A Home For Daphne 5 - " I Shall Mother All Your Children" Poem by Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
A Home For Daphne 5 - " I Shall Mother All Your Children"
Together they completed
The nest with love and warmth
It was the prasuuthigruhh
for his Daphne, Aps boasted.
A wild little flower of red rose
Decorated the lovely roomy nest
On the day Daphne came
To stay with him forever.
For her home was the most beautiful
And the most handsome her lover
And now, like no other male in the clan
he welcomes her with a flower
He started to weave another nest
On another Pinna on the same leaf
Which females came to visit
one after the other, in hoards
And Daphne who had laid eggs
was eager for his children to hatch
Grew jealous as female wannabes
Made a beeline to the new nest.
It was natural for the baya males
To take many wives every season
But, she'd hoped he would not,
And she'd mother all his children.
Aps filled the new nest with grains
He had stored in holes in the tree trunk
To feed his dearest Daphne,
When she brooded over the eggs.
'I am sorry, I was jealous
That you built the new nest
To entertain another female.
Now I am sure, I am sure,
'I am the only one in your life.
I Shall Mother All Your Children.'
Said Daphne with a sob.
Aps said nothing, just hugged her tight.
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from online: 'Hanging Nests of Weaver Bird A completed nest resembles an upturned long necked pot or jug. Entrance is made in such a way that while the birds find their entry very easily it is extremely difficult for predators like snake to maneuver around to get to the entrance.' bri
five stars and a LOVELY ending to this series of A Home For Daphne. : ) I enjoyed the series very much. bri ;)
Thank You, Thank you, my dear friend. And I think Aps also should be thanking…… Oooops!
Thanks for explaining prasuuthigruhh, as my online search did not help me. Re: 'And the most handsome her lover' As with some other lines in this series, I would arrange words differently, but I DO understand!
Here, I try to picture Daphne, the character in the Greek Myth, making amends to her rejection of Apollo, as stated in the myth. The story tells us how she turned herself into a laurel tree to escape his pursuit.
"I shall mother all your children" is a vow almost impossible in the world of Weaver Birds. The male weaver birds weave five to six nests in a breeding season and takes as many wives, each mothering his chicks.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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7/18/2025 10:33:48 PM # 1.0.0
Very very nice poem 👌 keep it up sir
Thank you, Srijoni. I am so happy that you liked this poem (in a series of 5 parts) of love.
I feel quite happy that you liked the series. Thank you.