December 2024
Kadambari Kaul
kadambarikaul@yahoo.co.in
kadambarikaul@yahoo.co.in
Bio Note: I am a poet and author of three books on Indian philosophy namely, Brihadaaranyaka, the Great Upanishad, Verses from the Dhammapada and Gautama Buddha-A Noble Life. My aforementioned books have been well distributed in libraries in India and abroad. My poems, largely spiritual, have been featured in various anthologies in India and abroad, with my poem "The Homecoming" being recently selected for display at the Cullercoats Festival, UK and subsequently published in the Up Magazine. The Homecoming was previously featured in the Anthology Ocean Waves, published by Red Penguin Books, New York.
On Beauty
There is then much beauty
In this our troubled world,
If ye shall seek
Ye shall surely find,
In the glory and splendour
Of the golden sunset
Or the soft glow
Of the rosy dawn,
In those poetic utterances
In the stillness of twilight
And evensong,
Yea, there is much beauty
In contemplation, in quietude
That lifts the soul
Above the plane of mundane existence
To higher, subtler realms of beauty
And inexpressible truths,
Of quiet joy and peace
And gentle harmony with all,
As you then exist in beauty.
Originally published in Where Flowers Bloom : Poems and Essays of Hope , Strength and Resilience, Red Penguin Books, New York.
©2024 Kadambari Kaul
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