Indira Renganathan Poems

Gently, gently into the dream
Move and move my little child
Do not disturb the sleeping stream
Gently, gently into the dream
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Sleep child, sleep child, dream a school-dream oh my child
Dream school, dream school, get awakened the right way

School-dream, school-dream there you're sleeping on a bench
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Sloka, is the most common Sanskrit meter and is a descendant of the older Vedic gayatri
The sloka, meaning 'song', although metric, is not considered poetic.
It functions more as the equivalent to Western prose with lines and meter and
is often used in narratives or epics.
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"Our namaste is a good gesture
Why then to adopt hugging culture? "
"No way than accepting"
He said. Said she grumbling
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Tinnitus(Staccato)

Staccato an invented stanzaic form which attempts to emulate the musical staccato rhythm with
emphatic two syllable refrains inserted in L3 and L6 of each stanza.
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Beaten to golden glisten by the sun
He can sheenmoonlit too well in the night
What if a small stone just rolls away from the sun
Shelters itself shady under the biggie's might
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A gas stove
doesn't show
The sun nor the moon
Not even the gas nor air
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When the thunder bolts boom
With electrifying signal
Frightened
She hugs her lover
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Moon is sizzling
Through the coconut fronds

I'm not a monkey
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A three year old
Scents his dad's deed well

When the little boy cries aloud
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