Kamala Das Soul Poems

  • 1.
    Annette,
    At the dresser.
    Pale fingers over mirror-fields
    Reaping
    ...
  • 2.
    It smelt of new rains and of tender
    Shoots of plants- and its warmth was the warmth
    Of earth groping for roots... even my
    Soul, I thought, must send its roots somewhere
    ...
  • 3.
    Your body is my prison, Krishna,
    I cannot see beyond it.
    Your darkness blinds me,
    Your love words shut out the wise world's din.
    ...
  • 4.
    Bereft of soul
    My body shall be bare.
    Bereft of body
    My soul shall be bare.
    ...
  • 5.
    We left that old ungainly house
    When my dog died there, after
    The burial, after the rose
    Flowered twice, pulling it by its
    ...
Total 5 Soul Poems by Kamala Das

Top 10 most used topics by Kamala Das

I Love You 15 Love 15 Body 7 Mind 7 Woman 7 Summer 7 Hair 7 Sun 6 Lonely 5 Soul 5

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Ajithkumar S: Beautifully soulful. Leaves you, in poetic contemplation. You are lost in a magic world of vivid imageries, hearty feelings of love, loss, intimacy, cravings & what more ! She is such a master, of emotions!

Chouadhry Ahmad Arslan : Kamla das' funeral was according to Hinduism or Muslim?
Please inform about it
nishita : she is really a good poet at that time and her poems was also so meaningful positivity

POUSHALI DAS: kamala was born in punnayurkulam' malabar district kerala, india(present-day thrissur districtr,
Tanish: Major work for kamala das
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... A: Inspiring woman
Swaranjali parida: Can you show me some eduation of kamal das

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