Raj Arumugam Poems

and so it has come to pass
that the masculine in poetry is suspect
the feminine distorted into clichés;
that poetry must be effeminate
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Tom’s moved in to a new suburb
It’s a new term and new school too;
he sits beside this pretty girl
in class, trying to impress her
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What do kids learn
say on the first day at school?
...just some light-hearted verse follows...
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Oh Julie, I came in this morning
30 past the time I was supposed
to be in at work –
OK, I was late, but is that a big thing really? –
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I don’t understand Mom and Dad
how come Dad can do things
and I’m not allowed
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O Thalia
O muse of Comedy
we have much need of you
these days of anxiety
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don’t be dashing round
oh you so young and dashing dash;
so energetic –
you just bewilder us all
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sometimes I wish
dear moon
sometimes I wish
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mummy, mummy,
who invented school?
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You see Diogenes living in the slums. He lives in a barrel. This is the man even Alexander the Great admires. So it makes you wonder about Diogenes.

So you pretend to be there quite by accident and you ask: “Diogenes…Who was your teacher? ”
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