Tag Archives: Poetry
Raghu
I found this poem today(via Deepak’s blog), and once again the urge to learn the malayalam keyboard and post in malayalam grows overwhelming. Like there are a few things which you can say only in Malayalam. Like see how a beautiful verse loses its vitality when I attempt to translate it,
Raghu
Raghu says his name is [...]
Alcohol corners of pointless discussion
In spite of his desire to be completely forgotten, Bob Kaufman, another find from the beat generation. Three poems, one after the other.
Jazz radio on a midnight kick,
Round about Midnight.
Sitting on the bed,
With a jazz type chick
Round about Midnight,
Piano laughter, in my ears,
Round about Midnight.
Stirring up laughter, dying tears,
Round about Midnight.
Soft blue voices, muted grins,
Excited [...]
I’m not saying anything against Alexander
Timur, I hear, took the trouble to conquer the earth.I don’t understand him.With a bit of hard liquor you can forget the earth.
I’m not saying anything against Alexander,Only I have seen people who were remarkable,Highly deserving of your admirationFor the fact that they were alive at all.
Great men generate too much sweat.In all of this [...]
Thus spake..