Autumn Autumn!

I am a romantic.On and Off.Autumn is luckily for you(haa haa!),On Season!!!

My favorite tree "Punnaga Malli/Millingtonia Hortensis/Akash Neem" is in bloom.

In the land of six seasons, that is India, this is the Sarad Season-the season of refulgent moonlight and according to Kalidasa (Ritu Samahara), a season of "golden plentitudes"! Well,the romantic clicked the Muse Millingtonia on a Kartika(Hindu Month) Full Moon day!

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Punnaga Malli

The Flowery stars burst out at night,

Nightly stars, in their own right,

They look for love or may be a Knight,

Unlike their heavenly cousins-at a lesser height!

Scenting the night-young, intoxicating!

Peeping out in bouquets, scintillating!

Flirting with the wind,shadow kissing!

Wherst the Knight?Irritating!

As the nightly stars drown,

'Tis time now to pass the crown,

To fall from the heights down,

Into the arms of the earthy lawn.

They fall off to the dusty grove,

To paths of filth but they still strove

To wish luck to their like above,

Readying for the night,again for love.

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Lo!See how I become a poet, I tell you it is very very effortless!

The intoxicating smell creates a near-Shakespearean impact. Its like the 'Love Tonic' of Mid Summer Night's Dream.So all my lovers, you know now,how I will love you back,just take me near the 'Punnaga Malli'.(:D)

Yeah,like anybody cares? :D

One more:

This was on Nov 7th, Mom "allu"-fied all the flowers into this beauty!Should the poem go to this sisterly bunch or the "hide-and-seek" moon?

So, I end my bard~ly-peregrinations but wonder,why is it that Science doesn't fully convince the nature-maniac?Why does the Fungi at the damp tree bark use dull spores for reproduction?Why does the majestic tree choose a romantic flower-scent combination?What is this maddening plurality?

Or is it sheer creativity?But science says it all boils down to bio-chemistry? If I told you that the scent was nothing a chemical called Mono-utopia Meta-Physycsoxin stimulating your olfactory senses?And that all this happened by accident?What would you do?

I would pray to God to save the Millingtonia Hortensis.