Seed Beds For Rice Poem by Tirupathi Chandrupatla

Beginning of January's
Pleasant time in India 
Farmer in the south prepares
Seed beds for rice plants.

Water filled plots've
Green plants growing 
Birds of a variety of feather
Actively fly here and there.

Little birds make loops
Black birds linger on
Flocks of white cranes
Gather like ground cover.

Flush green beds
With whiteness laid out's
Eye pleasing scene indeed 
A delight for the artist.

These green beds're
Farmer's great hope
Transplanted later
Turn to paddy fields.

Good weather and
Favourable conditions 
Are what one expects 
Hope nature'll cooperate.