Lily of the pond



Lily of the pond
sings to the tadpoles water  songs
She cradles them in circles of her leaves
gently as a mother
she puts them to sleep.

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celebrating spring in my home in the lower Himalayas My water body has many tadpoles and there was no frog mother at sight

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Submitted by Nimikhanna on April 23, 2023

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Stanza Lengths 5

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I work as an interior designer. Never learnt poetry but as I built my house in the Himalayas it flows out naturally as I get into deep thoughts of the wild gardens terrain around me more…

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