When I lie on my back in a lazy chair,
below the branches of casuarina in the air,
and the bouquet of leaves on top a coconut tree,
I refuse to close my eyes,
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(cont.) by/greenery is NOT what i call a perfect rhyme. i strive for perfect rhymes' in almost all of my poems. But I LIKE that you did not bother to search for a 'perfect' rhyme. i feel that some (other poets') poems are damaged when poets try too hard to rhyme, AND they succeed; i'd much rather have no rhyming if rhyming damages a poem. bri :) time to look out the window at the clouds. ah ha! there is one now!
from Google: Did you know: Casuarina*** produces individual male and female flowers on the same (monoecious) or separate trees (dioecious) , depending on the species. [there was no? ] and NO I DID NOT KNOW! *** called rhu in current standard Malay. to MyPoemList. no 'smell' in this poem. :) (cont.)
A poet and nature are inseparable. Poets imagination hovers around nature. Nice poem. Thanks for sharing.
The relaxing poem really sound soft, the picture you took and shared for us indeed enhance the perception in thought, like a pseudo-experience there, at the place.