Earth, all barren and dry,
Its cracks…so deep,
Is she about to cry?
Thirst was in its high,
As the rains fell asleep
Earth, all barren and dry.
Ignored by the cloudy sky,
She couldn't help but weep,
Is she about to...
Born was a boy, to a simple family,
In the tiny town of Ettayapuram,
Having lost his mother early in his childhood,
Subramanyam was brought up by his father.
An intellect that his father was,
Pushed him to studies,...
Draped in simple attire of black and red,
You were our sole messenger to the world
You spoke our heart, when words remained unsaid,
when you opened up, emotions unfurled
You were fed news, that eagerly was read,
Some...
The tautogram is best explained by its Greek root words of “tauto” meaning “the same” and “gramma” meaning “letter”. Basically, all words in the poem begin with the same letter.
Than-bauk is a Burmese poetry style.
~A Burmese form
~A clever or witty poem
~Three lines, but not necessarily
~Four syllables per line
~The final syllable of the first line rhymes with the third syllable of the second line...