Raj Arumugam Poems

how to make money,
baby;
how to make money;
tell me sweet love
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when I was just 15
and just after
a trip to the National Library
I saw a slim volume
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earthquakes
and such disasters
are caused by immodest women;
if you are wise you will see this truth
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I bring you flowers
dear Sirs and Ladies;
flowers of softness
for most gentle souls
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I think
you’re one hot blonde,
Sun babe;
on this side of the universe
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one is aware
sleep's gentle hands
release one awhile
to turn over, perhaps
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one must wonder
if the word “Punctuation”
is a relative of “Punctured’;
for, as you must have noticed,
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imagine
you are walking in the cool night
and you turn round the corner
and Behold! before you is the open sky
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here is the forest
the world withdraws a little;
quiet, silent and calm
the trees wait in their own nature
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The following 8 poems entitled “Songs for Sansho the Bailiff” is a series I wrote based on the film “Sansho the Bailiff “ (1954) by Kenji Mizoguchi.
Set in medieval Japan, the film tells the tragic tale of a family that lives by the father’s ideal that one should be just to others, even if that goodness is inconvenient to oneself. The family is separated and endures all sorts of suffering in living this ideal.
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