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Manushya Puthiran

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IN SEPARATION FROM YOU

In separation from you
there is
no grief.
Just an unexpected
space

like a house
vacated
a little while ago.

© Translation: 2004, C.S. Lakshmi and Arundhathi Subramaniam

IN SEPARATION FROM YOU

© 1998, Manushya Puthiran
From: Itamum Iruppum
Publisher: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam, Nagercoil

Manushya Puthiran

Manushya Puthiran

Manushya Puthiran is the penname of S. Abdul Hameed, an important voice in the new generation of Tamil poets. Since his first book, Manushya Puthiranin Kavithaigal, published in 1983, this Chennai-based poet and critic has published three collections of poetry and two books of essays, and whas ritten several articles on Tamil poetry for India Today, Kalachuvadu, and other magazines. In 2002, he...

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IN SEPARATION FROM YOU

In separation from you
there is
no grief.
Just an unexpected
space

like a house
vacated
a little while ago.

© 2004, C.S. Lakshmi and Arundhathi Subramaniam
From: Itamum Iruppum

IN SEPARATION FROM YOU

In separation from you
there is
no grief.
Just an unexpected
space

like a house
vacated
a little while ago.

© 2004, C.S. Lakshmi and Arundhathi Subramaniam

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