Firefly racing with the dolphins

By Chalat Rajaram

From the firefly visiting the poet on a night in 1980 to a poem dedicated to his father in racing with the dolphins written in 2006, a host of bottled daffodil, at the corner of the ER room at a hospital in England in 1984, to the beauty of Alaska in a collection of poems in 2014, the book of poems holds the reader at every page, with emotions that eventually brings everyone together. The book is comprised of few chapters, titled the search outside, the search continues, searching within, followed by peace and happiness. American journeys pays homage to the cities which spoke to the author in their unique ways.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Dec 19, 2023
• ISBN: 9798765247372

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FIREFLY

RACING WITH THE

DOLPHINS

CHALAT RAJARAM

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Copyright © 2023 Chalat Rajaram.

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ISBN: 979-8-7652-4736-5 (sc)

ISBN: 979-8-7652-4737-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023922014

Balboa Press rev. date: 12/18/2023

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: THE SEARCH

A poem for the mind

A poem for today

American citizen

Bright sun

Covid-19

Covid Rain

Deep Depression

Dream catcher

Firefly

Golden shine and other short poems

Grief for fifty, now over one hundred thousand dead

Guiding presence

Hello

Illuminating me

Love, and all the rest

Love in the sun

Magnolia tree

May music envelope me

My thoughts

Ocean calling

Reflection

Remember the time: a clinical encounter

The delirium

The desert city

The empty mind

The Keys

The morning Sun

The saga of mitral stenosis

The sun settles

The touch

Time

Yellow Butterfly

CHAPTER 2: SEARCHING WITHIN

A poem from my dream

As the sun kisses the flower

Blessing

Brilliance

Conscience

Deep Feelings and Music

Diversity and Unity

Dream in miracles

Facing death

Four months later

Fullness in Emptiness

Galaxy

I cry

Loss

Peel the person undone

Speak to me said the flowers!

The cliff Face

The dream, then a miracle

The dreams

The Miracle

The Visit

This place I like

Trees

Understanding

CHAPTER 3: THE SEARCH OUTSIDE

These Days

Rediscovering my voice, my story

Of friends and love

The violin

Thoughts

Slaughterhouse

My spirit within

Memory Bears Reunion

Ragging, a bad dream

The Professionals

Ring - ring

Negation

Life

Pantoum

Elephants a passion

Life across the sky

Eight months and Fate

I was.

After the rain

Freedom

CHAPTER 4: PEACE AND HAPPINESS

857575 steps

Brahman

Garland

Golden light

Host of bottled daffodil

Make America Heal Again

Maui fire

Memories of wind

Morning at the beach

Mother to All

Needle

No thoughts – my reverie

Our journey

Poetry and pain management

Racing with the dolphins

Silence and growth

Slow learner

Spirituality

Spring sing

Stirring, majestic glide

Storks and Magnolia tree

The bird of happiness

The crows

The Mirror

The Nest

The Ocean

The Sun

This Birthday

Turquoise

Watching the evening

What the Ocean reveals

When Jesus came down

While one withers

Your love

CHAPTER 5: AMERICAN JOURNEYS

Alaska

Alaskan memories

Anchorage

Chicago Sky

Clouds over Ohio

Devi at Tustin

Doheny State beach

Flying to lady love

For the Gardeners at Acacia

Glacier thoughts

Minneapolis Burning

My heart is in Alaska

Pacific Ocean

Snowmass wonder

Sunset over Vegas

The desert

Thoughts flying high

Thoughts through Indio

Trail above Skagway

Turbulence

UVA graduation

Memories of Wind

Chapter 1

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THE SEARCH

A POEM FOR THE MIND

The mind that wonders, wanders.

Liking the stillness sometimes of the moment.

Racing at other times, and in dreams.

Dragging one’s thoughts ‘n emotions.

The pictures, music and posts,

Written and shared by so many minds.

Messages to ponder and respond to,

Recharging the state of mind.

So where in lies the truth? An Algorithm?

So many tools, lists and anecdotes.

To read, assimilate, let it go by...?

Mind games together then, as Lennon sang!!

Chalat Rajaram 06/02/2018

A POEM FOR TODAY