I draw you out of my heart in wisps,
I pull you from my being and my mind.
Inch by inch the tendrils, weakened
let bits of little memories fade to dust.
Affection doesn’t linger,
There is nothing left for it to cling to.
(from unknown poet)
Month: February 2014
Song of a dying river
What can I give you other than my tears
And a failing heart,with shattered dreams……
For the lust of men,snatching the sandy bed
No more strength to carry on,hold me strong…..
(Picture from kerala)
My mother land
Mother, I salute thee!
Rich with thy hurrying streams,
bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Dark fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.
– from Vande Mataram
Dreams in the dusk
Dreams in the dusk,
Only dreams closing the day
And with the day’s close going back
To the gray things, the dark things,
The far, deep things of dreamland.
Dreams, only dreams in the dusk,
Only the old remembered pictures
Of lost days when the day’s loss
Wrote in tears the heart’s loss.
Tears and loss and broken dreams
May find your heart at dusk.
by Carl Sandburg
The sparrow on an electric wire
Though small, we are never forgotten-
Though weak, we are never afraid.
For we know that the dear Lord keeps
The lives of the creatures He made.
I fly through the thickest forest,
I light on many a spray,
I have no chart or compass,
But I never lose my way.
Eggplant (Brinjal)
(picture from my homemade garden corner)
praise the plants for their everlasting love…….
Nutritionally, eggplant is low in fat, protein, and carbohydrates. It also contains relatively low amounts of most important vitamins and minerals. A 1998 study at the Institute of Biology of São Paulo State University, Brazil, found eggplant juice to significantly reduce weight, plasma cholesterol levels, and aortic cholesterol content in hypercholesterolemic rabbits.
Hibiscus stigma
(picture from my homemade garden corner)
The world within the flower is amazing…once I peeped up into it….for a drop of honey….
The Hibiscus tea is popular as a natural diuretic; it contains vitamin C and minerals, and is used traditionally as a mild medicine.
Dieters or people with kidney problems often take it without adding sugar for its beneficial properties and as a natural diuretic.Consuming hibiscus tea lowers blood pressure. An extract from the flowers of Hibiscus rosa- sinensis has been shown to function as an anti-solar agent by absorbing ultraviolet radiation .n the Indian traditional system of medicine, Ayurveda, hibiscus, especially white hibiscus and red hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), is considered to have medicinal properties. The roots are used to make various concoctions believed to cure ailments such as cough, hair loss or hair greying.
Ixora
Ixora produces large clusters of tiny flowers . Ixora prefer acidic soil, and are suitable choices for bonsai. It is also a popular choice for hedges in parts of South East Asia, like in Thailand. In tropical climates they flower year round.
Red ixora flowers are commonly used in Hindu worship, as well as in Indian folk medicine
sunset as fire on the waves
As the day ends to rest
The sunset does its best
Setting on fire the lively waves
Colouring orange the nature he saves
its pure ancient glorious perfection.
courtesy- Ocean Poems – Poems about Oceans
Family Friend Poems
fishermen
Fishermen cleaning their fishing nets. A scene from kochi,kerala
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