Affliction Poem by Indira Renganathan

Affliction

Rating: 5.0


Stroke of a heartless son
Desirably remained an unschooled rascal
Plunging ischemic into a father's mind
Sweep-swindling all the travail of asset
The father's cumulated..

Educated brat, conspiring wife
Plotted to be berserk
Paralysing the father
To be bundled empty of life
The father's cumulated..

Modern daughter of arrogance
Literate to be modest in secret eloping
Stupefying earnest alliance -negotiations
To attack the heart's wishes
The father's cumulated..

Disagreeing a wedlock of orthodoxy
Bunking in spinsterhood of over weighed hubris
Modern daughter of arrogance
Commanding the pressure of patience
The father's cumulated..

Bound to the familial chores
Honest fathers await laudable lores
Distressed fathers gifted with sores..
Still mean the men of bad scores?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Akhtar Jawad 01 October 2017

I am also an old grandfather, I understand pains of the old parents. The poem is touching.

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Indira Renganathan 03 October 2017

Thank you Akhtar. I'm happy with your comment..God bless you

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Dr Dillip K Swain 04 November 2017

Heart touching poem on a very realistic social issue. The pain of a neglected father especially in the old age has been nicely depicted in your write.. Appreciated..10

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Savita Tyagi 13 January 2018

A dark side of family relations. The pain and anguish of old age...very few lucky one escape it. Thank you for sharing.

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Alison mujati 14 January 2018

The audio titilated me still your poem is awesome.read my ownnerve of poetry

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Chinedu Dike 09 July 2021

Really a poignant bit of a versebcrafted in a well twisted poetic diction. A beautiful creation...

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Kesav Easwaran 25 January 2020

Multiple attacks and strokes he accumulates there. A factual vibrant page from the Mundane life book 10+

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Dr Dillip K Swain 31 October 2019

A poignant piece of poetry dear madam! It gives me a different taste each time I visit this wonderful work of yours! Pray for your good health, happiness and peace!

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 10 July 2019

Cont... The manner of treatment of the children for their father as vividly portrayed in this marvelous write is beyond comprehension and repugnant to the values that have been inculcated in us since time immemorial. Beautifully crafted and well executed write. A must read poem.

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 10 July 2019

A powerful, perceptive and incisive poem. A heart rending write that captures the strained relationship among children and.parents. Love and respect must be given to parents especially in their old age. Children must remember how parents gave their life in rearing them.

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