Veena Poovu (poem)

Veena Poovu (English: Fallen Flower) is a 1907 Malayalam poem written by Kumaran Asan. The poem is considered the beginning of a new era in Malayalam literature, and is one of Asan's most significant works. Legends are that the poet saw a fallen flower on his way while walking and wrote this philosophical poem.^[1] Various translations and other artistic representations of the poem have been produced, and its centennial was celebrated in Kerala.^[2] Composed of forty-one stanzas, the poem is a philosophical treatment of death by looking at the life cycle of a flower.^[3]

References

^ Lal, Mohan (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Volume 5 of Encyclopaedia of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4529. ISBN 9788126012213.
^ "'Veena Poovu' still in bloom". The Hindu. 21 December 2007.
^ Paul, G.S. (21 December 2007). "The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Dance : Visual poetry". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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[indianlit-1] Lal, Mohan (1992). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Volume 5 of Encyclopaedia of Indian literature. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4529. ISBN 9788126012213.

[inbloom-2] "'Veena Poovu' still in bloom". The Hindu. 21 December 2007.

[gspaul-3] Paul, G.S. (21 December 2007). "The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Dance : Visual poetry". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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