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Enjoy the path

In blind devotion, Andal,
In pursuit of art, Madhavi,
In servitude, Nandanar,
In meditation, Ramana Mahrshi,
In love, Ampikhabathi,
Found a thrill and hence pursued.
Each act in a way gave them bliss.

Take a path that gives you mirth.
Connotation beyond which is a myth.
25.12.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Marriage is irrevocable bond.[India]

Kovelon, in love and arts an acumen,
Had as consort, Kannakhi of his commune,
Won as beloved, Madhavi, a courtesan,
And left her, to return to pavilion.

Kannakhi’s love for him was devotional.
Kovelon’s in return was conventional.
His love for Madhavi was passion ridden.
Madhavi’s love in turn was emotional.

Madhavi was deserted and forgotten.
But she did not desert the ill gotten.
She stayed single against her frailties,
And surpassed Kannakhi in all chastity.

Love of passion and love of emotion
Are for harmony a better combination.
Love of convenience and of devotion
Hardly can contribute to its elevation.

What made Kovelon return to Kannakhi,
A woman with no art and romance?
The marriage is irredeemable bond
Above flesh, where return all prodigal men.
27.05.2001, Pmdi.
[This is the summery of a Tamil historical classic, Silappathikaram, written more than a millennium]

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Love is not threatened by lust.

He, who is after other women,
Is still not averse to his woman
He, who loves his wife,
Is still interested in other women.
Pleasure and affection are different.
Kannakhi never felt threatened
By Madhavi’s love to her husband.
Wife! Give him some loose end.
He will return to amend.
15.12.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Love outlive lust

Love for a girl does not infringe
The love one has for one’s mother.
Desire for a woman does not spoil
The love one has for one’s wife.
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Love for mother from the umbilical cord.
Love for wife from the fusion gametes.
They are not extinguishable, and will stay.

Covalan at last returned to Kannaki,
Winsome Madhavi abandoned.
27.12.2000, Pmdi
[Annotation refers to the ancient Tamil Epic Silapathikaram]

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Which is bliss?

Risky path to Lord Amarnath-
Safety one to Lord Biswanath.
Which do you prefer-
Travel or destination,
Life or salvation?

Effortless low contours-
Restless high contours.
Which do you like-
Peace or wealth,
Reach or promise?

Abstinence to please God-
Worldly to gratify senses.
Which do you value-
Penance or romance,
Bliss or thrill?

A bird at hand or two in bushes.
Which do you take-
Present or future-
Existence or inference?

Live in what you are
Rather than
What you will be in.
It is the bliss.
17.06.2000, palakkad

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Each affair is the only affair.

She and I had a sojourn,
a memorable sojourn.
It is not my first, nor was it hers.
It is not my last, nor is it hers.
Yet we held it as if a maiden
and refused to believe otherwise.
This myth takes us to mirth.
09.05.2001, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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One-side too nourishes

Meera’s love, Andal’s love
All for Lord Krishna,
They so proclaimed.
The world acclaimed.
Their love is one sided.

In his love for her,
Which is an one sided,
The object is real.
The idol has senses.
Why is this act spurned?
13.10.99
[Meera and Andal Indian women who throughout their life loved and worshiped the idol, Krishan]

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Sweets or regrets

Every path one has chosen to tread
Could come out as good or bad to lead
Only at the terminal when one looks back.
A pack of sweets or a bunch of regrets.
5.11.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Fool is a lover

He fell in love with her in her middle age.
Since her puberty, how many, with a vantage,
Would have disturbed, pursued,
Excited, aroused and embarrassed her
And how many, with chance in their side,
Would have wooed and courted her?
But he can’t but refuse to believe it.
He loved her as though she was a maiden
And took her love a virgin one,
As if he is the first to steal her heart.
She departed; he departed but not his loving her,
Though taken away by time and distance,
Though reunion being weak in its stance
And though new union having a chance.
How foolish a lover is! Let him be.

Pleasure is the manifestation of foolishness.
30.10.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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The only way to love daughter in law

Woman, how long can you disapprove
of your son’s wife, the usurper
of your son’s love? Without a like for her,
how can you tend your grandchild,
who has half of her blood? Mind!
Mend the way; harmony is found.
Else, your end days will be hounds.
27.12.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Reward and punishment

A jealous Othello, an innocent Desdemona,
And a villain Iago, all played their parts
As per the scripts and directions, on the stage.
No one was hailed; No one was jailed.
The world is the stage on which we take parts
As Othellos, Desdimonas and Iagos.
Reward and punishment by God is a myth.
28.12.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Love is a slavery

Slavery is there, in some form, everywhere.
Love, too, is a kind of slavery, unable to desist,
Unable to deny, and is tamed in blind pursuit.
A monarch, too, is a slave to his concubine.
05.02.2000, Palakkad

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Live Is Blind

I tried to give you love
That was ever flowing
I tried to give a love
That could be so true
But you wanted less
Than I had to offer
What was I to do
I tried to bare a soul
That would swear devotion(?)
I tried to promise dreams
I would make come true
But you said that love was
A game for children
Here I stand, a fool
Love is blind
Blinded by love
You're all I can see in my eyes
My mind says, stop
But my heart says, go
And oh, how it hurts to find
It's true when they say that
Love is blind
Love is blind
I told myself if there
Was a chance to show you
Just how good a love affair could be
But love was something that
You had never given
I just couldn't see
I closed my eyes to all that
You never gave me
(???)My heart didn't wanna see
How you played around
And how well you showed me
How wounded love can be
Love is blind
Blinded by love
You're all I can see in my eyes
My mind says, stop
But my heart says, go
Oh, how it hurts to find
It's true when they say that
Love is blind
Love is blind
So blind

song performed by by Uriah Heep
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Dear, imitate Jesus

The world experienced dawn
When Jesus Christ was born.
My soul had found its dawn
When your love I had won.

Jesus never belied.
By you, I am not denied.
23.12.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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As many joys as there are sorrows.

The mango tree gave me fruits and shades.
I was sad when I left.
The jack tree gave me fruits and shades.
I was sad when I left.
Likewise were a few more trees
That gave me different fruits and shades.
There’re trees having given me only shades.
I was sad when I left them in sequence.
Each sensation was punctuated by a stroke.
Each parting gave me a heart break.
Unions beget joys and partings, sorrows.
Sorrows follow because joys preceded.
The one who sticks to one love is unfortunate.
19.11.2000, Pmdi

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Love Devotion & Surrender

Love, devotion surrender
Listen,
If youre tired of walkin around and getting nowhere,
I know, theres a path thats leading towards the master.
Chorus:
Love, devotion and surrender
Love, devotion and surrender
Love, devotion and surrender
Love, devotion and surrender.
Oh, brother, listen to the rhythm of your heartbeat,
Its keeping time with all the universal children (chorus)
Sister, sing the song created for your brother
Louder, till the (your) heart embraces all the harmony (chorus)

song performed by by Santana
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Love Is Blind

I tried to give you love
That was ever flowing
I tried to give a love
That could be so true
But you wanted less
Than I had to offer
What was I to do
I tried to bare a soul
That would swear devotion(? )
I tried to promise dreams
I would make come true
But you said that love was
A game for children
Here I stand, a fool
Love is blind
Blinded by love
Youre all I can see in my eyes
My mind says, stop
But my heart says, go
And oh, how it hurts to find
Its true when they say that
Love is blind
Love is blind
I told myself if there
Was a chance to show you
Just how good a love affair could be
But love was something that
You had never given
I just couldnt see
I closed my eyes to all that
You never gave me
(? ? ? )my heart didnt wanna see
How you played around
And how well you showed me
How wounded love can be
Love is blind
Blinded by love
Youre all I can see in my eyes
My mind says, stop
But my heart says, go
Oh, how it hurts to find
Its true when they say that
Love is blind
Love is blind
So blind

song performed by by Uriah Heep
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Suddenly

Orbison/melson
Suddenly, my heart stood still
Suddenly, the sight of you gave me a thrill
Suddenly
Suddenly, i see you everywhere
Suddenly, all at once i seem to care for you
Suddenly
So suddenly i found you
To think you were near all the time
I've often been around you
I don't know how i could have been so blind
Suddenly, my world is new
Suddenly, suddenly there's only you
Suddenly
So suddenly i found you
To think you were near all the time
I've often been around you
I don't know how i could have been so blind
Suddenly, suddenly you're my dream come true
Suddenly, suddenly there's only you
So suddenly

song performed by by Roy Orbison
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Third Party Views

You may see it now on your visit.
With a wish to claim it for yourself to get.
But you chose to get away to run.
Making no investment,
In overcoming struggles done.

And in the midst of my loneliness,
You were among the missing.
Dismissing my needs.
And ignoring my pleas.

And you gave no time of any kind
To find if love could be blind.
I found,
In time...
Love found is blind.
Leaving you and your views,
Behind.

No time for third party views,
In my mind!

And you gave no time of any kind
To find if love could be blind.
I found,
In time...
A love that I found is mine.

But you chose to get away to run.
Making no investment,
In overcoming struggles done.

And in the midst of my loneliness,
You were among the missing.
Dismissing my needs.
And ignoring my pleas.

And you gave no time of any kind
To find if love could be blind.
I found,
In time...
A love that I found is mine.

And I found,
In time...
A love that I found is mine.

And I found,
In time...
Third party views undermine.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Franks 2000 Tv

Risin above the city, blocking out the noonday sun
It dwarfs the mighty redwoods and it towers over everyone
I still remember when that delivery truck came down our block
What a lucky guy, I hear he got the last one in stock
And the neighbors are just green
They say, thats the biggest screen weve ever seen!
Its franks 2000 tv (franks 2000 tv)
Everbody come and see(franks 2000 tv)
Franks 2000 tv (franks 2000 tv)
Thats franks remote control, you can look, but dont touch it, please
cause franks the one in charge and he decides what everybody sees
The pictures crystal clear and everything is magnified
Robert deniros mole has got to be ten feet wide
Everybody in the town
Can hear those 90,000 watts of dolby sound
And Im mighty proud to say
Now I can watch the simpsons from thirty blocks away
On franks 2000 tv (franks 2000 tv)
Everybody come and see (franks 2000 tv)
Franks 2000 tv (franks 2000 tv)
Everybody come and see (franks 2000 tv)
Im gonna get one of my own real soon
Its like having a drive-in movie in your own living room
Whoa, hey now... hey now na na na now
Hey now... hey now na na now
Franks 2000 tv (franks 2000 tv)
Everybody come and see (franks 2000 tv)
Franks 2000 tv (franks 2000 tv)
Got a two year warranty on parts and labor
Franks 2000 tv (franks 2000 tv)
Franks 2000 tv

song performed by by Weird Al Yankovic
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Inner Peace

The wind gently lifts my hair,
The sun on my cheeks, my only care,
I stand on a lone hill,
Peace within, my only thrill,

Where are you now? I'm not blind,
Got heaven on my mind!

You may say I have lost my way,
Thats ok,
I found the way out of here,
No longer seem to care,

What if you are lost?  I'm not blind,
Got heaven on my mind,

What is there that you need to do, today?
Why can there be no delay?
What is it that just cannot wait?
This is the time to be great!

Will I ever see you again?  I'm not blind,
Got heaven on my mind!

Look the other way and you will see,
There is a path that sets us all free,
To stand side by side,
A vision of heaven wide.

Will your heart ever mend? I'm not blind,
Got heaven on my mind!

Throw off the chill, bend to heavens will,
Can't you see, I'm not blind,
Got heaven on my mind!

poem by David Andre' Klopper
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