Five Tablets Poems Poem by Kamarudheen Amayam

Five Tablets Poems

Kamarudheen Amayam

1

Never see lightly
The straps of a beach slipper.
It's only when we wear them
They become straps.
Other times
They are athletes,
Both hands placed on the track
Feet firmly placed behind
About to take off.

2

When opening a pizza box,
One is reminded of old music boxes
Steaming
Saigal, Thalath, Rafi
Begum Akhthar,
From someone's
Old records
One may suspect sometimes.

3

In the darkness of the cinema hall,
When one dips one's hand
Into the popcorn pack,
It feels like being
Trapped inside the skirts
Of a beauty.

4

When one sees
Dosa being made
In circles and circles on a pan,
It feels it is not dosa being made
But the universe itself.

5

After the harvest
The field lies cracked,
Like mother's feet.

Translated by Dr. MV Narayanan