Yesteryears Poem by Aparna Chatterjee

Seeing those
Indian actors
And actresses
Dancing around
Flowers, plants
And trees, and
Crooning about
Lovebirds and
Bees, in those
Days, when we were
Also out and about,
We never thought about
Hay fever and pollen allergies.



(I stayed in India for 25 years before coming to UK. During my India years, I didn't know about Hay Fever and Pollen Allergies. None of my family, friends and relatives had these allergies. We used to have so many outings in gardens and parks and never bothered about pollen. Only after coming to UK, I got to know about Hay Fever season as it's so much in the news.)