March 6, 2016 – Meenas Poems

The sun be in the sky

shines throughout with no shy

distance does not matter

nothing else does shatter

being so far away

has not deterred it anyway

it shines and shines

all through fine

a lively beam of rays

come out unfazed

that be the strength of the sun

the light giver apart from fun. sun

Ramblings

Every Year — A Cyclone November 28, 2020

The days go by, rains brought by cyclones result in inundation. Towns floattrees fall disrupting electricity and traffic. People living in low areas are evacuated hoarded in make shift shelters, Boats ply up and downrescuing those stuck up, the administration works day and night, volunteers do yeoman service, it happens every year, emanates a big hue a cr […]

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Remote Control November 27, 2020

It is remote control that I do.sitting hundred kilometers away I am building a house. It is through seeing pictures as if in a slideshow, portions blink grim in the screen, I receive so many pictures in the course of the day sent by my supervisor. I will be wrong if I blame himas he has no knowledge of construction nor […]

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Significant November 26, 2020

Throwing things off has never been my forteI keep them telling myself they will be use some day, So saying I have a truck loadof unwanted, unused articlescarefully kept in a room, called a treasure house by my sons. Once in a way, I open get them out, dust them place them under the sun for half a day. My helpers have been trained […]

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Five Times Five November 25, 2020

Twenty five is wonderful , your youth is at peak. Right time to startbeing not too young nor too old, With the fortitude and charm in hand. embarking on a career not great as expected a struggle could be thereinadequacy might result in a placement mediocre downhearted one might feel. consolidating will into strength working towards a target, finding […]

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My Brother And I November 24, 2020

With red jeans and pink shirt. a go go glasses .a pony tail dangling I walk into the classroom of my elder brother with my mother. He is not a hardworking chap, lazy and takes life easy, his reports speak of his achievements, mom is worried . His class mates call out to mewhile my brother shoves his face into his hands […]

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Annadhanam November 23, 2020

Kundrakudi, a sleepy town deep down South India,wakes up to the call of the devotees,reverberates with bhakthi during Karthigaidays between mid November and mid December. Lord Muruga, as he is familiarly addressed,reigns supreme atop the hills. Families go up the hills, climbing 200 steps to pray, do archanas conduct abhishekams, The priests do by pour […]

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Namo Narayana November 22, 2020

After months my carpenter walks in.Exhausted and dull, anger writ large on his face. He sits on the steps, groans and calls Gods fraud, dubs religion as fake, Do not believe them anymore, amma. His voice gets choked. I try topacify him but he seems not to hear my words. In every street corner, each junctionone finds a temple in Indian […]

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Six No Five November 21, 2020

The five sandalwood bottles seen in the almirah after dad’s death, Dad fathered six but always five came to the forefront while alive and remain so after his death. A long standing staff of dad participates in the division where mom involves with articulation saying she requires precision, emphasizes on fair partition, if one gets less, she compensates by […]

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Rice To The Crow November 20, 2020

A little rice for the crow every afternoon,I caw high and low calling them to partake. They fly down as soon as they hear me. peck the rice along ‘with the veggies, squirrels follow them, mynahs wait for their turn a banquet held in the corridor that conjoin the garden. I stay a little away watching each one of them chattering gibberish, crows clean up t […]

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Blindfold November 19, 2020

It is a quarrel among siblingsnot ten or twelve years of age. between the ones in their sixties, a few of them seventy and above, It is not for a chocolate or ice cream, but for dearer ones properties ,jewellery, funds, ranging from thousands to millions, Fighting like children these seniors shout, even go to the level of beating each […]

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