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Language mother-tongue. Poetry

String of Three


English be not my mother tongue

the primary language I studied

along with my ancient mother tongue

with the flair for  both indeed

I pursued the study

reached the level of masters

not in both actually

English took me over faster came

came out with honours really

worked on my language Tamil too

it came naturally to me

a language with  intricacies not few

hard to get through in glee

French, a lovely tongue musical to the ears

was my second language in college

delighted to read the French literature  for years

these three had made me full fledged

know not how well I write in English,

nor do I know my status in Tamil

dare not I venture to write in French

this way my life goes in peace

stringed  with three languages in ease.string

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Poetry veneration

Honour English!


English, a language

spoken in a stage

with the British accent

and the American diction

all confuse the Asians

who go by the British spellings

write colour with a “u ”

while the Americans omit the “u ”

the realisation  could have

both “s” and “z” in U.K

while the Americans go with only “z.”

there  be not only these

hundreds of differences

come with a force  and aplomb

Yet the rolling of the tongue

and the emphasis on certain letters

give  English a universal fervour

again the culprit “u” crosses

that way the language goes about

grows not less but more

with the acceptance of all words

from all  languages  across the world

a collection of words all through

making it the most populous one

Oh! let us acclaim English

Let us salute the language

give a big boo to it,”boo,salute”

. with a veneration and honour.