A Naani poem has 4 lines. The total number of syllables in the poem are between 20 to 25. While the poem does not have to be about a particular subject it is often about human relations or current statements.
Examples
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A ghost who drifts among the world
Control inside an iron fist is curled
Stressed and cracked and now eroding
Endless struggle to prevent imploding
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Through a raindrop filtered
Softened and muted the world
From the world sunlight pilfered
Gray shades over soul are furled
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We were separate and alone
Drifting, lost, windblown
Fading stars in the dawn
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What to do when you just can't do it again?
When you know now what you didn't know then?
When enough is no longer enough but too much?
When no hope is left there's nothing to clutch?
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There is no one to see
What is inside of me
The despair that eats away
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I've made of myself a humongous fool
A sad sack loser, a wasted tool
Look right here, pity, pity, pity me
Begging for attention now you see?
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There is nothing to compare to self disgust
No way to describe the lack of self trust
Long ago you stood strong and firm and alone
Now as a weak sad sack is how you are known
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A great author once said 'Death be not proud'
Right here and now I must proclaim aloud
Nay, it is not proud but is a final relief
Disregarding what ever is your belief
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The angel of death surrounds me
An icy cold touch, a deadly spree
4 souls in hours have been touched
2 have lost the life they clutched
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