Hi Jane and Vidhya Vivek Narayan has helped me alter a word or two in it.I wrote it when I liked showing off my knowledge of taboo words,but that has been removed, Sivakami Velliangiri
--- In [email protected], jane bhandari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is my sibling poem...though it is also about my daughter, and her late father. > I really liked Siva's poem. It observes without being judgemental. > > HAND-ME-DOWNS > > I was the eldest child; > My clothes were new. > My sister wore them after me. > > My sister said to me, > I hated wearing your clothes. > When I wore your clothes > I was not me. > I wore your skin > Next to my skin. > > I had never worn my sister's clothes. > My skin was my skin. > > I did not understand this > Until he died, > And I wore his shirt > So that his skin > Would be next to my skin. > > But it was not the same: > I chose it, she did not. > > Now I sometimes wear > My daughter's clothes, > And she mine. > Though our skins touch, > We remain unchanged: > I am I, and she is she. > > Jane Bhandari > > siva_ramanathan04 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: APPA > > WHEN Palghat uncle came home > with a towel in his armpit , Appa said, > "come in, sit down. You see these days > I am very busy, I take two buses to the city,'' > Then Appa said, ''when Ambazhapuzha uncle comes he brings > us pedas, jack fruit, plantains." > Appa is like that - simple, straight forward > > Four years ago Appa built a house. > He said, " You see I am a man, > so I can stand on the sun and supervise" > > Mother told him, "don't forget to put > concrete rings for the well" > Appa said, "O.K. O.K.', and took a nap, and now > Oh! how well our well overflows. > > Last week we all went to Swaminathan's > To view his daughter for bride. > Swaminathan said "I am I.A.S., also big Tamil poet", > So Appa got very nervous. > He started playing crab > With somebody's false hair lying on the chair. > > We all tried to catch his eye > But nothing could make him put it down. > > Appa had already bungled. > Appa is like that simple, shy and masculine. > > SIVAKAMI RAMANATHAN > Youth Times Sep. 1-14,1978 > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Model Search - Could you be the next catwalk superstar? Check out the competition now > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/yqIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
