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Wisdom to one not wise

To uninformed ears The best of pen plain appears, To him who can’t see, A cross-eyed girl is beauty, To hard to hear, jeers are cheers. __________________________________ Tanka (Tongue-in-cheek) |14.07.2023| poetry, beauty Poet’s note: This is a Tanka dressed as a Limerick. Based on a shloka in Sanskrit: Aprati-buddhe shrotari vaktur-vaakyam prayaati vaifalyam | Nayana-viheene bhartari laavanyam iva iha khanjana-akhinaam ||

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