who wrote these untitled, numbered poems-- even her name, Avvaiyar, is only a polite way of saying "older woman," and there is even an earlier Tamil poet who is given the same honorific. The stories that exist about her life are apparently unreliable. One can learn a few things from reading the poems: she was clearly devout, well-traveled, and intimately acquainted with the natural world. She was also proud of her role as a poet, and her rare hints of ill-temper come when discussing "Idiots/without learning," on whom knowledge and art are wasted.
from Powells: Review-A-Day: A Moral Education
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