Wednesday 19 June 2013

THE POLE-VAULT.






The short athlete
Sprints down the track
to pole-vault 
over the bar.

Lands down in rhythmic motion
to a standing ovation
of the packed stadium.



The athlete refers to the short life of a human on this planet. The track is symbolic of the path assigned to him. The athlete has to jump high over the bar, overcoming the negative human emotions of anger, jealousy, anger , hate  and fragile ego. On conquering these long demons of evils, man is at peace and hence the thunderous applause.

The long and short of it. 




19 comments:

  1. Wouldn't it be nice to have that standing ovation at the end of each day!

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    1. A good idea. We should have the applause at the end of each day. Thank you Robyn Greenhouse.

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  2. Pole vaulting does not look easy...and life sometimes isn't either...the symbolism works.

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    1. Life isn't easy not does it look so. If the athlete manages to clear the bar he is termed successful but if he fails he tires another two attempts. Life too is the same way.Thank you for reading,commenting and appreciating.

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  3. Nicely realised, both literally and symbolically.

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    1. Thanks Rosemary. When I used the pole-vault symbol for life and its trials, I was skeptical about reader's response. Bit am happy to receive only appreciation.

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  4. Thank you Loredana.My pleasure.

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  5. the imagery of life and the pole vault is excellent. As each of cross a bar of a success we can applaud ourselves and hope that others might also applaud.
    excellent post.
    Old Grizz

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  6. You have interpreted my poem correctly. Thanx gsb.

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  7. :) A few words saying everything...

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  8. Everyone needs praise and it always helps to celebrate with each other

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    1. There is no being on earth who doesnt' love praise. Thank you alan1704.

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  9. Beautifully written. Glad you penned your thoughts behind the poem. I loved the symbolism.

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    1. Thank you Suzy. I am happy that you liked it. My pleasure.

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  10. Life is definitely full of short sprints that we must overcome throughout the years of our life. It would be really nice to have someone show appreciation for what we have done each day. I guess the best thing we can do for ourselves is to show appreciation by having a big bowl of ice cream.

    Thanks for sharing this with us for this weeks Theme Thursday. Have a great week.

    God bless.

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  11. WOW! A big bowl of ice-cream is a nice way of patting our own back. I love ice-creams. Thank you Mrsupole for appreciating.

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please show some love......