Comments on: that overgrown suitcase of memories

By: Vandana

Vandana — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:44:58 +0000

“you will smile at the little treasure in
that wobbling and quavering,
overgrown suitcase of memories ”

Mostly in life we groan under the burdens of what we carry in these ‘overgrown suitcases of memories’ but this is a refreshing perspective of adding more to the suitcase and wresting from it some secret smiles,some joys and a lightness of spirit.Wonderful expression.

By: The Distant I: A new leaf

The Distant I: A new leaf — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:18:45 +0000

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By: Elsa

Elsa — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:09:23 +0000

I was directed to this poem by Id it is. Lovely… reminds me of so much. I guess everybody has this overgrown suitcase of memories somewhere in their closet.
Anyway….I have chosen this poem as this month’s choice on Espace Poetique, a corner dedicated to blog poetry on my blog.
Do visit.

By: Shueyb Gandapur

Shueyb Gandapur — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:55:50 +0000

In fact the very question of whether or not to meet an old flame is so emotionally loaded. Whether or not to rekindle the remnants of feelings that have survived in one’s heart. And the possiblity of going through all that pain of separation again only for a few moments of reunion. Loved these lines:

When all the dust has been cleared
Alas, that will be the time to come back
It will be sad, as it was before

Also reminds me of Parveen Shakir’s ‘Yeh haseen sham apni’: Hamein chahiye tha milna kisi ehd-e-mehrbaan mein…

and…
Youn to muddat tak nahin aaya kabhi un ka khayal
Aur jab aayee to un ki aisi yaad aayee ke… bas!

By: RR

RR — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:39:01 +0000

Id – that was a clever interpretation – yes indeed I gave the go-ahead and encouraged it to clear the dust, sharpen the inner images and contours..
Of course let the suitcase grow more –

Cubano and Manpreet – many thanks for the kind words

By: IMeMy

IMeMy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:40:45 +0000

The image of memories burgeoning in a suitcase is really potent, and unlike the casual and easy going image of memories strewn along a path or the cliched memories strung on heart beats.

…so what advice did you give this friend? If I were to go by the poem I’d say it was a go-ahead signal; add some more to the suitcase even if it is already overgrown; quite in keeping with what Tennyson once said, “tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”

By: “that overgrown suitcase of memories” « memoirs of an errant king

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:38:18 +0000

[...] 1, 2008 I came across the following poem on the blog Jahane Rumi, written by the blog’s author, Raza Rumi. While claimed to have been written “in a [...]

By: Manpreet

Manpreet — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:53:10 +0000

Beautiful, The image of suitcase overgrown…

By: cubano

cubano — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:14:11 +0000

But the quivering moments stolen from life
will come back with thee
And, life shall not be all that empty

you will smile at the little treasure in
that wobbling and quavering,
overgrown suitcase of memories

- This is great

By: Sidhusaaheb

Sidhusaaheb — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:38:48 +0000

A poet’s way of looking at things can be so much different from a lay man’s.