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Thanks for the coaching.
I will proofread and then post.
The capitals and punctuations I miss.
Spellings I do not flounder.
Grammar, at times, I falter.

Regards,
Meena.

Born to parents well read and well placed I had the best of all. Orthodoxy and discipline overwhelmed that part [that part] of my early life. Arockiyam, our old driver would drive through the busy roads, negotiate the heavy traffic and take me safely to school in the mornings to the music master's h...

1.Name:Meena. 2. e -mail address: meenas17@gmail.com 3. The poem is original. 4.It is unpublished. 5. I am not representing any other board in the current IBPC 6.The Poem: Tie That binds. Three hours - seems like minutes come to term, an exhausted mother and new-born child rest on in a deep sleep. H...

Born to parents well read and well placed I had the best of all. Orthodoxy and discipline overwhelmed the part of my early life. Arockiyam, our old driver would drive through the busy roads, negotiate the heavy traffic and take me safely to school in the morning to the music master's house in the af...

1.Name:Meena. 2. e -mail address: meenas17@gmail.com 3. The poem is original. 4.It is unpublished. 5. I am not representing any other board in the current IBPC 6. The Umbilical Cord - Invisible. Three hours - seems like minutes - come to term, as an exhausted mother and new-born child rest on in a d...

The knees hurt
turn red
yet they carry you
all the way through
you praise them
and sing about them.

More is less. Less is more.

Congrats Frank!

Left to me I will go endlessly and the poem would turn into an epic like Ramayana. I curtail. I refrain. I stop at a point. A self-made one. I have changed the title of the poem The Sign Board to The Road sign. I work with speed. That is my strength and weakness. I will try to trim the poem after a ...

A wedding of a community is a celebration of vanity as they spend with a madness. They circulate gifts days before comprising of stainless steel and copper large and small filled with murukkus and mauvurandais (savouries:a speciality of the community) They serve varieties of dishes for two days incl...

Frank, How about this ending? Revenue is in the hat The mercantile community considers marriage a transaction. The highest bidder clinches the best deal. Eavesdropping heard the bridegroom sulk he said "hell with it. vettithanam damn money spoils the spirit." Turning found the girl's demeanour equal...

A wedding of a community is a celebration of vanity as they spend with a madness. They circulate gifts days before comprising of stainless steel and copper large and small filled with murukkus and mauvurandais (savouries:a speciality of the community) They serve varieties of dishes for two days incl...

A wedding of a community is a celebration of vanity as they spend with a madness. The gifts they circulate days before comprising vessels of stainless steel small and big closed and unclosed They serve variety of dishes for two days, includes breakfast, lunch and dinner- The chef demands a fortune. ...

With the same credentials, I wish to place another poem of mine. "Empty Vessels Make The Most Noise, Perfectly" Nine out of ten speak highly of themselves, think they are the fine gems such a character is Udayappan. who boasts about his wealth that amounts to a total of a mere hundred thousand elabo...

Thanks, Siva.

Meena

1.Name:Meena. 2. e -mail address: meenas17@gmail.com 3. The poem is original. 4.It is unpublished. 5. I am not representing in the current IBPC 6. The Umbilical Cord - Invisible. Three hours - seems like minutes - come to term, as an exhausted mother and new-born child rest on in a deep nap. The lac...

Into the bones
heat penetrates
through

Through the skin
sweat percolates
as dew

Back and forth
movement is
proportionate.

Dehydration
initiates
invalidity.

A recovery
is seen
on the anvil.

Death stares
through
the hedge.

More of play.

A twig
branches out
into two mostly
may be more


divides
into multiples.

A tuft
of grass
shimmering
with dew

dances to
rejoice.

A dry
yellow leaf
degenerates


falls
down
to death.

A twig branches out
into two or more
indicative of multiplicity.

A tuft of grass
exudes felicity
synonymous with life.

A dry leaf falls down
slowly delineates
finality: death.


Frank,
Hope you are not kidding.
Thanks for reading and commenting.

Regards,
Meena.

A twig branches out
into two or more
indicative of the multiplicity:growth

A tuft of grass
exudes a felicity
synonymous with life.

A dry leaf comes down
slowly delineates
the finality; death.

an odour
spreads all over
from the bower.

Frank,

Writers write.
We write not for fame or gain.

It is an urge.
Thanks, Frank.

Meena

Three hours - seems like minutes - come to term, as an exhausted mother and new-born child rest on in a deep nap. The lactation flow saturates and the seeping milk wakes Maitiri up to nurse. The half asleep Veda seeks the nipple to receive the nourishment she needs from the suckling breast. Invincib...

An anecdote relating to an experience ill-treating a daughter in law as heard from my aunt being one of her own. Once, her mother in law grabbed my aunt's newborn threatened to chop the baby into pieces. My aunt was quite young then showed no emotion. No wonder, the stoicism she acquired helped her ...

Short and sweet
spreads fragrance in a beat
keeps one upbeat.