! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Natural Tints And Shades! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Poem by Mamta Agarwal

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Natural Tints And Shades! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Rating: 2.8


I plucked some flowers
Of Frangipani and bougainvillea
From the garden,
And a few variegated leaves
Of delicate caladium
And syngonium;

Excited took them to
The guy who dyes
My chiffon saris and tops.
Can you mix these tints
And shades?

Mam, he said
I humbly admit,
I can’t make any promise
These are God made.

I use vegetable
And flower dyes.
A little hesitant
He added after a while,
I must try with
The deft hands
And imagination
He blessed me with…

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Rakesh Bedi 03 September 2009

This is one subject which amazes me the most! Nature's gifts to humans; even today, it inspires me to sit in praise and prayer of the Almighty. Thanks for sharing such a nice thought, mamta!

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Samanyan Lakshminarayanan 05 September 2009

GOLDEN LAST LINE MAM...NATURE'S SPLENDOR IS AMAZING...LOVELY POEM.10

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Shashendra Amalshan 15 September 2009

This is a lovely poem.. Very nice to read ma'am... A good poem to get away from all the complexities of modern hectic life style... I liked the note in which you end the poem too, yet I kinda felt like I wanted more from this one! ! ! lovely poem.. with lots of lve shan

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Anand Madhukar 13 September 2009

A gentle reminder of where man stands before God, sublime and excellently narrated.

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Sandra Fowler 12 September 2009

A delicate and gracious reminder that God's handiwork is beyond human skill. A beautiful story.10/10. Love, SandraX

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Raj Nandy 10 September 2009

This short and lovely poem indeed reminds us - that Nature has been our best Teacher! Someone who had visited Kashmir during the sixties, told me that he saw ladies making handmade carpets with many colored threads - looking at the color of the blooming flowers in the Valley in an effort to immitate God's radiant shades! For this poem 10+ -Raj

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Sarwar Chowdhury 10 September 2009

wow mamtaji wow! what a fine poetic story! A short story inside this fantastic poem! Aaap ki koi jawab nehi! pata nehi kaisey etna chamatkaram kavita likhte hai aap! Signifieds are not connotative, signifiers, the 'I' and words clearly come out and successfully join with readers perceptions! 10101010101010+

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