Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Rain is same; earth colours it.
Blood is red; skin wraps it.
Soul is same; body defines it.
They are treated by their sheaths..
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Mistakes are not mistakes till noticed.
Errors are not errors till corrected.
Wrongs are not wrongs till realized.
Sins are not sins till repented.
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Corruptible, you can earn comfort.
Incorruptible, you can live in peace.
Denying the truth you can escape the wrath.
Confessing it, you can overcome the wrath.
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She and I were not in talking terms.
I suffered discomforts from non-contacts.
Used to it, we’ve come to talking terms.
I suffer discomforts to have contacts.
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Poets have no will to appreciate
Non poets have no wit to appreciate.
The poems that I write are to no avail.
Hoping the impossible, I write.
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Instead of answering, as I’d have done
Had he not been my lady love’s father,
‘I’ve no taste for it.’, I said, ‘I like it.’
When he’d given me a poem he wrote.
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Faith without wealth
Is safer than
Wealth without faith.
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Be children beholden to their parents.
It behoves children to tend their parents.
To your children you must teach this lesson
By being such child to your old parents.
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I must get my food;
I must get my mate;
I must get my copy {child};
I must be remembered.
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I hunted a hare and missed a boar.
The miss stands in the mind.
I conquered maids but lost the queen.
The loss rings in the heart.
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