
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
ମୁଁ ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ ମୋ'ର

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Monday, April 21, 2025
When the Book Speaks

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Monday, April 14, 2025
ଟିକିଏ କାନିକା ପରି
ସେ କହିଲେ (ବ୍ଯଙ୍ଗରେ),"ଖାଲି ପବନ ଖାଇଛୁ ତା'ହେଲେ।"
ମୁଁ କି ଏ ସୁଯୋଗ ଛାଡିବା ଲୋକ। ମୁଁ ମଧ୍ୟ କହିଲି,
"ଖାଲି ପବନ ନୁହେଁ ...
ଟିକିଏ ପବନ, ସେଥିରେ (ଗଛ ପତ୍ରର) ବର୍ଷା ପାଣି କଲି ମିଶ୍ରଣ ।
ଛିଡେଇ ଆଣି ଭସା ବାଦଲ ରୁ ଖଣ୍ଡେ,
ସଜେଇ ରଖିଲି ସେଥିରେ, ପୁଣି କହୁଛି ଶୁଣ...
ସଜ ଫୁଟା ଫୁଲର ମହକ ଟିକିଏ ଆଣି,
ତା' ଉପରେ ଛିଞ୍ଚି ଦେଲି ହାଲକା ହାଲକା ପୁଣି।"
ଏହା ଶୁଣି କହିଲେ ସେ, "ଆରେ ବାଃ ! ବଢିଆ କବିତା। "
"କବିତା ? ଏ କି କବିତା ? ଇଏ କ'ଣ କବିତା !?," ବୋଲି କହିଲି ମୁଁ।
ଆପଣ ମାନେ କୁହନ୍ତୁ ତ...
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଖାଦ୍ୟରେ ଭାତ ର ମହତ୍ତ୍ୱର ସରି,
ଜନନୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୋ'ର ଠିକ ସେମିତି
ଟିକିଏ କାନିକା ପରି...
କାନିକାର ମିଠା ମିଠା ସ୍ବାଦ ଭଳି,
ମିଠା କଥା ଥା'ନ୍ତି ସେ କହି ।
ପୁଣି କେବେ ଅଳେଇଚ, ଡାଲଚିନି ମସଲା ଭଳି,
ବ୍ଯଙ୍ଗଭରା କଥାର ଛୁଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ଯ ଥାଏ ତହିଁ ।
ଦେଶି ଘିଅ ଭଳି ଥାଏ ଯତ୍ନ ଓ ପୋଷଣ
ପ୍ରଭୁ ପାଦେ କରିଥାନ୍ତି ସେ ସର୍ବଦା ଜଣାଣ।
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଖାଦ୍ୟରେ ଭାତ ର ମହତ୍ତ୍ୱର ସରି,
ଜନନୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୋ'ର ଠିକ ସେମିତି
ଟିକିଏ କାନିକା ପରି...

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Sunday, April 13, 2025
Love Like Hers
That could capsize entire oceans
Like the exquisite redolence
Of the pristine flower from heavens
Like the astute philosopher
Perceiving an entire cosmos in thoughts
Like the whimsical butterfly
Gliding by, radiating rapture beyond noughts
Like the refreshing zephyr
Of the summer moon
Like the warm sunshine
Of the winter noon
Like the peachy glimmer
During the birth of dawn
Like the purple shimmer
The silken gloaming has spawn
How could mere words be ever enough?
Even imagining a Love like hers is beyond tough.
For when she loves
She is born
For when she loves
Eternity has her heart adorn
For when she loves
She is earth's profound emotion
For when she loves
She has the sky in motion
She loves like the fiery passion in heart's heart
She loves like the dreamy calmness in ethereal art
She loves like Time has never been born
She loves like Space is still in the cosmic churn
Yet she stands as if she is
Of an inconsequential presence
It would need gems for eyes
To comprehend her divine essence
How could mere words be ever enough?
Even imagining a Love like hers is beyond tough.

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Saturday, April 12, 2025
A Quiet Note to Her
And the remnant hints that
The seldom-used peppermint oil presents
Just the kind of unusual harmony
She walks on
That no one else would expect
But I know how she finds it just perfect
She would stare at me
For what could be seconds or hours
The next moment
Or humming about
That's just her version
Of quotidian aspects she lives by
That no one else would have to wonder
But I know how frustrating it feels
When she gawks at an invisible sky
And would ponder
All said and done,
As her pillow
I wish I could tell her things
That I would be there
Through the weary winters
And sparkling springs

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Thursday, April 10, 2025
I would not be still
The silver drops speaking with the terrains.
I have basked in the sun too,
The golden shine humming as the bees flew.
The winters too were never that tough,
For spring has always pampered life enough.
Oh! The days I have seen,
And the nights,
Sometimes it would be
A tad gloomy and dreary,
But the wheels moved and
The next moment would be hunky-dory.
But there were times
When I was shook to my foundation
I bled too,
As I witnessed the agony in creation
Some parts healed,
(The tips bled through the scabs,
For they witnessed desperation the most,
I wished, I hoped, I begged, and even cried,
But the animosity among these creatures...
Never died!
I was a bystander
To their cruel destructions as I grieved,
My bleeding tip witnessed them
Building graves upon heart of the bereaved.
Being stationed as high could be heart-wrenching
With none seeing the worse,
You bear the most, silently, with jaws clenching.
I wish the wheels turn again,
And a hill like me...
Until then, I would try with all my wit and will
Even though I can't move, I would not be still.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
The Lavender Box

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Nothing
Where there was "Nothing"
And everything seemed to have
Neither reason or rhyme.
That is when the "Formless" played
Sans any perception,
Consciousness was "made".
And then anything that could become,
Became.
There was concept,
Yet there was none.
Every 'probable' universe,
The mind could have churned,
Existed, when existence
Came into being.
But in what dimensions,
When even Space and Time
Aren't even a thing?
And now, (even when there's no now)
They question Dream
And dissociate it from Reality
As if it's an ongoing theme.
But if Reality would be "real",
'Form' could be conceived in mind,
And wouldn't that be surreal?
For if it is the conscious mind,
Where probabilities are birthed,
Is it not where multiverses are "earthed"?
But then again,
It was Nothing
That became everything.
And the conscious mind
Is just every form
That it could become
In the multiverses of 'being'.
That which can, becomes,
If that is what one is seeing.

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Monday, April 7, 2025
A Cup of...
Laced with essences of arete and hope.
There are mornings too,
When the sheen's subtle and
The glistening glimmer got not a clue.
Where wishes sparkle,
But moxie's on a reel...
You come to me
Like a fragrant cup of Lavender Love
The folds of your eyelids,
As you glance with a lazy warmth,
Are the tranquil waters on the edge of Dawn
That gives me poise and makes me go on.
There too are balmy evenings,
That welcome the ivory night,
But sometimes seem to carry,
The day's worth of plight.
On moments like these,
You come to me
Like a cup of Ginger Goodness.
The serene smile,
As you speak of mundane things,
Is the potent elixir that the twilight brings.
It eases my strain off, even if the day was tough.
Then there are the velvety nights
Where the stars twinkle,
And enigmatic tales
The mysteries of the mind sprinkle.
But when the moon takes a rain check,
From the dance of dreams,
Eclipses unfold with dour themes.
During spells like these,
You come to me
Like a cup of Chamomile Charm.
The aurora in your voice,
As you beam with your starry-eyed adore,
Is the Forever that destinies desire
It soothes my soul and heals my heart to the core.
You are the Dream of dreams,
The Love of Wishes,
A promise of eternity
Until (and beyond) the Sun gleams.

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Sunday, April 6, 2025
हैं खानाबदोश वो
उन रोशनी की हर रेशे से पुछो,
या लहराती हुई हवा की
खुसबू में छिपे हर नज़्म से पुछो,
हैं किस्से कई जगहों के
हर मोड में शामिल मगर,
हैं खानाबदोश वो, उन किस्सों की
मंजिल का पता ना उनसे पुछो ।
कहीं सपनें नींदों में छुपती हैं,
पर बादल अपने सपने
अपनी आवाज में लिये चलते हैं,
कहीं आशाएँ मंजिलों में तय रह जाती हैं,
पर लहरें अपनी आशाएँ
अपनी रूह में बसाये चलती हैं,
हैं रास्तें कई, दिशायें कई,
बिन ठीकानों के मंजर कई मगर,
हैं खानाबदोश वो, वह अपना घर
अपने दिल में लिये चलते हैं ।
उनकी ज़िक्र में थोड़ी आशाएँ
हमने भी रूह में बसा ली,
उनकी निगाहों के उजालों में थोड़े सपने
हमने भी गीतों में बुन ली,
उनकी खुशबू की लहरों में
एक-आध पंक्तियां हमने भी चुन ली,
उन मुस्काती नज़ाकत में थोड़ी रोशनी
हमने भी रेशों में पिरो ली।
हैं खानाबदोश वो, कुछ बात तो है उन राहों में,
हमने भी खानाबदोशी से दोस्ती कर ली ।

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Saturday, April 5, 2025
ଅଭିଯାନ

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025
ଐକାନ୍ତିକ

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Dancing Star
(You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.)
Could you stay still, perhaps for a little while?
'cause I have miles to go and lives to change,
Charm a smitten heart with tales from lands strange.
Crisp cosmic voice of the waves spoke,
Candor in her stance a muted innocence did invoke.
Could you move, as you stay where you are?
Could you live, when the zeal is further from far?
Could Big Bang be birthed from a state of calm?
Could a poet compose without a few qualms in her palm?
Curiousness in her eyes, the breeze listened with a fervor keen,
Calmness too needs chaos, she knew now as the waves set the scene.
Entropy is the provenance, of the cosmos and all at par,
For you need chaos within, to give birth to a dancing star.
A Little Something:

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Friday, March 14, 2025
Probably Inexpressible

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
What were his thoughts?

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Friday, February 14, 2025
Forever

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Thursday, February 13, 2025
tomorroW

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
toDay

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Mystical Moments

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Monday, February 10, 2025
Winds of Memory

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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Daylight of Mysteries

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Saturday, February 8, 2025
Dear Universes of Being

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Friday, February 7, 2025
Dear Inception of Fragrances
Dear Inception of Fragrances,

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Saturday, January 18, 2025
C'est la Vie ! : କଳ୍ପନାର ହିମଦେଶ

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Thursday, January 16, 2025
Raahi Chaand

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About Me

- Ipsita Upasana
- As a blogger, one of the things I am often asked is "How/ When did you get started with all this?" For as long as my memory takes me back, I have always found myself pondering about a plethora of things. I have always loved reflecting on the small but wonderful aspects of life. Ipsita Contemplates has been very special and I love to get the opportunity to share my musings, my thoughts, and my perceptions with you. It is also a way to appreciate the essence of Life!