A Flower To Auroville Mother-68 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Wax Begonia(Fibrous Begonia,
Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum)
Ruffled Yellow Begonia
(Begonia tuberosa 'Ruffled Yellow')
Hanging Basket Red Begonia
(Begonia 'Red Cascade')
Angel Wing Begonia(Scarlet begonia
Begonia coccinea)
Shimpli(Begonia phrixophylla)
Common Begonia(Begonia crenata)


You wish to tire me a lot
Coloured of so many shades
Tired of a godly how it be
As you godly here to trot

Short and sunny and velvety
Single and double waxy bright
Ruffled and vivid the yellow
Doubled in dark leafing showy

Winged of angels pendulous red
Potted Begonia too stupendous
Begonia rosy cosy eye-catchy
Pink and green furry splendid

Bristled leaves flattened bloom
Simply a rosy tuberous rare
Spread on hills and rocks wide
Common Crenata heartily zoom

Oh, more shades and shapes awesome
You wish to tire me a lot, lot
Tired of a godly, godly how it be
As you godly here more delightsome