(1) A Friendship Bridge Poem by Sandra Fowler

(1) A Friendship Bridge

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You made me love the teachings of Tagore.
My thoughts were mesmerized by your sitar.
I kept the little flowers from India,
Artfully pressed to span a century.

Creative journeys never really end.
Our era is a lamp that still burns on.
I send some thoughts like flowers overseas
Their fragrance will outlast both you and me.

Your world class mind inspires me every day
To build a friendship bridge from West to East.
By touching souls with others, I touch yours.
The wonder of that sets two worlds alight.

'For the former editor of Ocarina, Dr. Amal Ghose who inspired
me to build friendship bridges between poets of the East and West'

Copyright,2008, Sandra Fowler

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Raj Nandy 13 March 2010

A GREAT POEM SANDRA! I WISH I HAD READ THAT MAGAZINE 'OCARINA'! WHERE WAS IT PUBLISHED? FOR THIS POEM 10+++ -Raj

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Maria C. Pires Costa 07 January 2010

I also love the fruitful teachings through your awesome poems, dearest Sandra. This is beautiful, and, actually, 'your world class mind inspires me every day'. May your blessed mind keep creating further and further journeys like the above one. Warmest reagrds, Maria

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Patrick A. Martin 16 November 2009

One day I was sitting in my garden I looked up and you were there. I wondered how. So it was on the friendship bridge you arrived. No matter how you got here dear Bodhi Sattva that you are here is what makes my soul sing. Love Always Paddy

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Sanjib Das 07 October 2009

THE POET HAS NO BARRIER, ALL BECOME HIS ADMIRER. YOU HAVE LEARNT TAGORE'S TEACHING, FOR YOU I HAVE A FEELING. TAGORE HAS UNIVERSAL NATIONHOOD, HE LEFT HIS CREATION FOR GOOD. HIS TEACHING GIVES YOU ENJOYMENT, IT'S YOUR GREAT ACHIVEMENT.

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C. P. Sharma 25 September 2009

Eternity in the rosary beeds bound A thread through them in poetry found; Poets not bound by time and place Universal brotherhood in them blaze. Shakespeare to Ganhi sang songs of the soul, You build bridges to weave them into whole. CP

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Dr Dillip K Swain 24 October 2022

Sandra, it's an outstanding piece... accurate and to the point

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One of if not the most talented Poetesses that shared her work on this site. Her passing was a loss to this site and for me a personal loss as Sandra was as good of a friend as she was an extraordinary wordsmith.~FjR~

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Saadat Tahir 04 July 2010

beautiful poetic feelings... exquisetly expressed.... a message, in a format and language that transcends boundaries and barriers... great lines... loaded with the weight of time and the beauty of what couldd be. cheers

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John Oconnell 02 July 2010

The east is so rich in ways that we in the west have to fight for. thanks for this universal sentiment and kind regards, john

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Kannan G 24 March 2010

Your endeavors to build a friendship bridge from west to east are really admirable! I am a newcomer to this site. I just had a glance through your poems and was highly impressed. In course of time I will take time to read more of them. Meanwhile I would like you to know that a selection of my poems too has been posted on this site. I would request you to kindly visit the same, at your convenience, and give me your valuable comments on some of them.

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