Flamingo Poetry Section Poem: My mother at sixty-six · About the Poet: The poet, Kamala Das also wrote by her pen-name of ‘Madhavikutty’. She was born in Kerala and is one of India’s first poets. Her subject – matter is related to her personality- beautiful, sensitive, bold, and tormented. External factors do not reflect in her writings, her writings bring out her true inner feelings. Her favorite poem is ‘composition’. In the poem ‘My mother at sixty-six’, she talks about her mother. This poem is based on mother-daughter relations and the poet shares her feelings for her mother. Ø Kamala Das’s poetry is most often identified as confessional poetry. “My Mother at Sixty-Six” can also be identified as such. She is as open and uninhibited in...
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