A Flower To Auroville Mother-76 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Periwinkle(Vinca, Catharanthus roseus)
Tiny Periwinkle(Tiny Vinca, Catharanthus pusillus)

They love sun and rain and sea
And the whole world
Wedded to all loam wild
They yield lovely blooms
But beware! toxigenic
Yet by His mercy therapeutic
Fighting spree of vincine alkaloids
Beating carcinogens!

At my door side and everywhere
Shrubby catharanthus roseus sparkle
Colourful of varieties many
Perennial Roseus penta-petaled
With leaves oval to oblong
Glossy green hairless wide found

spreading from the base
Lance-leafed Vinca tiny
Penta-petaled flora annual
All and everywhere sparkle