Street Decor Poem by Indira Renganathan

Street Decor

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So stunning a stretch of kolams
Before each house in definite columns.
Simply superb, woven into patterns.
Designs of dots, single and multi lines,
Encircling loops and inviting colours
Well done by bare fingers
Threading out flour of rice or quartz!
Down on the cleanly cow-dunged floor
An auspicious embellishment beside the door.
An aesthetically geometrical art so popular.
Dots foretelling the pleasing figure
Of a variety to decorate a border
Or to illustrate divine lords super
Or sensibly any paraphernalia in favour.
Note! riceykolams mean an offering
To insects and birds welcoming
spirituality in, well off thereby warding
Evil. Ephemeral everyday but much amazing
In perpetual ethnicity with tamil ladies!

Sunday, April 20, 2008
Topic(s) of this poem: social
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Akhtar Jawad 07 October 2017

A beautiful description of a lovely festival Kolams, In northern parts this artistic designing is called Rangoli. A wonderful poem.

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Indira Renganathan 08 October 2017

Thank you very much Akhtar...God bless you

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Edward Kofi Louis 13 November 2016

Well done by bare fingers! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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