Prison Poem by Ananta Madhavan

Prison

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When he was sent to jail
The warder did decree
His cell should be
Perfectly circular.


I attribute his madness
To this encircling doom.
For in his room
Not driven into corners,


He compulsively
Groped for the centre -
Thus did he enter
The orbed madhouse.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Printed in 1971.. I was bemused by our exaltation of Reason
and categories. Hence, unconsciously, I used rhymes for lines
2 and 3 of each of the three four-line stanzas, the other lines
having 'a prison-walled parole'.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Suresh Kumar Ek 30 August 2020

we are surrounded by jails

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Oliver Ovid 05 August 2014

Some of these poems are very intriguing! You get number one (for the day) .

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Oliver Ovid 05 August 2014

Some of these poems are very intriguing! You get number one (for the day) .

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Geetha Jayakumar 02 March 2014

A fantastic flow of words with great message.....It is fact, the prison changes its shape...with reason... Loved reading it. You have penned it very well.

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