Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Confidence is awareness
Of metacognitive skills.
Metacognitive skill is the thinking
That involves active control
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Limbs gaunt, gait dull, my doe turned pale.
All the drugs used were of no avail.
Her stag has been driven to hills.
My daughter too has fallen ill.
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A man would reminisce
About the kiss he’s planted.
A woman would regret
Having received such one.
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To marry a woman he loves,
A man seeks divorce of his wife.
After the divorce by her spouse,
A woman marries one she loves.
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When he offends his kin,
His wife must defend them.
When she offends her kin,
Her spouse must defend them
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To know when to be generous
And when to be firm
And to know with whom to be generous
And with whom to be firm
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He must hold his elder brother high
And the elder brother holds him equal.
Wife holds her spouse high, and he, her equal.
This magnanimity ties the relations.
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I don’t deceive anyone;
I don’t steal, nor exploit.
I have a stable income.
Could I be what I’ve been
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The one who seems good
Gets credit more than
The one really good.
The one really good
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