Nature's Way! ! Poem by Siddartha Montik
Nature's Way! !
Student Camp on its tour of Nature,
walking along a coast in their leisure.
remembering the Nature's wonders in many,
comparing to the lessons they had in botany.
crossing by a turtle nest almost camouflaged,
amused, a student, looking at a baby lone and stranded.
not heeding to the words of the leader,
went on helping the baby turtle to the water.
group walked ahead, feeling happy for the deed,
only to turn back to the loud cry of gulls behind!
scores of babies running berserk on their way,
getting picked by the gulls as easy prey.
is all for nobody's guess, what went wrong,
that, 'the baby acting only as a watch-dog! '
its move, signal for the siblings in wait,
'its all safe and good now, right time to go wet.'
simple mechanism so built-in, its all in 'Nature's way',
let's not meddle-in, better we stay away.
copyright © Siddartha Montik (Ramesh Kompella)
The lines are condensed omitting the auxiliary verbs except in line 11 where 'is' is used as a separate syllable. All the living things/beings have their own ways of spying to protect themselves from the predators. Sun-bath taking turtles, sending their watch-dog/sentinel to see the dangers, waiting for the signal to get into the sea, like a great poet, the poet has revealed the truth that there is in-built mechanism in every being to live in this harsh world. Some of the lines are alliterative. There are no perfect rhymes at ends of lines but the poet has given as far as possible close rhyming words. A great poet is in the offing!
A good lesson learnt. Let us not interfere with Nature's wisdom. Yes, I really like this poem. It had much wider implications using a clear image.
Let nature’s way do its task..... Significant poem, sir Siddartha..10+++
Made me think about life, but sadly, not in a positive light.
A lovely poem with a good moral too, not to meddle up in natures way.
Beautifully penned. simple mechanism so built-in, its all in 'Nature's way', let's not meddle-in, better we stay away. Thanks for sharing the poem.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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12/5/2025 2:01:18 AM # 1.0.0
Nature has its own way to protect its inhabitants! Animals and birds can take care of themselves... It is better that human beings don't intervene! However the camp in Nature's lap must have been an exciting experience!