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| 1) Thrissur railway station |
Taxi ride from the station
Looking out in admiration
Coconut trees and paddy fields
Everything in plenty Kerala yields
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| 2) Lush Lush Lush Green Have you ever seen |
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| 3) Tiled roof -actually a cow shed |
Winding roads, postcard hamlets
Time stands still for all ages
Haystacks and tiled roofs
Life it seems slowly moves Ancient temples along the way
Quaint churches, huge mosques
Here it feels, reigns all the peace
For a child of ten, so it seems
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| 4) Vadakkumnatha temple along the way |
Grandpa's village we reached so soon
Well in time for lunch at noon
Grandma made plentiful fish
Never had so tasty a dish
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| 5) St. John's Church, Parappur Here Grandpa Grandma Now Taking Rest |
Long lost journeys, long lost journeys
Memories only left of thee
Am grateful both to God and parents
For leaving such thoughts forever with me
Long Lost Journeys, No Longer Lost
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* These journeys specially pertain to the 70's
Though of course Kerala has changed quite a bit since then
But still one can glimpse the golden past in the modern present
The poem started out with a worry that such journeys are long lost
But by the end of it the truth is Nothing is Lost
Pictorial sources
1) qwiki.com
2) flickr.com
3) Back Home in Peravaloor
4) flickr.com
5) viewphotos.org
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