GRANNY

K. SatchidanandanK. Satchidanandan28 May 1948

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My granny was insane.
As her madness ripened into death,
my uncle, a miser,
kept her in our storeroom
wrapped in straw.

My granny dried up, burst;
her seeds flew out of the window.
The sun came, and the rain;
one seedling grew up into a tree,
whose lusts bore me.

Can I help writing poems
about monkeys with teeth of gold?
 
K. Satchidanandan
About the poet

K. Satchidanandan

K. Sachidanandan (Malayalam: കെ സച്ചിദാനന്ദൻ) is a noted Indian poet and critic, writing in Malayalam and English. A pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam, a bilingual literary critic, playwright, editor, columnist and translator, he is the former Editor of I…

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