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Golden Wings

Antony Thekkek 1956 (Kerala)

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A bird with golden wings flitted in my backyard
coming out of nowhere fluttering and dancing
amidst the foliage kissing my Jasmine
looking through my half open window
the gusty wind wafted her
drifting her apart from her flock
she pecked, she perched
she poked, she landed on my bed
flying through my bedroom window
reminiscent of my childhood
where a bird nested in my backyard
in a tree I used to swirl around
Such a mother bird it was
she sang with an awakening call
oh! I am a child once again
I fell in love with her at first sight.
I will treasure my bird with golden wings
I slowly and quietly closed my half open window
for ever and ever and ever again.

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Written on January 01, 2000

Submitted by athekkek on July 25, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHDIAJKLMNODM
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 643
Words 126
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
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Antony Thekkek

Antony Thekkek AKS Thampy Antony Thekkek is a critically acclaimed Malayalam writer, film producer, actor, and activist. Born and brought up in Kerala, Thampy moved to San Francisco in his late 20s. His Indian-American experience had been a major influence in his work. Thampy walks us through some of his films, short stories, and his latest novel inspired by his experience in the diaspora. He describes the freedom that Malayalam lends in his writing and how the Malayalam movie industry has a reputation of telling the hard stories, and how different it is from mainstream Bollywood films. Through his writing and his acting, he tells stories of the marginalized and finds beauty and complexity in even the simplest of characters. He has acted in more than 30 Malayalam and English movies. more…

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