February 9, 2017 – Meenas Poems

The greatness lies not in stature,
not in money, not in power
but in benignity.

Thanksgiving October 25, 2020

The goddess of learning,the giver of knowledge,one with abundant charm..Oh ! Saraswathiwe invoke your blessingsthis night on the eighth dayof navaratri. Give us wisdom,make us clever,sharpen our witdrive us to understand,bestow us with charmbless us with wisdom,a plea from the depth, Accept our gratitudeand let this day centeron thanksgiving.

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Pretentiousness October 24, 2020

It is that of a mood one of happiness. for a momentstrikes me through. Writ large on the faceeyes smile widethe lips broaden with a grin all too much visible. The very next hour I stand a witness to one much of a difference expressed so pronounced being that of a sad stricken face, eyes welling with tears the mouth twists and furls sorrow […]

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Experiencing October 23, 2020

It is a little before eveninga mild drizzle startsa breeze in the backgroundlove to run out in the open. I do with an impulsethe drops fall on melike soft petals, one on the headthe other on my nose, the rest on the shoulders,I shake myself gentlythe drops drip one by oneon my chest downto the […]

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Bullish October 22, 2020

A series of events one after another leave me breathless. I indulge with a passionend up with a suspicion that I call treason. I never allow things to lie low frantic to grab them when and where they appear. Executing them in a speed allowing no interruptions I pounce, fight and complete. I am turning into a being different from what I had […] […]

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Cross, Join, Knock October 20, 2020

This one crossingthe other one joiningwhile the third onecomes knockingI am helplessin front of the issuesthat haunt me withouta pause. I keep movingattending to the firstwith a cautionaddressing the nextin termspostponing the thirdfeeling it can waitscheduling myselfwith an alibi. This goes on for a timeinvolving a lot of patience,suppressing my angerI rede […]

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Seeing Myself October 19, 2020

The more I stay at home the more visible I am turning, ironic it sounds, ain’t it? that is what is real. I am seen with the virtual in mindthe image grows larger than the real. a bit of physics which I studied young rescues me, The real image is made of converging rays while the virtual is an extension of divergences. I […]

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Navaratri October 17, 2020

The dolls from the atticcome down in order,the young ones jump all over,the adults descend in stylewhile the older stagger. They look colourfulred, yellow, green and blue,Krishna shimmers in bluewhile Lakshmi graces in greenMeenakshi flanks both in red. The garden set with huge treesand flowers add to the glowwhile the soldiers cladin uniform stand erect. [… […]

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Mudukathan October 16, 2020

It is a leaf, Mudukathan, we call itknown for its medical benefitsa cure for joint pains. Muduku is one that cripples,debilitates, an ailmentthat causes terrible pain. Athan is best definedas which destroysrelieves the pain. Mudukathan as thename goes annihilatesthe pain in a stroke. My gardener seeing mesuffering plucks the leaves,asks me to prepare a soup, […]

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Idiosyncrasy October 15, 2020

The events across the daybeing not of validitythat of the usual choresalong with the callsfrom places of businessplace me at ease. Ease, did I say?In a way it is comfortablein others it makes me dullfeel I am not needed any moreclose to saying pack your bagsand push off. Well, that being not far away,I quieten […]

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The Top Of It October 14, 2020

Coming to the topI relish and revelnot what I writebut what I see. A day of rain and suncloudy and brightalternating each otherkeep dodging, the black clouds disappear.the blue ones come outthe sun peers from withinas if in a vigil, all in a quick they go behindthere arises a drizzlewhich fall light like flowerskissing the […]

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