Indira Renganathan Poems

Who does not like
Red of dawn, bed of sky
Spring of sun, strings of rain
Twinkling night, lulling sleep..?
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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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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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As the monkey jumped from tree to tree
The cock too wanted to test its strength
It tried but failed, sat aside so sad
Then the monkey said "climb up the hill
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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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Remember me...remember me
My name is Benevolence
Kindness and love is my sort
I am a human being
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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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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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She wore a multicoloured attire
Cat walked ramping in the open air
The rainbow happened to see it.Inspired
Yet jealously felt of those colours weird
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When his glory blossoms in the early hours
He shines innocent like the nascent infant
A velvety touch when the wind breezes
The infant smiles in wakeful sleep
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