Shankaran Kutty Poems

Battered by the forces of Nature
My Chennai, to your resilience I bow
Your people have so risen in stature
By their compassion, when nature laid them low
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Long time ago, in the corner
Of a large park by a stream
There stood a little neem plant
No one to care for did it seem
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(this is purely a work of fiction. I am such a lover of dogs, I would never ever do this in reality.)

It was a quiet and hot Sunday noon
When I thought I will take some rest
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You can take away all my freedom
Or confine me in chains
You can sentence me to boredom
But my mind would always be free
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It was another day for me so boring
A cold winter morn
As a nurse in a far off hospital
My day seemed so forlorn
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The Idol


A mighty stone edifice
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What can I tell you my dear
You have grown up to be past fifteen
But unlike your dad at that age
You have grown without any fear
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In the sun that shines bright in the day
In the stars that twinkle in the milky way
In the glittering drops of morning dew
Each day I wake up, fresh and new
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In summer when in abundant fun
Gently sways the verdant leaves
Squirrels in gay their fears do shun
Run up and down the mango trees
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Hold my hands my sweetheart
Hold it till the end
Hold it to never let go
Till our lives are spent
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