{"id":80979,"date":"2026-05-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/?p=80979"},"modified":"2026-05-17T18:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:17:22","slug":"the-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/?p=80979","title":{"rendered":"The change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Surendra Nagaraju: Poem ‘The change’

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Surendra Nagaraju – Elanaaga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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  I ran with a sword in my hand <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0to chop off the head of a haughty man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0But moved by his affectionate smile\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0I offered him flowers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

fell prostrate before his feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and returned<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corri com uma espada na m\u00e3o para decepar a cabe\u00e7a de um homem arrogante, mas, comovido por seu sorriso afetuoso, ofereci-lhe flores, ca\u00ed de bru\u00e7os a seus p\u00e9s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":80980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9285,58],"tags":[16940,16937,4005,16938,16939],"class_list":["post-80979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literatura","category-poesias","tag-arrependimento","tag-espada","tag-flores","tag-homem-arogante","tag-sorriso-afetuoso"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":104,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/781df34c-fa87-4f65-a1cf-3efa5f52798f.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78412,"url":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/?p=78412","url_meta":{"origin":80979,"position":0},"title":"Da \u00cdndia para o ROL, Surendra Nagaraju!","author":"Sergio Diniz da Costa","date":"11 de fevereiro de 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Surendra Nagaraju, de Elegandal, distrito de Karimnagar, \u00cdndia, \u00e9 poeta, escritor, tradutor e cr\u00edtico renomado nas \u00e1reas de literatura telugu e inglesa.","rel":"","context":"Em "Sem categoria"","block_context":{"text":"Sem categoria","link":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jornalrol.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6659ad61-2ab7-4db5-b0ea-282c00d73c82.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jornalrol.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6659ad61-2ab7-4db5-b0ea-282c00d73c82.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jornalrol.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6659ad61-2ab7-4db5-b0ea-282c00d73c82.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jornalrol.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6659ad61-2ab7-4db5-b0ea-282c00d73c82.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":80024,"url":"https:\/\/jornalrol.com.br\/?p=80024","url_meta":{"origin":80979,"position":1},"title":"Balancing act","author":"Surendra Nagaraju","date":"11 de abril de 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"At first, He frightens my life\u2019s ship with monstrous tides. 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