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Read from first stanza of this poem here.
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon’s poem(vishukkani) this poem about his childhood experiences of vishu festival and his very first collection ‘Kannikkoythu’.
A day in summer my father closed his eyes forever
and left the house in dark.
I enter the teenage with a heavy heart on that Vishu day.
So did I experience my youthfulness during Vishu
I came to your house on a festival day
Your brother was busy in errands at your family house
And I was idly reading in veranda
Suddenly someone hid my eyes from behind
And I turned wondering who that might be