Poems
IN WAR AND PEACE
In times gone by,
In war and peace,
In times to come,
And never to cease.
Time and time again,
When ‘it’ hits the fan,
The first and last resort,
Is...
The Legend of Thimayya
Today being the 120th Birth Anniversary of General Kodandera Thimayya, CLN is publishing poems written by Kodavas to honour him. The first poem in...
WHY I WRITE
Every week, a blank page waits for me
Silent, patient and expectant,
It does not ask for perfection,
Only Honesty.
People often wonder
Why a columnist writes again and...
Cow-a-saki
Upon the narrow spine of earth
that rises gently over the river’s hush,
morning spills its molten gold—
an orange hymn across the sky.
Two figures walk with...