Haiku Poems of Thamizhanban 
April 19th, 2008 | by maraimalai
Haiku Poems of Thamizhanban Thamizhanban is a prominent poet of Tamilnadu,who has contributed volumes of Modern and modernist poems in Tamil and celebrated by millions of Tamil readers throughout the world. He has produced meaningful and thought-provoking Haikus and they can be seen in the volume titled"Crescents of Sun"(Sooriyap Piraikal). I have translated some Haikus and do hope it may be of interest to you also.
Satire; The Dawn’s feet bound in chain The Moon is varnishing The Jail’s iron bars. The writings invited for A Royal dinner- The writer’s soul hanging in the pen-nib. I just dug a fountain in my mind- Thousand people rushed To sit and drink.
Self-pity: I was lying as a corpse Felt immense pleasure Never intended to stand again.
Metaphysics: Death– The torch of the soul In the journey of life.
Personality-builder: To the person who fell down ten times Mother Earth kissed and told: Already you have stood erect nine times! Again andf again The moonlight fell on it- The rock blossomed into a flower!
Realism: Darkness remained in the hands Which pushed out The night. Poetry – Possesses thousand hands Its begging bowl has a lot of holes!
Irony: The sky is beautiful! The Earth is also beautiful! I have a loaf of bread in my hand. The fishes in the glass tanks Dreaming much about Rubbing shoulders with oceans.
2 Responses to “Haiku Poems of Thamizhanban”
By Horizon on Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
nice poems!!!!!
By sundari on Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
THAMIZHUKKUM AMUDENDRU PER NOTHING CAN COMPARE THE RENDITION THERE..STILL A GOOD EFFORT LOVED THE LINES A LOT..SUNKAN