A Grain Of Rice Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

A Grain Of Rice

Rating: 4.6


A grain of rice
Alone
In the cooking pot
Cries, 'I wish
I could get out! '

I wish I could get out
Of this cooking pot
With the entire waters
Of The Flood,
Nay, Styx drained
Enough to drown
The Universe
And the infernal fire under it.

A Grain Of Rice
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: songs of life
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
In the pic is A view of the left half of the Gangotri Group in the Western Himalayas from Pauri, part of which is seen on the left.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Dillip K Swain 01 June 2022

Wonderful imagination... many congratulations dear poet. Top score.

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My sincerest thanks, Dilipji. Obliged

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I am grateful to you, Dilipji.

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It makes me immensely proud that Dillipji has spent so much of time on this poem and has favoured me with such detailed comments. How do thank you, Sir?

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Susan Williams 17 March 2023

Part uh..4 or 5---Thank you for writing in depth about life--you have a singular voice---tons of stars on this piece!

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Susan Williams 17 March 2023

Part 3. Hope I made sense--but I can't dip a toe in your poetry, I am drawn to submerge myself in them

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Susan Williams 17 March 2023

part 2. You take the ordinary things of life and use them to describe the similarities in the differences.

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Susan Williams 17 March 2023

An unusual and powerful way to write about this topic. That gives us an idea of outreach.

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Pallavi Tripathi 27 February 2023

The poem reminds me of the documentary the pearl button

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ThT is a great honour, dear poet. The Pearl Button is definitely a great work of art. Thank you

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Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

PUTHENCHIRA, KERALA, INDIA
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