Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

To bear the mighty is not tolerance.
Fearing to strike is not patience.
Helplessness is not greedless ness.
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A scar for the scar is bravery.
To ignore a scar is chivalry.
To forgive it is exemplary.
Then, you must have a thick skin
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I made a gift to my sister
In a function hosted by her,
To show my worthiness,
With no love that dried long since.
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I conceived many a time
But failed to deliver a baby.
It didn’t deny me the pleasure
Of having conceived.
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Food entering mouth is a relish;
Its exit from anus is a relief.
Mating is relish; orgasm is relief.
Relief is the peak of the pleasure.
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Woman takes it as her pride
To make men long for her.
She takes it as her insult
If men chose to reveal it.
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Tempting is woman’s pleasure.
Reaction to it is man’s pleasure.
To see her is his enjoyment;
To be seen by him is hers.
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A bough dead, the tree is not dead.
A tree dead, its species is not dead.
When the species is extinct
Its family, when the family is extinct
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An infant craves for strokes.
A child craves for attention.
An adolescent craves for recognition.
An adult craves for identity.
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