Green green like a stream
Everything vibrant green
At the corner of our street
Sky and canopy seem to meet
A jackfruit tree along the way
How old the tree can`t really say
Fallen rotten on the wayside
Sweepers collect and put on the aside
Asphalt and tar on the roads
Verging on green shoulders both sides
Grass grows abundant
With rains the heat can withstand
Another tree tall and high
Rising up touching the sky
In spring full of purple flowers
Fallen flowers the floor covers
A little way up a Henna bush
Its leaves spreading and lush
Used for staining hands and feet reddish yellow
Used at marriage ceremonies a tradition to follow
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A house with many fruit trees
A hive of activity for birds and bees
Occupied only at weekends
To clearing and pruning they attend
House along the way with garden
Plants and trees flowers laden
Carefully tended by owners
Caring so much for their flowers
A house with Asoka trees
Trimmed garden and a feeling of peace it carries
Bush all year round whitish flowers
Flowers used for prayer offerings
A Frangipani tree along the bend
Overpowering scent they send
A Champaka tree by the corner
Its fragrance everyone savours
Queen of the Night gracing
In another house facing
Passers-by dizzy with its fragrance
Slowing down savouring its essence
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Yellowish red Areca nuts on its tree
Fallen to the ground everyone can see
Among broad leaves breadfruit hanging
In the breeze swaying
Kelana Jaya where I live
Has so much to give
In such glory one can bask
Not much more one can ask
M P Prabhakar
18.3.16
PJ
