Dr.V.K. Kanniappan Poems

A good poem should convey message,
It cannot be in one or two lines like statement,
It has to be in paragraphs of equal lines!

The sentences should have rhymes,
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All the teen boys playing in the street
Stop their play and suddenly turn into adult!
On that street side in the fading sunlight …! !
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I understood while I was a school girl
What is poverty and starvation!
I was a drop out, not only in education,
But also failed to manage starvation!
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For all the people who live in this world
Surrounded by the roaring extensive ocean,

It is said that approaching for help to any person
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It is said that there is a gross loss
for the people who have extreme greed!

For the people who by removing the accumulating blame,
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As and when you examine by all the ways and means,
This body of ours happens to be the worst hut
For the worst worms and extensive diseases!
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The husband shall beautify and honor the chaste wife
who is waning due to service to him, his lovable
parents, children and welfare of other relatives
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The heart which tolerates the pain
...doesn't know that the eyes
are crying for its sake!
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There are so many falling roots in our banyan tree
We are the younger roots among these ones;

If these roots are anchored in the land,
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