Short Chennai Poems
Short Chennai Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Chennai by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Chennai by length and keyword.
hailstorm in Chennai
carpet of ice blocks
treading he felt Himalayas
Limerick: 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 at rear door.
• Brahmin enclave in Chennai, Tamil-Nadu, India.
Brahmins were not vegetarians from antiquity.
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013
Besant Nagar, Chennai
c. March 2012
The sand tries to slow me down,
Running away from below my feet, planting slips.
The ocean threatens me, simmering with anger,
Frothing at mouth, I can drown ships!
The wind is going its own way,
Throwing water and sand, carefree
The sky! It welcomes me with open arms,
I own you it says, and you own me!
Apr 2012
Chennai
I ask you, sir!
Of late, inanimate
Toothless, tethered
Can’t jump turnstiles
"Agree, align"
"Ask, but smile"
Mute, asinine
"Uncalled, unnice"
"Pushy, out-of-style"
You know, I’m fine
"A wish, undone"
"Exit, condone"
"Look back, smile"
"Unearth, sift"
"Write," but why?
Unbonded, servile
Alive, a life
…Sad, demise
Jul 2013
Chennai
Proof that an indivisible portion of time exists,
Frozen in that time, unchanging,
Morphed into the metamorphic rock, forever,
Hacked, packed, moved,
masoned into walls of a ritualistic enclosure
I can drink on them for hours,
Look into their eyes,
Isolated, purified, distilled to 175° proof,
One expression, one thought, one pain,
...maybe that is why I can see them
Or maybe I just spend too much time in that room
when military wage war people should rally
delhi be city of rally
bombay is mumbai
calcutta is kolkata
madras is chennai
delhi be city of rally
when military wage war people should rally
delhi be city of rally
border states be strengthened
borders activity be echoed in parliament
when military wage war people should rally
delhi be city of rally
india be synonymous with military might
ministry of war be established
when military wage war people should rally
delhi be city of rally