Indira Renganathan Poems

"God said it" they say
When Life to be first born
"Let there be light"
But when Death came first
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I fall in water bodies and on all in nature
I fall on human beings, wipe their tears and sweating
I fall on all places, roads and buildings
Clean, cool everything to heavenly rapture
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Asong of repentance I sing
For thee to pardon me my Lord
A crying song of tears I sing
For thee to pardon me my Lord
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Look, you are the cuckoo of the season
Me a cuckoo awaiting the season
Oh gone earner, cooing from too far you're
Me, waiting to be with you for ever
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Compelled to write the "first aid" exam
Overnight she learnt all for exam
Her college-friend taught her
Who too was to appear
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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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