Poetry at Sangam
Poetry at Sangam showcases poetry in English and translations as well as essays on poetics and news of new releases.
The bowman wears a warrior’s leg band she an armlet
On her tender feet chime unmarried girls’ anklets Nice couple
poor things who are they Like the Aariyar drummers
for tightrope walkers the wind reels and
rattles the white seedpods of the vaagai tree
Crossing thick bamboo-ridden paths they approach
Footnote by Eva Wilden: “cilampu is explained by poetics as kind of anklet with little bells an unmarried woman wears and which are removed by her elders on the day she marries. This is viewed as a hint that the poem describes a case of elopement.”
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