Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Rose can’t stand Cactus.
Lotus can’t bear Elephant.
Drowpati bore Bhima.
Desdimona bore Othello.
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Intelligence with poor personality
Is like a skeleton with weak muscles.
Skill in art is neither of these.
Persistence is a part of personality.
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I am tired of love.
I am tired of footprints.
I am tired of women.
It is time I took rest
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Summer in June, winter in December,
That we go through is climate.
Sometimes sultry and sometimes,
That we experience, is weather.
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If I did no wrong and yet
Am held so, I would not
Apologize as it would mean
That I apologize for truth
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Birth spits out;
Time flies;
Death urges;
Knell invites;
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Draw a picture of a legend
And a portrait of live person.
Which is more appealing?
Creation and re-creation
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What subject can I write a poem on?
I can’t attack a person dead or alive.
I cannot touch a sect or a region.
I can’t write one’s extra marital affair.
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Parents of mine are two
Both of whom I love.
Children of mine are three
All of whom I love.
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‘Don’t love me if you don’t trust me.
I don’t love men having no trust.’
‘Don’t love me, as you don’t excite.
I don’t love women unexciting’.
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