Best Chappal Poems
Lines More Lunatic Than the Sun 1-3Lines more lunatic than the sun – 1
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making my friendship with the water-pigeon does not mean
that i’ve acknowledged all devotion of the land-lotuses to river
without putting any note of dissent
i’m still plunging my face
into the heart of
black-soil
white
is my...
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Categories:
chappal, allegorysun,
Form:
I Have Known This LandConceived and born in the rainforest
I have traversed the Savanna and the Mangrove
I have trudged through its Swamp
And dwelt I have in its Woodland
But I only bear tales of
The Montane and the Marginal Savanna
I have beheld its landscape
With the Yellow...
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Categories:
chappal, africa, allegory, community, environment,
Form:
Free verse
If Only You KnewIf only you knew what you are,
You will hung your shoulders atop
The skies, and
Suspend your head in the heavens.
I will tell you,
For an umpteenth time, and
With right honors, Madam,
You are formidable, like
The fleet arrayed in the blue line.
You are rare, like
The jewels of Chappal Waddi.
You...
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Categories:
chappal, africa, allusion, blessing, for
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
chappal, 3rd grade,
Form:
Haiku