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

16 comments:

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

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. There is a very restful kind of beauty portrayed in your poem, Sumana.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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