In his own words , destitution and insecurity transformed him into a poet .
Ayyappan , who got intoxicated by the creativity of turning the pain of the homeless into poetry , slept on shop verandas and wrote poems -- which were untainted depiction of life .
In Ayyappan 's own words , destitution and insecurity transformed him into a poet .
Ayyappan , who got intoxicated by the creativity of turning the pain of the homeless into poetry , slept on shop verandas and wrote poems -- which were untainted depiction of life .