R S Prasanna

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

IgNite

A spark of fire once I chanced upon

I hid it in the hollow of an old, rotting tree

Hah! In a flash I saw the forest burn down!

Is there ever a spark too small?

- The legendary Bharati, from "Agini Kunj Ondru Kandaen". A humble translation of a migthy poem.

2 Comments:

Blogger Lancelot said...

thatharikida thatharikida thithom...( i recited this and won a prize in my kindergarten...)

6:54 AM  
Blogger dagalti said...

Good one Prasana.

Mine:

A bright little spark of fire I found
And tucked it away
-in a burrow in the woods
All of the forest was razed to the ground
Does the rage of fire know
- its shouldn'ts and shoulds

7:26 AM  

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