I came bursting open a proverb's belly
one afternoon of impending rain,
gasping like the salt that leaves the sea
fighting my exile from the dark eternity
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One of the rare long poems of Satchidanandan Sir. Always enjoyed reading and re-reading this poem in original in Malayalam. Delighted to see it in English. Hope poets worldwide can enjoy his poems. Let me quote a few lines..
Father was a cloud
whose dark back I rode;
mother, a warm white brook
that oozed milk and song.
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One of the rare long poems of Satchidanandan Sir. Always enjoyed reading and re-reading this poem in original in Malayalam. Delighted to see it in English. Hope poets worldwide can enjoy his poems. Let me quote a few lines.. Father was a cloud whose dark back I rode; mother, a warm white brook that oozed milk and song.