A Flower To Auroville Mother-88 Poem by Indira Renganathan

Tablerose(Moss rose, Portulaca
Portulaca grandiflora)
Portulaca 'All Aglow'
(Portulaca spp)
Wingpod Purslane
(Portulaca umbraticola)
Pink Purslane
(Portulaca pilosa)

O'dear dear flowers
Do you all remember
Me and you and cannas
Over the years to ponder

Unknowing all your names
Known then all of you just
To me common table roses
But well now it's a must

O'grandiflora and Pilosa
Talking of you splendid
Ray-leaved colourful flora
White, rose, yellow and red

Portulaca spp, Umbraticola
Variant leaves eatable
Yellow orange-red plethora
O'spp, All Glow you marvel

Yet Umbraticola, so special
Indeed with lemony taste
Nutrient leaves eatable
Pink and yellow ranked great