Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

If one visits a temple remote
Every year without a break,
It is not out of devotion but from
The fear of incurring the god’s wrath.
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Flowers are, in general, endowed with
Scent and nectar to woo bees and flies
For the ultimate goal of impregnation.
Then why do the Jasmine and the Rose,
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Maharaja Chandnu in the Mahabharat,
To win his belated love battle
Over his beloved, a fisherman’s blonde,
Had with him four armours:
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Amorous verses
By Vairamuthu,
Lusty tune
By A.R.Rahman,
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A woman poses on a pedestal
when she is admired.
She is up on a mount
when she is endeared.
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The thirty - third birth day
that anitha, the lady, celebrates
on pooram, this may, ninety - nine,
be the day to her of many returns
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Brothers and sisters of mine
Have grown up richer and taller
With due comforts and repute.
Still I am bigger by age.
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Kali solves immediate wants,
Muruga solves long felt wants,
Krishna, the perpetual wants,
And Siva, the eternal wants.
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Air and space is Vatam;
Earth and water is Kapham.
Fire and water is Pittam.
All the three in certain proportion
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Rice came from the east, wheat from the north.
In south was millet already,2000 years ago,
As staple food of the Dravidian.
Food is the reminder of the race.
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