[ Poetry serial – Malartamil poems – in the Citizen Column on Fridays and Mondays]
Friend’s letter
Quite unexpected
Your letter comes
Like the first monsoon rain
Your memories rise
A fragrance out of
Dry earth
Your handwriting
In the envelope’s address
Each letter
A teardrop
Imprisoned in the
Present time
Longing for a
Secret confidence
My eyes drink
All your words
The sunken ways
Leading to the fort of the Past
The long lines
A virtual reality of
The happiest moments
End with your
Signature at bottom
Please write again
Drag me to dead years
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This poem translated from original Tamil poem published in Singai Express. Also visualised and telecast in Singapore Television in the year 2000
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( From the poetry collection to be published, Poem No 23 Category “Internal”)
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Previous poems
EXTERNAL
/2012/01/24/to-god-heaven-com-cc-devilhell-com.html
/2012/01/30/conferenceofgodsun-com.html
/2012/02/06/twinbuddhaserendib-is.html
INTERNAL
/2012/02/03/my-neighbour-from-eight-to-twelve.html
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