Four Liners 41-50 Poem by Indira Renganathan

41 Fog

Aerosol of tiny water droplets or ice crystals near the Earth's surface is fog
Different types are radiation fog, advection fog, valley fog and freezing fog
Dense fog can be hazardous to drivers, mariners and aviators.
Fog adversely impacts breathing to cause chills, coughs and sniffles

42 House Lizard

You can do floor-running, wall-climbing and with a 'side to side' motion
Prey insects and flies with your severed tail or shaking your slender twisting tail
Focusing from roof top on a near cockroach stop your chirping for a while..
Thud.. now fallen down on a head.. man reads the lizard astrology for his promotion

43 Paddy

Paddy is a grass plant from which extracted is rice grains
Grows in hot and humid climate in bunches called paddy bales.
Best in flooded clay soil for a rich yield of rice grains
Best is also as a key source of greenhouse methane gas

44 Azure

Azure is blue.. flawless blue.. the sky is blue
Ocean is blue as she absorbs the sky's blue
The endless expanse the sky is mysteriously handsome
The limitless vast ocean is mystically gruesome

45 Caves

Cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground
Formed in many types of rocks by many processes
Man has used caves for long now for life's many uses
Caves with treasures and artifacts are worldwide found

46 Mongoose

Mongoose is a small dynamic mammal with a long furry body and short legs
Mongooses vary in size from the dwarf mongoose to the white-tailed mongoose
Mongooses are famous for standing their ground against venomous snakes
Mongooses dodge and kill the snakes to protect their young ones

47 Snake

Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles covered in overlapping scales
Instead of eyelids they have a thin membrane, the 'brille' attached to each eye
In German it means glasses. With no eyelids snakes sleep with their open eyes.
Snakes are a source of many medicines. Eagles and mongooses are some foes of snakes


48 Forest

Forest means a thick woodland. But so many types of forests regarding their
Land, rivers, florae, faunae, rain fall, and ecological function are there
Moist tropical forest, Dry tropical forest, Montane temperate forest
Montane sub tropical forest and Alpine forest are the main five types of forest


49 Falls

A steep descent of the water of a river or other water source is waterfalls
Waterfalls are also called cascades.Erosion by wind or water forms waterfalls
Waterfalls themselves also sometimes cause erosion.Also purify the waterfalls
The water for the fish and other water animals to escape from early life-loss

50 Hot Spring

When geothermally heated groundwater emerges from Earth's crust, it's a hot spring
Some hot springs have waters cool enough for bathing, but contrast in volcanic areas
Where the water is heated in contact with magma rock. With therapeutic benefits
Hot Springs are three types-Thermal, geothermal and hydrothermal springs