{"id":9523,"date":"2021-09-28T07:44:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T02:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=9523"},"modified":"2021-09-28T17:47:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:17:20","slug":"poems-of-vikramadityan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamizhini.in\/?p=9523","title":{"rendered":"A Handful of Poems by Vikramadityan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u0bb5\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b87\u0b9f\u0bae\u0bcd<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0baa\u0bcd<br>\u0baa\u0bcb\u0ba9\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b90\u0baf\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0ba9\u0bcd&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0baa\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0bb3\u0bb0<br>\u0baa\u0bc7\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bc1 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class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home&#8217;s a safe place.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Ayyappan went forth to<\/p><p>fetch tiger&#8217;s milk.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As wisdom waxes&nbsp;<\/p><p>and speech wanes<\/p><p>The Universe ends in silence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Dried up and bursting forth<\/p><p>the silk cotton&nbsp;<\/p><p>swirls orphaned in<\/p><p>the swaying breeze<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Outskirts<\/p><p>the lotus-pond<\/p><p>blossoms<\/p><p>alone and<\/p><p>forlorn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf \u0bb5\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0b95\u0b9f\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4&nbsp;\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0baf\u0bae\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bc8 \u0b89\u0bb1\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8230;a.k.a. Dakshinamurthy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The brisk Karuppasamy God<\/p><p>who dances possessed<\/p><p>with intense rage<\/p><p>when<\/p><p>not<\/p><p>eating meat<\/p><p>smoking cigars<\/p><p>swilling arrack or<\/p><p>demanding sacrificial offerings<\/p><p>once<\/p><p>lost its patience<\/p><p>for being tributeless<\/p><p>for a very long time and<\/p><p>descended<\/p><p>from its eigtheenth-step abode<\/p><p>roamed town after town<\/p><p>observed men life and&nbsp;<\/p><p>the world and returned<\/p><p>tranquil and reconciled&nbsp;<\/p><p>to its pedestal<\/p><p>saddened by a bitter past and<\/p><p>troubled by an uncertain future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u0b95\u0bc2\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc7 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u0ba8\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bc7 \u0baa\u0bb4\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0ba9<br>\u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc2\u0ba3\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc1 \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b9a\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caged Tigers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Have gotten used to these<\/p><p>Stinky-cage odours<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Nothing much to complain<\/p><p>Prey served on time<\/p><p>Seasonal mating<\/p><p>Freedom to breed<\/p><p>Uninterrupted comfy naps and<\/p><p>Permission to rattle cage bars<\/p><p>when enraged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Going round in circles too<\/p><p>is not deemed a crime and<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>they have the right to growl as well.<\/p><p>Just have to parade their tricks<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>without pulling a face.<\/p><p>And pretending to behave&nbsp;<\/p><p>as if fearing the crack of the whip&nbsp;<\/p><p>makes them goody two shoes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Long long ago<\/p><p>wandering in<\/p><p>lush green forests<\/p><p>these caged-tigers.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0baf\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bc1<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p 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