Author: Saranya Francis

Saranya is a multilingual poet penning poems in English, Hindi and Tamil. She is a social activist, freelance life skills and language trainer. She has two anthologies of poems. Her poetry is featured in reputed anthologies. She is the recipient of the Bharat Award for Literature (2018), Rabindranath Tagore Award (2017), and National Chanting Bards Award (2017). She has recently been conferred the Star Ambassador of World Poetry award at The World Poetry Conference 2019.

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Poem October 19, 2020October 19, 2020

Is Man in Need of the Child!

Reading Time: < 1 minute Spread the loveSaranya wonders how...

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Poem October 17, 2020October 14, 2020

You Need a Form to Pray?

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Poem October 7, 2020October 6, 2020

Silence…

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Poem October 1, 2020October 1, 2020

On Freedom

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Poem September 28, 2020September 26, 2020

How are They, the Remnants of Our Day of Parting?

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Poem August 6, 2020August 5, 2020

A Foundation of Irony

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Poem October 26, 2019October 25, 2019

I Bleed

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