Summer When Smiles Early Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Summer when smiles nigh early on the trees,
Karan, season's kick-start, shows off at first,
Bright yellow blossoms swaying in warm breeze,
It seems to brag: blown I've biggest of burst.

Lest it be left out of this fragrant race,
Champa, well worth a wait, hastens to charm
Mogra mesmerises, wears maiden's face,
With sweetest of songs birds begin to swarm.

Even Curry-patta, kitchen's green soul,
When blooms with tender leaves, shows shades of greens,
When Gulmohors, Acasia, close cousins,
Borsalis and Bogains seem on the roll.

Squirrels when scamper breathless and ceaseless,
Koels when coo behind fresh foliage,
Locked are when house lizards in long caress,
It sure is early spring's soothing image.

Early springs and summers set in with boons,
And monsoon is far but a few full moons.
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This poem depicts an early spring season in Central Gujarat where I live currently.
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Musings | 01.04.04 |