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While on a Walk in the Park

Mohankumar’s poem is about a strange experience in which, while the narrator is taking his evening walk in the park, he is detained by a man with ‘large, smouldering eyes’ who speaks to him in a mystical strain even as he listens in stony silence.

The Eureka Moment

The passion and resolve that two people demonstrate in achieving a big dream eventually leads them to the eureka moment. M. Mohankumar pens a poem.

Pilgrimage to Ayodhya

Mohankumar’s poem draws inspiration from the Tyagaraja kriti, Nadachi, nadachi about the vanity of fake devotion but, departing from it, depicts a scene where a true, ardent devotee gets a darshan of the Lord while the false ones miss it.

Like A Chakora Bird, Waiting

In this poem, M. Mohankumar pens the feelings of a young man waiting for a woman on a moonless night.

A Long-kept Secret

Mohankumar’s poem relates to the confession, many years later, of a CRPF constable who was involved in an encounter in Kerala in 1970 that resulted in the death of a Naxalite leader.

Exploration

Mohankumar pens a poem about a long and difficult journey of exploration undertaken by a team of explorers, their joy of discovery at the end of it, and how this would provide the impetus for such worthwhile activities in the future.

Stray Thoughts on Silence

From the silence that preceded the birth of the universe to the silence that pervades a music hall, M.Mohankumar presents his perspective on this month’s theme through a poem.

Little-Endians and Big-Endians

M. Mohankumar’s verse focuses on a relationship gone awry – it speaks of two factions engaged in a pointless dispute, as in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels.

To My Daughter

An ageing father recalls fondly recalls the times with his daughter when she was a little girl. A poem by M. Mohankumar.