Best Tamil Poems
Below are the all-time best Tamil poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of tamil poems written by PoetrySoup members
Limerick crochetes: Once Tamil Promotion DirectorLimerick crochetés: Once Tamil Promotion Director
Once Tamil Promotion Director
Excised wise Japanese co-founder
Called him names like rogue thief
Set himself up as Chief
All Dravidian Tamil Editor
He posed...
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Categories:
tamil, character, integrity, motivation, pride,
Form:
Limerick
Additional advice to those would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with CommentaryAdditional free advice to those* who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL with Commentary
[*like presidents, prime ministers, dictators of declining (falling or fallen) nations or...
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Categories:
tamil, bullying, immigration, prison, religion,
Form:
Epigram
My cityI live in a city of a Indian state
where you can discern refreshing greeneries, that accommodate
the kingfishers,Rollers,peacocks,snakes and white cranes
Although rice is the major...
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Categories:
culture, identity, tamil,
Form:
Rhyme
with shoes on feeta grab-and-run pack
a small survival sack
with one set of clothes for spouse and self
passports, a file with just few mails
an old diary with addresses to...
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Categories:
tamil, death, fear, freedom, holocaust,
Form:
Free verse
The Anatomy of a Kural: Maxim 245 of the Thirukkural by ThiruvalluvarThe Anatomy of a Kural: Maxim Number 245 (taken at random) of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classic on Ethics by Thiruvalluvar
allal arulaalvaarkku illai valivalangum
mallalmaa...
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Categories:
tamil, education, metaphor, philosophy, poetry,
Form:
Couplet
Mirza Ghalib translationsNear Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch
On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we...
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Categories:
soulmate, spiritual, tamil, truth,
Form:
Verse
Niitthaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural by ThiruvalluvarNiithaar Perumai, the Fundamental Role of Ascetics, Canto 26 of the Thirukkural, the Tamil Classical Treatise on Ethics, Translation and Commentary by T. Wignesan
[Given...
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Categories:
tamil, education, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form:
Epigram
Thiru-Valluvar on Praising Ladies of their qualities: Canto 112 - Nalam Punainthu UraiththalThiru-Valluvar on Praising the Good Qualiities of Ladies: Canto 112 - Nalam Pinainththu Uraiththal
[The poet devotes the third part of his treatise, the Thiruk-Kural to...
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Categories:
beauty, culture, relationship, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
To what profound penance owe you this boon, O YashOthATo what profound penance owe you this boon, O! Yashotha! Translation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subbha Iyer’s enna thavam seithanai – yashOthA by T. Wignesan
To what...
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Categories:
tamil, endurance, god, jealousy, religious,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Mnemonic Devices: Rhyme and Alliteration in the THIRUKKURAL, Canto 4, K35Mnemonic Devices: Rhyme and Alliteration in the THIRUKKURAL, a random example: Canto 4, K35 by T. Wignesan
alukkaaru avaavekuli innaacchol naangkum
ilukkaa iyanrathu aram (refined, shorn of...
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Categories:
memory, poetry, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Show your love
It was an tiny eye that pour a plenty of..
..Everything
The innocent young boy in the street of war.
ever since before
Yes, I am not aware...
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Categories:
tamil, universe,
Form:
Free verse
AmmaAmma,
Unakhaka.. .
Unnai endrum Nan nenaikka matane,
Enenil Nee endrum ennudanthan irrukirai!
Athepol unnai Nan endrum Marakka matane ,
Enenil En uyirenul Nee kalanthullai........
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Categories:
tamil, family, god, kid, loss,
Form:
I do not know?
Buoyancy burden
While I was searching a book to read in my old school
Today maybe changed somehow modernized,
There were lot of rooms,
With many of the destitute instant...
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Categories:
philosophy, remember, symbolism, tamil,
Form:
Verse
On the need to avoid being envious: CANTO XVII, K161, K162 of the THIRUK-KURALOn the need to avoid being envious: Canto XVII, K161, K162 of the THIRUK-KURAL, Translation with Commentary
[ ENVY, of course, knows no racial nor ethnic...
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Categories:
tamil, evil, hate, jealousy, racism,
Form:
Couplet
K373 and K374 of the THIRUKKURAL Translated with CommentaryK373 and K374 of the THIRUKKURAL: Translated with Commentary
The poet's name, THIRUVALLUVAR [Thiru = Sacred and Valluvar = the name of the priesthood caste of...
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Categories:
tamil, appreciation, bible, christian, fate,
Form:
Couplet
Metre in the THIRUKKURAL: Kural 35 of Canto 4, a random exampleMetre in the THIRUKKURAL: Kural 35 of Canto 4, a random example.
alukkaa ravaavekuli yinnaacchon naangku
milukkaa viyanra tharam (unrefined, given in the original state of ...
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Categories:
poetry, tamil, word play,
Form:
Epigram
Unquotable quotes: EVIL PEOPLE - VIIILUnquotable quotes : EVIL PEOPLE – VIIIL (42)
Animals (amphibians, reptiles), birds, insects, dinosaurs and even imaginary beasts kill to eat. Humans for pleasure, pain...
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Categories:
tamil, abuse, evil, leadership, people,
Form:
Epigram
Book Three of the THIRUK-KURAL on Un-Authorised and Authorised LOVE: Canto 109, K109 to 133Book Three of the THIRUK-KURAL on Un-Authorised (concealed) and Authorised (religion-ordained) LOVE: Cantos 109 THAGAIANANGKURAITHTHAL to 133
(Note: Love between mainly the wedded pair from the...
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Categories:
tamil, beauty, loneliness, men, sensual,
Form:
Epigram
K165 and K166 of CANTO XVII of the THIRUK-KURAL with Translations and Commentary165 and K166 of CANTO XVII of the THIRUK-KURAL with Translations and Commentary (continued)
(Commentary: The more I delve into Thiru-Valluvar's work, the more I'm convinced...
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Categories:
bible, jealousy, loss, tamil,
Form:
Couplet
On Praising Ladies on their Qualities in the THIRUK-KURAL: Canto 112, K1114 and K1120On Praising Ladies on their Qualities in the THIRUK-KURAL: Canto 112, Nalam Punainthu Uraiththal, K1114 and K1120
[Please see "introduction on the plight of young girls"...
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Categories:
tamil, beauty, child abuse, mother,
Form:
Epigram
Niitthaar Perumai, The Fundamental Role of the Ascetic: Canto 3, K29 and K30 of the ThirukkuralNiitthaar Perumai, The Fundamental Role of the Ascetic: Canto 3, K29 and K30 of the Thirukkural by Thiruvalluvar
(In these kurals, I give both the "unrefined"...
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Categories:
dedication, devotion, spiritual, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
Suburbia RevisistedElectric Bleeps and bloops
Powerlines buzzing as the
Sunset going behind the roofs
O’lovely neighborhood lost
Facades of families
And degeneration
Of cultural paradigm
No crime
Just a hollow
husk town
Consuming the lives...
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Categories:
absence, angst, tamil,
Form:
I do not know?
Appropriate advice to those who would be King from the THIRUK-KURAL: VALIARITHAL, K473 and K474appropriate advice from the THIRUK-KURAL to those* who would be King: VALIARITHAL - Understanding the Wielding of Power, K473 and K474
[*like presidents, prime and chief...
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Categories:
tamil, abuse, character, political, power,
Form:
Epigram
Ambiguity and Ambivalence in the THIRUKKURAL: Canto 4, K35, a random exampleAmbiguity and Ambivalence in the THIRUKKURAL: Canto 4, K35, a random example
alukkaa ravaavekuli yinnaacchon naangku
milukkaa viyanra tharam (unrefined, given in the original state of ...
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Categories:
art, language, poetry, tamil,
Form:
Epigram
More appropriate advice from the THIRUK-KURAL for those who would be KingMore appropriate advice from the THIRUK-KURAL to those* who would be King: VALIARITHAL - Understanding the Wielding of Power
[*like presidents, prime and chief ministers, dictators...
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Categories:
tamil, judgement, leadership, political, power,
Form:
Epigram