Tomato Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India

Tomato

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Tomato!
They asked
Is tomato
A fruit or
A vegetable?
Are people
Eat tomato
In both way
While it is
Green or while
It is ripe?
Ripe tomato is
Yellowish or
Redish and it
Can be taken
As vegetable.
But they agree
Not with me.
You are like
Tomato, my dear.
Are you here?
Am I here
To chant your name
Only in old age?
And what is
That old age?
I know to go
From here
No age is required.
I see you
In the tomato
But tomato
Is not the truth,
Truth is only you.
To take anything
Is not right.
To give everything
Is right.

Saturday, February 6, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: fruit
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Gajanan Mishra

Gajanan Mishra

Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
Gajanan Mishra
Tikapali, Patnagarh, Balangir, Odisha, India now at Tapobana, Titilagarh, Odisha, India
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