Birds Borderless Bonding Well Poem by Aniruddha Pathak
Birds Borderless Bonding Well
Ah borderless birds ever so cute
That believed in no border dispute,
Yet, at the embassy level
The matter was placed still.
A bird had come from far across
To spend winter in warmer climes,
To them border made no good rhymes—
To them human concerns were gross.
A goose when came, with a transmitter came,
With a passport, visa, number nor name,
Dropping it off— what was to it tied,
It migrated back to Chinese side.
Poor bar-headed migrating geese—
Mongolian, Tibetan or Chinese,
Knowing no diplomatic ways,
Made Indians run on a wild-goose chase!
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A bar-headed goose crossed on to Indian side (Karnataka, capital Bangalore where I am spending my time at present)to spend winter months. Poor thing, it knew nothing of Indo-Chinese Line of Actual Control (LAC) . And it so happened that it lost its satellite transmitter fixed on to it in China. On request from China, India searched for this transmitter and found it. It became a case of birds that believed in no borders, nor diplomatic niceties, but still helped establishing some bond between two countries.
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Happenings |02.10.2019|
Birds! ! ! Flying around the World! ! ! ! Freedom, Nature love, From one country to another. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Yes, indeed, birds flying around the world in freedom to border-less countries, you are right. Thanks for reading this ditty.
Migration of birds is well executed. I want to cite here...... A bird had come from far across To spend winter in warmer climes, To them border made no good rhymes— To them human concerns were gross. Beautiful poem. Thanks for sharing.
We humans never seem to learn from nature, even from birds whom we call bird-brains. Thank you for reading and liking it.
Beautifully penned sir! My favorite lines: A bird had come from far across/To spend winter in warmer climes/To them border made no good rhymes—To them human concerns were gross. Full marks
We call them as bird-brains, but that perhaps applies to humans. Thanks dear Dr Swain for the good words.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 9:53:21 AM # 1.0.0.1119
borderless freedom birds flying hither to thither as their wish without any harm spreading on the sky the beautiful charm ...............////
Yes, you've hit the nail, thank you.