About Me ( Poet Mangalaprathaban M)

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Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
I am an ELE expert educated at CIEFL and trained by various international organisations in the field of Second Language Education.I have designed more than 200 ESP Courses for Professionals and students.I have conducted workshops in various colleges and universities in the areas of ESP.I am a freelance trainer and teacher educator interested in textbook writing and corporate training programmes. See his recitation at athttp://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6K5jt8FEoUFjo_uwcs6uA You can see his free video presentation at https://youtu.be/aO_I1HwWC7w

Sunday, 28 September 2025

Shredding the Coconut Shell

Shredding the Coconut Shell 

Every day, we make it a routine to eat our delicacies with coconut.
Taste buds demand its hegemony over everything on my plate.
I relish the coconut chutney with Idli and Dosa.
Mindless paths of my wisdom speak louder than the marathon campaigns of political jokers.
I speak my mind all the time.

Every time, a new coconut falls on the Earth.
I spill my wishes to her now and then.
Coconuts are so common here.
She remains silent in the coconut groove.
My sweet dreams get diluted with the coconut oil.
I smell it with the inevitable longing.

I break the coconut shell occasionally,
scripting my magic of love.
I pray to the Almighty to nourish the coconut.
Nothing much has changed with our longing for the coconut milk.
I speak with the trees quite often.
Who cares for the trees yielding all that they want?
My love is lost in the shell.

(Copyright: ©️ Mangalaprathaban Muralidharan, September 29,2025)
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