August 9, 2017 – Meenas Poems

The winds are fierce
the boat topples
with the fishermen.

The fish captured
slip and float free
a joyous reunion.

The men drown,
the sea swallows
a sad departure.

Two Birds In A Bush January 17, 2021

one chirping loudlythe other pecking busilya sight I relate very closeas in a familyone worksthe other enjoys. Curious, I watch themthe singer keeps companyinspiring the workerto hunt for more.Its tweets enthuse.Both fly back witha fair collection, The rest is left to my imagination.I tell myself it is singer’s dutyto feed the young ones, the otherbird […] […]

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Dillies And Dallies January 16, 2021

It is a long daywith drizzle and suncold and warmone of contradictionsan unusual phenomenonat this part of the year.when the rains ceasethe monsoon endscold wave sets in. The day ends with showersthe darkness grows intensethe nights turn warmwhile the afternoonsgrow cold yet an unfamiliarpresentation of Nature.The unexpected twistsand turns caution us. An al […]

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Timings January 15, 2021

Governed by by auspicious time[i][i]Rahukalam[/i], Yemakandam[i][/i]Kuligai,Horai, followed by yogams[/i]Amirtha yogam, [i]Siddhayogam[/i],[i]Maranayogam[/i]. Not to leave off the new moon day,[i]Amavasai[/i],, full moon day, [i]Paurnami[/i],,[i]Ashtami[/i], the eight day after new moonor Full moon, [i]Navami[/i], the ninth after the twomoon days. Limiting o […]

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The Way I Do January 14, 2021

The fourteenth of Januaryevery year [i]Pongal[/i]festival otherwise calledharvest festival is celebrated.I keep the earthen potsand earthen stoveon the North East patio. I use to decorate the areaevery year the previous dayplacing sugarcane on either side,hanging stringed Mango leavesat the entry. Draw [i]kolams [/i]with rice powder. Not in absoluteperfectio […]

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Road Often Traversed January 12, 2021

Hard to go around doing choresday in and day out performingthe same old in small or large doseturns killing. Sighing and heaving I go abou.tphone calls, guests droppingin between. I carry on, no doubt’with exhaustions interfering. It so happens this morna trouble brews up all too suddenaccusing the one who has goneshe who had a […]

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The Brown Bird January 11, 2021

The wings flutter up and downthat of the bird in browna big one akin to an owlwith eyes black in tone. The bird takes off as if in a dashpenetrates with a splashthe sky divides to let it passone could see its huge claws, Sharp enough to peel off the skinthe air blows very thinthe […]

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Kaliyuga January 10, 2021

Weathermen do not knowwhy there are rains?at this part of the year, whilethe monsoons have ended.When questioned draw blank. The year that was, filledwith scare, where thepandemic did not comeunder any astrological map,Calculations go wrong. The claim it has been predictedas health issues will make lifeterrible at the onset of next yearappears an after thoug […]

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Frivolous January 9, 2021

I open the main door find a cute brown and white cat cuddling in my chair Possessive of the chair inanimate as it is, I feel at easewhen I sit on it, if anybody occupies I lose my equanimity, Before i could chase the one who has usurped my place.she jumps and perches on the swing amused at my panic. I remove […]

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Triumph Or Trump January 7, 2021

Standing on a lost ground, he cries hoarse ” I have won in all rounds”. Pacing up and downhe gropes in the darkfor the lost crown. Incites his supporters to rise four fall prey to the shootoutunconcerned he cries ” I will not concede”.denying smooth transitioninsensible he is indeed. He has to be thrown out physical handling onlycould subdue […] […]

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Kanne Urangu January 6, 2021

I hear a lullaby,from afar. Araaro,Ararirero, Kanna urangu”. My grand mothersand aunts sang such onesin a melodious tune not within the musical notescomposed their own versesunbound by forms. Each child in the family,those days we were six to ten, listened to instant compositions.We became central figures. our physical features acqueline nose. thin l […]

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