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NAME OF THE TEACHER TRAINEE : RAJITHA YSOPTIONAL SUBJECT : ENGLISHNAME OF THE INSTITUTION : CSI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION PARASSLA

K. SATCHIDANANDAN

K. Satchidanandan (b. 1946) is a major Indian poet, who writes in Malayalam and English. He is also a critic, editor and

translator. He was the Executive Head of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi and editor of Indian Literature, the bimonthly journal

of the Akademi. He has translated the poems of Bertolt Brecht, Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda and Cesar Vallejo into Malayalam.

cactus

CactusThorns are my language.I announce my existence

with a bleeding touch.

Once these thorns were flowers.I loathe lovers who betray.

Poets have abandoned the desertsto go back to the gardens.

Only camels remains here, and merchantswho trample my flowers to dust.

One thorn for each rare drop of water.I don’t tempt butterflies.No bird sings my praise.I don’t yield to droughts.

I create another beauty beyond the moonlight,

this side of dreams,a sharp, piercing,

parallel language.

Introduction of the poem

The poem Cactus