Naani: The Wind, The Worm, The Lamb (trio)

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The Wind

The higher winds
carry and disperse
the final ashes
of man and beast alike

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The Worm

Nine out of ten worms
can not tell
the difference between
a peasant and a king

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The Lamb

A young lamb chews on cud
And then
proceeds to choke
on another mouthful of fresh grass

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Naani means “an expression of one and all”. The stanza form was introduced by Dr. N. Gopi, an administrator at the Teluga University.

The elements of the Naani are:

Written in any number of quatrains.
With a total syllable count of between 20 and 25 syllables.

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