Place 1 - An Ode To Paris Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon
Place 1 - An Ode To Paris
Paris! O Paris!
Paradise of grand monuments!
Prized wonder -The Eiffel tower,
Patrons of art and artistes,
Pavilions of patisserie
Perennial city of joy!
Paintings that cast a spell at the Louvre,
Paintings that make an impression at Musee d Orsay,
Paintings that spell magic of Monet, Manet and Degas,
Paintings that stir your emotion like the
Picture perfect of Vincent van Gogh -A
Penchant for the Impressionists!
Beckoning Bridges along the Seine River,
Bridge Royal built by Sun King Louis XIV,
Bridge Concorde made with stones of Bastille,
Bridge Alexandre III - a Franco-Russian alliance,
Bridge Alma with the popular sculpture of ‘le zouave'
Bridge Corrousel leading towards the Tuilerie gardens!
A walk in the Tuilerie garden,
A gleeful glide amongst the picturesque greens,
Along the majestic speaking trees,
A profusion of colourful blooms,
A park that projects elegance
A serene garden of love and loveliness!
Terrible! Horrible!
Terrorism striking with its ugly jaws
Tearing apart a nation that symbolized style
Tentacles spreading their venomous stings
Tears flowing into an ocean of sorrow
Tender hearts breaking into thousand pieces!
Why did the seed of terrorism get sown?
Why should the innocent citizens die?
Why should a charming city be torn to pieces?
Why this barbaric act of blood shed?
Why? Cannot man live in peace?
Why? Cannot humans love each other?
In 2011, once again, i visited Paris with my daughter Radhika, and spent a week visiting various places. We stayed with a wonderful French family and it turned out to be the most memorable and enthralling trip ever. Paris, i consider, to be the most romantic destination of this world.
I am, indeed, shocked and saddened that a city of such elegance and beauty is brutally ripped apart by despicable acts of violence, wherein unsuspecting, innocent lives have been lost. My heart goes out to the families who have lost their loved ones.
Here is a poem as a tribute - ‘An ode to Paris'
Having read your loveliest words for Paris here, dear Dr. Geeta, tears are rolling from my eyes, you cannot help that, but that bombing occurred in Nov 2015.
6) I was very happy that my famous poet friend could fly back the next week to her Mumbai. She came to visit the NL for the first time and wanted to see Paris. After that shock, we could only publish poems about that greatest shock in our poem site
5) having arrived home, I instantly put on the TV and knew that night that terrorists placed bombs at several important places, like near the Eiffel Tower and some more important places. Terrorists wanted to ruin my beautiful Paris, but that was no success, I heard later, but the shock was greatest!
4) But after that time in Nov 2015, I have never been there anymore, since we had to race in the taxi to get to airport in time. The hotelboss told us to go that same night and not till the next morning, the reason he did not say to us, we did not ask either
Ya it is sad A about the present condition of the Paris City, that any one dare to pay a visit to this lovely City. Still I hope that a day shall come, than I shall be able to travel again to Paris and visit the Places depicted in your wonderful poem.
Dear Geeta Ma'am, at the outset I would like to thank you for sharing the wonderful poem on Paris. I have been to Paris in 2013. I visited the tourist attractions like Eifel Tower, Museum, etc.. And I visited Lisieux a small city.
5 Stars, Dr. Geeta and to My Favourites! It had been truly an amazing Tour in Paris and around
Last comment: Your magnificent poem makes me feel touring in Paris again, I will be reading this Beauty several times and hope that I can get rid of that nightmare. I am glad for my friend that she was back in Mumbai. Thank you so much for exposing the Beauty of Paris, Dr. Geeta.
A greatest amazing poem about world famous Paris. So many scintillating words for Paris, truly very fascinating, but that greatest shock from 5 years ago, has not disappeared yet, I am so sorry, but I love to read about the Beauty of Paris
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 2:02:46 AM # 1.0.0
A wonderful poem and helpful notes. Thank you, Geeta