Comments on: Poetry

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:22:59 +0000

check out Poems with Poppies in Mind. I’m sure you will understand these poems!!!

By: Umesh P Nair

Umesh P Nair — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:29:36 +0000

Sanbtosh/Praveen,

If you like such adipoLi slokams, check slokams 354 to 367 in the e-sadass at the following pages:

http://aksharaslokam.blogspot.com/2005_04_17_aksharaslokam_archive.html

http://aksharaslokam.blogspot.com/2005_04_24_aksharaslokam_archive.html

One guy started a “madyaSlOkam”, and others continued it. 14 slokams were recited, and we stopped when there was too much booz…. ;-)

Some slokams are against liquor, though…

- Umesh

By: praveen

praveen — Thu, 05 May 2005 19:51:55 +0000

Adipoli, ente manthravadeee… :-)

By: santosh

santosh — Thu, 05 May 2005 14:12:25 +0000

da… ennalithum koodiyirikkatte…

“vellam cherkkatheduthoramrithinu samamaam nallilam kallu chillin
vellaglassil pakarnnangane ruchikaramam matsya mamsaadi kootti
chellum thothil cheluthi cheru chiri kalithamaasothu melippathekkal
swarlokathum labhikkillupariyoru sugham poka vedantame nee”

By: praveen

praveen — Mon, 02 May 2005 19:48:51 +0000

Really good one that was, Umesh. And I dont think i disliked learning vrittams, rather I enjoyed it in retrospect. I do even remember some of the vrittam names.

Sladhakaakali vriththaththil randaampaadathilandyamaam
randaksharam kurchacheedukil athu manjariyaayidum

chollam vasanthathilakam, tha bha jam ja gam gam.

:-D But yes, maybe I havent grown in understanding enough to appreciate most of the poetic works. And you have a nice blog too, though I still have troubles with malayalam unicode.

By: Umesh P Nair

Umesh P Nair — Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:34:49 +0000

Sandeep,

You said:

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To me�call me prejudiced�the best poetry was, is, and will remain those written by the Masters in the league of Kalidasa.
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I do not agree. Kalidasa is a great poet. But fortunately, poetry didn’t end there. Read Omar Khayyam. Read Khalil Gibran. Read Wordsworth. Read Rabindranatha Tagore. Read Changngampuzha. Read Kadammanitta. Read Sugathakumari. Read N. N. Kakkaad. Read Ayyappappanikkar. Are you saying poetry was dead with Kalidasa?

Fortunately, it will not die.

- Umesh