Thursday, 22 May 2014

WHITE FRAGRANT NIGHT

The white fragrant night

The only solace for summer heat

All these sun hating blooms

Dispel my sweaty gloom

Their scented greetings fill me

And draw my Te Deum towards them

A bevy of beautiful maidens

Whitely clad in potted garden

 My Gandharaj*, Beli** and Juin***

Love your brief sojourn

 

*Gardenia angusta

**Jasminum sambac

 ***Jasmine



Posted for Meeting The Bar At A Slant @ d’Verse Poets Pub

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16 comments:

  1. brudberg22 May 2014 at 22:59

    I love the sense of tranquility in the smell of flowers .. Very nice indeed.

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  2. Vandana Sharma22 May 2014 at 23:52

    What a lovely garden!!

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  3. Anonymous23 May 2014 at 01:10

    Do you really have all these different jasmines in your garden? Lucky, lucky you - that almost hypnotic smell... Gorgeous - and how they bring a sense of coolness to the summer heat.

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  4. Anonymous23 May 2014 at 05:02

    This is lovely, Sumana. I have been in India in summer, and you describe so well the heavy relief of night--the way that it holds the fragrance of these beautiful flowers--lovely. Thanks. k.

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  5. Brian Miller23 May 2014 at 05:12

    their scented greetings...ah they are beautiful maidens ....and oh do they smell good...ah i bet your flowers are amazing...i like your names for them as well.

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  6. Mary23 May 2014 at 05:34

    There is a very restful kind of beauty portrayed in your poem, Sumana.

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  7. Wolfsrosebud23 May 2014 at 06:20

    this was like a gentle breeze... loved the maidens

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  8. Gabriella23 May 2014 at 07:45

    I love the idea of fragrant nights, something I have never experienced here.

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  9. Susan23 May 2014 at 09:32

    Yes, yes. Sitting on the steps in the dark or moonlight as many nights as night-blooming Jasmine is willing to stay. Such a healing joy in Berkeley during the 5 years it took me to complete my education.

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  10. Claudia23 May 2014 at 12:42

    Gandharaj*, Beli** and Juin***... nice.. love the names... and oh jasmine is a beautiful scented summer flower - almost intoxicating

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  11. Glenn Buttkus23 May 2014 at 13:33

    Your slant/near rhymes are perfection, & your night-blooming message & meditation is tre-lovely. Such a sweet & exotic moment you shared with us within the bevy of B-rhymes.

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  12. Wendy Bourke23 May 2014 at 15:23

    White fragrant night - what a lovely thought - delicate, and yet haunting lines.

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  13. Anne V23 May 2014 at 20:32

    I love these flowers and have pots of them on my balcony. Beautiful verse.

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  14. Mystic_Mom24 May 2014 at 10:02

    LOVE jasmine! Such a sweet intoxicating scent in the evening...nicely done!

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  15. Anonymous25 May 2014 at 14:15

    "A bevy of beautiful maidens" - a wonderful description of flowers!

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  16. Grace10 June 2014 at 15:56

    I love their scent - very fragrant ~ So cool to read their local names as well ~

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