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	'''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.<ref name=indianlit>{{cite book \|last=Lal \|first=Mohan \|date=1992 \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Volume 5 of Encyclopaedia of Indian literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=Veena+Poovu+english+text&pg=PA4529 \|publisher=Sahitya Akademi \|page=4529 \|isbn=9788126012213}}</ref> Various translations and other artistic representations of the poem have been produced, and its centennial was celebrated in [[Kerala]].<ref name=inbloom>{{cite ~~web~~\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/veena-poovu-still-in-bloom/article1971523.ece\|title='Veena Poovu' still in bloom\|date=21 December 2007\|publisher=\|~~via~~=The Hindu}}</ref> Composed of forty-one [[stanzas]], the poem is a philosophical treatment of death by looking at the life cycle of a flower.<ref name=gspaul>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150380300.htm \|title=The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Dance : Visual poetry \|last1=Paul \|first1=G.S. \|date=21 December 2007 \|accessdate=28 November 2016 \|url-status=usurped \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522045820/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150380300.htm \|archivedate=22 May 2011}}</ref>		{{Short description\|1907 Malayalam poem by Kumaran Asan}}
			'''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.<ref name=indianlit>{{cite book \|last=Lal \|first=Mohan \|date=1992 \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Volume 5 of Encyclopaedia of Indian literature\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=Veena+Poovu+english+text&pg=PA4529 \|publisher=Sahitya Akademi \|page=4529 \|isbn=9788126012213}}</ref> Various translations and other artistic representations of the poem have been produced, and its centennial was celebrated in [[Kerala]].<ref name=inbloom>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/veena-poovu-still-in-bloom/article1971523.ece\|title='Veena Poovu' still in bloom\|date=21 December 2007\|publisher=\|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> Composed of forty-one [[stanzas]], the poem is a philosophical treatment of death by looking at the life cycle of a flower.<ref name=gspaul>{{cite web \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150380300.htm \|title=The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Dance : Visual poetry \|last1=Paul \|first1=G.S. \|date=21 December 2007 \|accessdate=28 November 2016 \|url-status=usurped \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522045820/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150380300.htm \|archivedate=22 May 2011}}</ref>

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'''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.<ref name=indianlit>{{cite book |last=Lal |first=Mohan |date=1992 |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot Volume 5 of Encyclopaedia of Indian literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&q=Veena+Poovu+english+text&pg=PA4529 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |page=4529 |isbn=9788126012213}}</ref> Various translations and other artistic representations of the poem have been produced, and its centennial was celebrated in [[Kerala]].<ref name=inbloom>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/veena-poovu-still-in-bloom/article1971523.ece|title='Veena Poovu' still in bloom|date=21 December 2007|publisher=|via=The Hindu}}</ref> Composed of forty-one [[stanzas]], the poem is a philosophical treatment of death by looking at the life cycle of a flower.<ref name=gspaul>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150380300.htm |title=The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Dance : Visual poetry |last1=Paul |first1=G.S. |date=21 December 2007 |accessdate=28 November 2016 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522045820/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2007/12/21/stories/2007122150380300.htm |archivedate=22 May 2011}}</ref>

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