me
I did not care for the rest
I ran back home with pride and glee...
Hariharan Balakrishnan expresses the immense joy of being young and adventuresome.
November 16, 2011
Feet On The Street
Hariharan Balakrishnan's good-humoured poem considers the feats that feet can perform!
November 09, 2011
The Golden Gate
Hariharan Balakrishnan's poem brings into sharp focus the transience of human existence.
November 02, 2011
Dancing Diamonds
Taking a cooling shower on a sweltering Indian summer's eve suddenly fills poet Hariharan Balakrishnan with a sense of the wonder and glory of God.
October 26, 2011
Rainbow Moments
Indian poet Hariharan Balakrishnan conjures another memorable wonder from mere words.
October 24, 2011
Hariharan's Poetry
Selvi, who lives in Los Alamos, New Mexico, brings appreciative comments on the poems of Hariharan Balakrishnan whose work is now appearing in Open Writing.
Selvi and Hariharan re-established contact after an interval of 55 years and now regularly correspond.
Selvi has given permission for this e-mail to Hartiharan to appear in Open Writing.
October 19, 2011
A Place For The Stars
"I was never taught to be taut,'' writes poet Hariharan Balakrishnan, glorying in things vast enough to fill a universe, yet small enough to clasp in a hand.
October 05, 2011
Images Of Tenderness
Today we welcome an Indian poet to the pages of Open Writing. Hariharan Balakrishnan recently published his first book of poems, A Fistful Of Stars.
Hariharan brings us a poem appropriately entitled Indian Summer.
It is preceded by an introduction to his book written by Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra who won the second highest civilian award in India on the day he wrote the preface. Dr. Mahapatra's poems have been translated into several languages and his work is read around the world.
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