Thursday, December 13, 2012

Martyr by Meena Kandasamy





 Meena Kandasamy's latest poem











Martyr
 
A militant, whom my lines
cannot hold whom my lips
cannot kiss whom my eyes
cannot hide whom my memory
cannot mark with a date
of birth or even death.

No knowledge of her village
laid waste, then displaced and
no mention of her songs
seeking to seize a state and
no sign of a red star where
she had stashed her dreams.

In this book of martyrs
only that blood-drenched
story in three bold words:
“One Woman Comrade”
to say she died fighting
for the people.


Thanks to :
chuvarezhuthukal

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For more about Meena Kandasamy visit here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meena_Kandasamy

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