Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Death is the door to heaven.
Death unlocks the fetters of life.
It unbars the jail of life.
Yet no one wants to face the death.
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I adopt skills, customs and fashions
Which all the people I think high adopt
To elevate myself to their level.
Dull cultures dissolve in brighter ones.
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To catch the bus,
Imagine a tiger chases you.
To wait for a bus,
Imagine you are fishing with a line.
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If you followed the Manu,
The Hindus Old Testament,
You would be a criminal.
If you followed the Geetha,
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With such figure as you have got,
I can’t but desire you utmost.
Maybe I’m a loafer to your eyes
And hence you might scorn me for that.
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A healthy life is not a guarantee
For one’s longevity, and accidents
Or enmity can put an end to it.
Wise men do not postpone their happiness.
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When husband and wife practise sex
for procreation, sets in perversion.
When they prefer to have sex
as recreation, sets in aversion.
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A confident woman, the man seeks.
An intelligent man, the woman seeks.

A good-featured woman, the man seeks.
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Lord Krishna taught Arjuna
In and out of Karmayoga,
To egg him to war.
Yuthistra had had practiced it.
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I like that I am poor,
That’d fetch me others’ concern.
I like that I fall ill,
That’d earn me others’ concern.
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