Monday, 10 April 2023

Forest . Again

 One sees and observes closely 

How a fallen dried twig , quickly 

wriggles and sways , writhes 

down a muddy path , I spy !! 


That was a snake , gosh 

Hope it doesn't nip my toes 

It doesn't end there 

The miracles of nature 


What you thought 

Lying unobserved on a spot 

was a clod of garden  mud 

Jumps and lands with a thud 


You have just met 

the toad wild , no pet 

It is a nature's way of hoodwinking 

Where things change in eye's blinking 


What appeared a pretty flower 

flies away , leaving its bower 

Sometimes it will hover 

Its bright colours glower 


You have encountered 

the many splendored 

Butterfly and moth 

Telling you the truth 


A squirrel chats 

In the tree flats 

You see an emerald leaf falling 

it catches the wind,  appalling 


And flies away alas 

Like the barbet it was 

A bird amazingly  melodious

all varieties are green glorious 


A vine dangles down 

A larva slithers , on its own 

looks like a clown 

dressed in furry gown 


It is a magical world 

A tree root hisses cold 

Every green tendril nudging 

May not be a serpent thing 



A tree trunk 

grows bling 

Overnight , clumps 

of shiny resin 

It is a fairy world 

that has unfold(ed) 




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