A Name! Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

A Name!

Rating: 4.8


I am a rose and don't like my pose,
Pictures of mine gross and cross,
I want to change into another to admin:
Single petal or multi petal jasmine,
Mostly white in color, fit to be the cloud,
Float in the sky during happy hours,
Cry like a baby with unfulfilled desire,
So I don't want to be the jasmine.
How is the orchid in the deep jungle?
What a life with only one offspring,
Must wait for that for many months,
Though lots of color with exotic fragrance,
Orchid is also not my choice to hide and disguise.
Sticky sunflower may wait for her Knight the Sun,
Soaking Lotus may sob and smile floating for fun,
Birds of paradise and flame of forest,
Not fragrant hibiscus of various shades,
Lilies are beautiful but have soft stems,
All these are not my choice to hide and disguise,
When in different shroud, would I bloom differently?
When in different stage, would I be too wise?
What cloak do I wear, my in born ignorance,
And the acquired intelligence emerge,
As the rainbow after the slight drizzle,
should I choose a Name for me as a puzzle?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Chandra Thiagarajan 11 September 2012

Oh! what a splendid imagination! Each one desires for the pastures green on the other side distant. That thought is metaphorically spelt out.Kudos. Thanks and regards.

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Ruby Mostazir 19 May 2013

awesome...................xxx thnks 4 read & comments on my poem.

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Valsa George 21 September 2012

The grass is always greener on the other side! No one is able to enjoy his own state, he longs to be the other man and that lands him in his sorry plight! A great allusive write!

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Thomas Hsi 20 September 2012

Very interesting poem, great imagination.

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Meera Panigrahi 11 September 2012

Using different flowers to bring out special qualities one can possess is a very original idea.

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Ellias Anderson Jr. 11 September 2012

So meaningful and great. the sense of a soft feeling is appeared here as well nice work

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