By Somali K Chakrabarti
Arising from mist
of mind, the train of hope appears
On a track of faith!
“Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway” is an oil painting by the 19th century British painter J. M. W. Turner. The painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844. It is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London.
A Haiku is a Japanese poem consisting of 17 syllables in 3 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the second.
Lei: A wreath for your soul is a string of short poems reflecting on nature, life, illusion and inspiration.
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Appropriate on Rail Budget! Amazing art!
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There you caught me! 🙂
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Gaadi Bula Rahi Thi!
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A day after the Railway budget “the train of hope appears On a track of faith!” aptly describes the feelings of us all 🙂
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Thank you Kamalji . 🙂
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Hope and Faith on the Train. Wonderful combination Somali as always. You find the right images for your words which makes it even better.
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Thank you Varnam. The Image prompted this haiku. 🙂
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Hope and faith and the interrelation symbolically depicted. Real good.
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Thank you Chaitali.
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Beautiful image and thought, Somali
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Thank you Lata.
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Hope arises from the haze of worry to those who have faith in God.A lovely message!
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Thank you KP Sir.
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We are all passengers of train of life. Rabindranath Tagore wrote a beautiful poem” E pran rater rail Gari”( The life is like the night train”. You have gifted us a beautiful Haiku along with a oil painting “Rain ,Steam and Speed” by JMW Turner.
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Thanks a lot for telling me about this poem by Tagore, I will look for it.
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Hope and faith, such an eternal combination, yet so ephemeral..
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True Vinay. That’s why always relevant. Thank you. 🙂
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Haven’t seen you on here for a while, Somali! nice words and stunning image.
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Hey thank you Kim. Nice to see you. Will just hop on to your blog. 🙂
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Simple but so on point, like the train from the mist takes on an ethereal quality.
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Thank you very much for the kind words.
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An eternal philosophy presented in the minimum no. of words with the wonderful usage of the classic painting of JMW Turner. I would love to learn this Haiku of yours by heart. You never need more than a handful of words to convey what you purport to convey. And that’s the trait of a genius. Compliments Somali Ji.
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I am humbled by your kind words Mathur ji.
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Great thought!
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Thank you very much Archana.
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Finally the train is on track. (Indian Rails). A beautiful Haiku Somali. Very true, only with Hope and faith our train of life runs. . 🙂 Have a great weekend. 🙂
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Thank you Jackie. Have a great weekend.
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You are welcome Somali. . 🙂
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Hope and faith, they go hand in hand… and yes, they are often shrouded by the doubts (mist of mind)… wonderful imagery, Somali… 🙂
(think it has nothing to do with the budget 😛 )
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Thank you Maniparna. Well, post budget a person posted pictures of trains, one of which inspired the thought.
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That’s cool.. 😀
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So beautiful Somali….mist, hope, faith….and the train ….of thoughts……:)
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Thank you Sunaina 🙂
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Very symbolic and very true! Mind is indeed a tunnel. Great haiku, Somali! 👍👍
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Thanks Rakesh.
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Rakesh, could you please retrieve my comment from your spam?
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OMG! How did it end up in spam? There were six messages there! God! Thanks for letting me know, Somali! I wasn’t aware of the filtering!
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Somali you have beautifully encapsulated…mist and mind, train and track. Lovely choice of words and each words speaks volumes. And you pick of the painting from 1844, is just magical. I have very little understanding of the abstract painting and try a get a hang of the modern art and I have lot of interest and inquisitiveness to study the color and combination crafted on the canvas but I keep failing being a good interpreter of paintings especially the abstract one.
This train painting emerging out of the mist indeed captures my imagination, perhaps the greatness lies in its simplicity of conceptualizing the idea.
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Thanks a lot Nihar. Not that I have a great understanding of art but some of them just catch the eyes.
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I agree Somali, arts are something that keeps questioning our imagination and our ability to interpret something concrete from abstract…
By the way I was trying to comment in the Goddess and Demon, and the comment section is not showing up…pls check it up.
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True Nihar. Actually I had closed the comments for a few posts – Goddess and Demon being one of them. 🙂
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Oh! I see…I was wandering what happened, I thought it may be a technical snag…
Nevertheless, it was a beautiful post and I have always admired Sudarshan Pattnaik’s imagination and his ability to put that imagination into such beauty on sand, indeed leaves his hallmark as a great artist and in such an unique form of artistry…
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True Nihar. I have only seen the pictures of his creations and have always admired them.
Btw could you please retrieve my comment on your post from your spam.
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By the way Somali no such comment is in my spam folder for which post you wrote the comment, will check once again…
Yes different such art forms adds real variety to the artistic repository.
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Oh is it? That’s so strange. I wrote it for your latest post on Entrepreneurship. In fact my comments are going to spam in other blogs too so I thought that might be the case.
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Don’t worry let me check up and sometime there is a lag between when you post and when it get reflected…strange are the way of technology.
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I posted again but it doesn’t show.
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I am checking it.
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What a beautiful thought. Actually it clears how we function.
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Thank you Saru 🙂
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I find this particularly beautiful…I can sense the motion of the train and how that ‘Hope’ can deliver you anywhere….
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The picture does give the feeling of the motion of the train. Thank you for the kind words Maremma.
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There’s mystery and the unknown in the image. Pleasing colors as well.
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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My pleasure. Happy writing!
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Even if the future is clouded and uncertain, we must stay on track and proceed onward and forward. Excellent haiku, and the painting illustrates your words perfectly!
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Thank you Poet 🙂
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I enjoy your wisdom, Somali 🙂
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😀 😀
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Loved the metaphor, Somali. Hope, and faith arising from the mists of mind–great imagery.
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I actually saw this painting in London. It was tranquil and peaceful with a tiny hint of hidden storms…. Life is a journey… Wonderful painting if you go to London do see it.
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Have seen it Hemangini.
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In fact you’ll find the Jamini Roy paintings in London too.
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Alas can’t go now. lol
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This is beautiful!
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Thank you.
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