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
Poem by Kasiananthan on the Tamil Diaspora and Eelam, trans by T WignesanThe Parrot and the Woodpecker may turn...
[Sung by TEnicayccal Cellappa] Translated by T.Wignesan
mAnkiliyum...
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Categories:
tamil, history, nostalgia, political, pain, longing, may,
Form:
Ballad
Master Valluvan, the long-misunderstood Tamil Mentor - Part Two ...
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Categories:
tamil, on writing and words,
Form:
Free verse
Master Valluvan, the long-misunderstood Tamil Mentor - Part Three ...
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tamil,
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Free verse
Master Valluvan, the long-misunderstood Tamil Mentor - Part One ...
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Categories:
tamil, on writing and words,
Form:
Free verse
Hymns of Salvation 1Hymns of salvation
That my own body
is my greatest enemy
was unknown to me.
Deluded,
O Lord, I was reveling in its...
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Categories:
tamil, birth, me, philosophy, religion,
Form:
Suzette Prime
Translation- Kamba RamayanamThe peacocks dance
at grove near the cool pond;
and the lotuses brace
lamps like raised heads;
Nimbus clouds thrum
like loud drums;
and violet lilies scrutinize
the scene with bulbous eyes;
Hushed...
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Categories:
tamil, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Emily and the Ancient doorYoung Emily sat gazing at a door, that with careful strokes was painted..
a starry, but moonless night.
In wandering dreams of far away lands, nameless...
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Categories:
tamil, art, innocence, language, philosophy, riddle, stars,
Form:
Ballad
A tribute to India's National poet Oh, my dear honorable poet!
Words recess when I write about you
For, they start loving you
You were a sincere lover,
when you...
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Categories:
tamil, appreciation, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Bharathidasan's Pulikku nAy enta mUlai, Translated by T Wignesan
Bharathidasan’s “Pulikku nay enta muulai” (To the Tiger, the Dog knows no safe dwelling!) translated by T. Wignesan
Bharathidasan (1891-1964) was a self-proclaimed disciple of...
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Categories:
tamil, anti bullying, patriotic, political, racism, ,
Form:
Sonnet
Red SunRising sun so soft,tender
like your forehead's red bindi
splashes colour in my mind
another new dawn.
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Contest name--Red Sun
Date--- 24th June 2013
Bindi--A bindi ( Sanskrit bindu, meaning "a...
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Categories:
tamil, nature, romance,
Form:
Dodoitsu
Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's poem Asai Mugam by T WignesanTranslation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
...
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Categories:
tamil, religion, spiritual,
Form:
Dramatic monologue
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:
bullying, immigration, prison, religion, sympathy, tamil,
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:
death, fear, freedom, holocaust, memory, tamil,
Form:
Free verse
MAHAKAVI BHARATHIYARIm still in overwhelming awe and fascination of this young man.
The pioneer of modern Tamil poetry they describe,
But he is simply a perfectly righteous insane...
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Categories:
tamil, inspirational,
Form:
Heroic Couplets
RENOUNCEMENT1.Renunciating a thing liberates
one from grief.
2.Early renouncing earns many
delights for harmless.
3.Renounce by controlling desire-yielding
five sense-organs together
4.Renouncing, righteous, desiring, falling
back as unwise.
5.Banishing birth-sins body surplus
why rebirth...
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Categories:
tamil, retirement,
Form:
Couplet
Translation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer's poem Thaye Yashoda by T WignesanTranslation of Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer (circa 1700-1765)’s « THAYE YASHODA » by T. Wignesan
This devotional song and poem in Tamil (the principal Dravidian language...
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Categories:
tamil, god, mother, religious, universe,
Form:
Dramatic monologue
Translation of Cuppiramania Bharathiyar's poem: Kannamma, My Love by T WignesanTranslation of Cuppiramania Bharathiyar’s poem: Kannamma, My Love! (Kannamma En Kaathali) by T. Wignesan
Yet another poem by the most famous modern Tamil poet, written a...
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Categories:
tamil, girlfriend, innocence, longing, love,
Form:
Dramatic monologue
Limerick: Once a Meat-Vendor in MylapurLimerick: Once a Meat-Vendor in Mylapur
Once a Meat-Vendor in Mylapur*
Set up shop (O!) Brahmin virtue pure
No hungry customers
Knocked past the front shutters
Though brisk business raged...
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Categories:
tamil, humorous, religion,
Form:
Limerick
Krishna's Advice to Arjuna - Part Two ...
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Categories:
tamil, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Nose Ring
Nose Ring
Shine of our love,
Plain of Liquid
Cold of Mountains
Glass of transparency
...
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Categories:
tamil, art, beautiful, beauty, fashion, romantic,
Form:
Rhyme royal
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:
education, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, tamil,
Form:
Couplet
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:
god, jealousy, religious, tamil, endurance, universe,
Form:
Dramatic monologue
Orang Bangla
Orang Bangla, Orang Bangla
Whither goest thou?
Poor Orang!
Need a job, right now?
Come hither, come hither
No worry, at all
Money is calling you, dear Bangal.
Sweep my premises, cut...
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Categories:
tamil, lifeme,
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:
education, humanity, life, philosophy, retirement, tamil,
Form:
Epigram