Nature's Orchestra Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

I hear at home, when
More than one cat starts
Purring or fighting or fending
Others off – a gur gur orchestra.

I hear while out for a walk
Early morn, the crows and a few
Other birds such as sparrows or bats
That live with us in Bandra East,
Mumbai pin code 400 051.

I try to distinguish each instrument
And then each violin if there are more:
Difficult, but if each mother
Can place her child’s voice, so does
Each animal-mother and bird-mother.

Imagine the variety of creation;
None has ever seen two leaves
Or waves alike! Beauty, riot of beauty,
If we have eyes to see, ears to hear!

D T Joseph
10.02.08