My Humming Word

Month: December 2020

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Rajnigandha, the exotic tuberoseNicknamed “the fragrance of night“For many people, it may beJust another night blooming plantWith green stalk, serried budsAnd clustered white flowersSpreading an intense fragrance. But it’s a nostalgia for himA mystical and magical wordReminiscence of a phase of lifeSomewhere deep in memorySomewhat sweet and sourSome with hope and despairA bewitching and heartwarmingSymbol […]
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Nature plays its balancing roleMostly amicable but sometimes cruelDroughts, cyclones, floods and tsunamisMelting glaciers and warming oceansOr even ozone hole is stratosphereSuch events are of the category latter. But it’s really the human factorPosing real threat to planet’s survivalGlobal exploding human populationContinuing rain forests’ destructionUnmindful exploitation of natural resourcesSuch as coal, natural gas and mineralsPollution […]

Good Reads

​Heart-shaped leaves catch the passing breezeA gentle whisper stirs the emperor of treesEach pointed tip channels the raindrop’s traceWhile quiet shadows fill the peaceful space. Underneath its vast and fine-textured canopyA quiet, soothing shelter spreads out completelyIt offers a vibrant sanctuary, green and wideWhere both birds and weary travellers can abide. For generations past, its […]
This Australian salt-lake tiger beetleCicindela hudsoni in sun-bleached plainsAn insect of pale, tan or dull-metallic hueEndemic in arid salt lakes of Australian southIs the fastest bug with speed record crownWhile many other beetles’ species are slowerWearing iridescent emerald or rainbow armour. The speedster is flightless with vestigial wingsIt relies entirely on sheer sprinting speedRather than […]

Worlwide

​Heart-shaped leaves catch the passing breezeA gentle whisper stirs the emperor of treesEach pointed tip channels the raindrop’s traceWhile quiet shadows fill the peaceful space. Underneath its vast and fine-textured canopyA quiet, soothing shelter spreads out completelyIt offers a vibrant sanctuary, green and wideWhere both birds and weary travellers can abide. For generations past, its […]

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Pilgrimage-I Nearly all communities and religions in the world attach significance to places which have some connection with any worldly or supernatural act(s) or event(s) of the divine (God) or His messenger(s); the birth, enlightenment or death of founder and saints; sites of the spiritual calling or awakening; supposedly a dwelling or living place of […]

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