rajagopal haran Poems

Poverty plays fiddle
Sitting in our hut
Like king Nero
When the fire burns
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Watching the course of you lonely star
Stationary forever as long as I sat
You started moving as I began to walk
Seeing you running I geared up my pace!
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Dejected and dissipated
Assailed by arrogances
Armed with anger and
Alarmed by the ever increasing needs
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(Dear Readers, these 9 days being Navarathri, the special days for worshipping my Divine Mother Kali, I wanted to show my love to Her; the deity of this poem is an old lady not required by the son, unwanted for the society; as she finds nobody to share her feelings I am using this forum to vent her inner rumblings; bear with her and me; Jail Kali!
Note: India is a country where women are respected as Goddesses; here comes the Goddess)

Every bullet
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This is the concluding stanza of “ Sakalakalavalli Maalai

Again, like Abhirami Andhadhi, Savithri was my driving force for making this happen; the fact is that we don’t find any reference of this wonderful masterpiece anywhere; at least this work of such a small person like me may be helpful to get to know what is “ sakalakalavalli maala i”.
With all respects to Shri Kumagurupara Swamighal, I submit this translation work at the Lotus Feet of my Divine Mother Saraswathi. Whoever reads this will get the immediate blessings of my Mother.
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Is recognition name of the game?
Honoured Glory of many a soldier
Defending the country
And offending the enemy
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Resurrection only after a disaster!
A natural part of evolution
With the light of a mishap can I see calamity!
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I have a place in the Universal space
Is the Purpose of the journey to find my grace?
With the past river flowing out of sight
And the future option filled with delight?
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Place of confinement chucking out
The liability of many a life
Born blind to the revelation that
Veil is drawn on the mysterious good!
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Trying to change those I can’t change
Turning newer as years pass by
Make way for bouts of storms
With restlessness in the midst!
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