Nature Poem by Mallika Achuthan Menon
Nature
That night it was drizzling nonstop,
Every where there spread a cryptic silence,
What made me wake up, I just wondered!
Naively sat there idle and watched the standstill nature,
Its sights and sounds had enchanted me,
And it took me to a mystic world.
Smiling moon and twinkling stars
Made the sky so magnificent,
Silver rays of beaming moon,
Fell on the tree tops evenly,
which made fine drawn shadows down on earth.
For me, they looked like superb pencil sketches,
An unknown artist's splendid work!
Trickling raindrops got suspended
at the tip of lovely leaflets.
In them moonlight reflected well,
Then what a magic, they all turned as globes of silver!
Drizzling had stopped abruptly,
From nowhere fog had risen so densely.
How nice it was to look at the moon!
Through the layer of fog itself.
That was such a stunning sight,
Which I couldn't even put on words!
With a whistling tune in lips,
The wind came from the bamboo grove.
Without asking consent of mine
It tickled my cheeks that made me smile.
Fragrance from the water lilies
and sweet smell of the evening prim rose,
Were gifted to me by the wind,
As a token of love from its side!
Sky was filled with clusters of stars,
Each one of them looked like diamond.
Who had scattered those glittering gems there,
So unevenly with negligence, I just doubted!
Time was trailing like a snail,
With a slow and steady pace.
Sparkling stars and comely moon,
vanished slowly hand in hand,
At a place where sky and earth
seemed to meet with each other.
Thereby happened birth and death
of the day and night respectively!
I didn't notice any of this change,
As I myself got absorbed,
in beauty of the awesome nature! !
An excellent imagery drawn of some captivating moments with nature. Well done! I think the poem would look better if divided into 3/4 stanzas.
A very good poem Mallika. I love nature too. My only advice would be to put one or two line-breaks in your work - this gives the reader a chance to pause and appreciate the poem more easily. This is just my opinion of course.
Yes, you are right...who will not get absorbed in the beauty of the awesome nature. Loved reading it. Beautiful imagery....
a moment in life where silence looms around yet something poignant and blissful awakes in us with a start as if a realisation of having found something new....................nice flowing words.....
Smiling moon and twinkling stars Made the sky so magnificent, Silver rays of beaming moon, you are dancing in the joys of nature. recently i came across a poet who believes that God is nature. your coining of words, images, expressions, are all wonderful you are lost in imagination and fascination. thank you for sharing.
This is a poem of JOY, and the speaker deserves her happiness because is so observant, appreciative and humble. Something mysteriously awoke her to the beauty which is naturally always there, but we sleep through it. Once awake, she is very alert and takes in so many lovely details. That's to her credit that she is aware of this special moment and makes the most of it. Your poem is rich in IMAGERY - sensory impressions of so many natural things, and this imagery makes an excellent poem. But I sensed a spiritual presence, veiled in the beauties of nature and night, not announcing itself directly, but indirectly permeating the scene. And this presence blesses both the woman and the reader.
A MYSTIC WORLD indeed which your sharp perception and sensitive observation have preserved as a thing of beauty forever! I too am a lover of nature and fully appreciate your extended description of one night out of many when you awakened in the midst of the natural miracle. And you were able to either recall things later or you wrote them down as they happened. Either way your poem has an immediacy that does justice to nature's every changing appearance. Your poem shows we don't just live on Planet Earth, We love Planet Earth, and that beauty and love should make us good guardians.
wonderful- the smiling stars and beaming moon licked my checks and made me smile- imagination
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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so spectacular........................beautifully expressed............... my dear Bard! thank you