The Poet's Mission



The Poet's Mission
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Dr.k.g.balakrishnan
20-4-2021
------------------------------- Very often astonishing-
Me the Poet-
the tongue golden-
and the glittering Sword-
why abusing to fight-
against the Truth-
(not against the evil fowl!)

Now It is the Rule-
the darkness always gets the hole-
to hide, centred on-
the Light being cursed by the mass-
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Submitted by Dr.k.g.balakrishnan on April 20, 2021

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Scheme A AXXXAXXXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 362
Words 58
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 4

Dr.k.g.balakrishnan

Dr.k.g.balakrishnan Indian bilingual (Malayalam, English) poet. Top-most all-time poet Poetry.com.(Distinguished poet pin award winner). Bio-24-6-1944. B.Sc,MBBS,FICA. Kerala, India 680702. drbalakrishnankg@gmail.com Major works- The Why? Ente Kavithakal 3 Vols. Guruparvam- Research Essays on Teachings of Sri Narayana Guru. Swarabindu- Malayalam Poems Bharatheeyakavitha Vol.1-100 Eng. poems Bharatheeyakavitha Vol.2 & 3 Ente Kavithakal-Vol. 1,2 & 3 Swarabindu, Bharatheeyam, and so on (see details on Kandangath Balakrishnan poet website) or just Google "dr.k.g.balakrishnan kandangath books/Amazon.com more…

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