Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

The taste you had had
Stands not in the way
To taste the food at hand.
One’s previous love
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Take precaution, draw plans,
Bestow on priorities,
Share the fruits,
Impart the knowledge,
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I forget who forgot me
And in certain cases,
If they forgot me or not,
I forget not and couldn’t too.
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I don’t say all fools are wise.
I say all wise men are fools.
I don’t say all fools are lovers.
I say all lovers are fools.
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You aren’t weighed against your success;
You are weighed against your failures.
How you face, how you deal with crises
And how you muster energy-
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A fair woman carries her beauty
From the onslaught of men, merrily
As Christ carried his cross, the holy,
But she does it with a peacock’s arrogance.
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