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Kamala Das

Punnayurkulam, Thrissur District in Kerala

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Punnayurkulam, Thrissur District in Kerala

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A Losing Battle

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How can my love hold him when the other
Flaunts a gaudy lust and is lioness
To his beast? Men are worthless, to trap them
Use the cheapest bait of all, but never
Love, which in a woman must mean tears
And a silence in the blood.

Kamala Das

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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Dr Antony Theodore 28 July 2020

Men are worthless, to trap them Use the cheapest bait of all, but never Love, great poetic expressions. tony

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laxmi 07 January 2018

thanks for sharing this view what love of a woman is all about.

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gajanand vyas 07 January 2018

a great poem. love is a sensitivity. it must not descend down to the carnality.

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Abhipsa Tripathy 14 June 2014

Wow! a very nice poem.I invite you to read my poems.

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Gangadharan Nair Pulingat 18 May 2014

A good poem from the well known poetess.

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