Category: Music

  • You Are Not A Musician

    Poem dedicated to my favourite musician in the world, the one and only Harris Jayaraj! Here goes the content: You are not a musician You are a magician Your music is sheer poetry Whenever we are hungry Even if we don’t get good food Still, will we be in a good mood Thanks to your…

  • For You, Is Sky The Limit

    This poem is dedicated to my favourite playback singer Dhee (Dheekshitha Venkadeshan), an Australian citizen of Srilankan Tamil origin; who is the stepdaughter of renown music composer Santhosh Narayanan – who is also one of my favourites. Here goes the content: Listened have I, to loads of songs Tamil, Hindi, English And even Telugu, Malayalam…

  • My Musings On My Favourite Musician

    Yet another poem dedicated to my all-time favourite musician, Harris Jayaraj. Here goes the content: I have listened to a lot of music over these years Tamil, Hindi, English and even Telugu However, as far as Indian music is concerned No one has made the kind of impact That you have, on me Ever since…

  • Where Will The Inspiration Come From?

    Poem on searching for inspiration as I go through the monotony of life. Here goes the content: Every single day As I go through the grind of life I wonder aloud “Anything new today?” It’s because I am in need of a break From the monotony of my daily routine Where will the inspiration come…

  • Letter To My Favourite Musician

    Yet another poem dedicated to my all-time favourite musician, Harris Jayaraj. Here is the content: Dear Harris Sir You are not just a musician You are so much more than that You are a lifesaver And an inspiration to thousands of us Who wake up every single day Full of anxiety and dread About the…

  • An Ode To Harris Jayaraj

    Yet another poem dedicated to my favourite music composer. Here is the content: Dear Harris Sir I have been a fan of your music Since the age of sixteen When I heard the song “Oru Maalai” Which transported me to another world A world like no other From then on, there was no looking back…

  • It Has Been Twenty-one Years

    This is a poem dedicated to my favourite music composer, Harris Jayaraj. Here is the content: It has been twenty-one years Since you first arrived on the scene With a melody so evergreen So enchanting, and so sublime That we were left spellbound Four years after the legendary “Vaseegara” Came the song “Oru Maalai” This…

  • See How Times Are Changing

    As the signal changes colour From red to green The guard waves a green flag And the Assistant Loco Pilot sounds the horn A deep and beautiful melody Which seems to arise Right from the heart And pulls you into a trance Such that, the only thing you want to hear Is this intoxicating horn…

  • The army of rabbits

    When all hope seems lost When the world turns black When God turns his back on us And joins forces with the Devil When the roses have been replaced By the thorns beneath them When all the food in the world Turns into a pile of rotting moss And all the water Turns into sewage…

  • I deeply miss your music

    This poem is dedicated to my favourite music composer in India – Harris Jayaraj. Here goes the content: I deeply miss your music It has that charm It has that rhythm It has that symmetry Akin to the blades of a fan Whirring around, ever so smoothly Also like the gurgling of a stream Swiftly…