Bird 9 - Wood Pecker On My Mango Tree Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon
Bird 9 - Wood Pecker On My Mango Tree
Woody wood pecker! Peck, peck, peck
What are you doing with your large head and beak?
Willowy, yet strong neck long and protruding,
Whole morning you are busy banging on my
Wishful Mango tree standing solemnly in the yard!
When the spring makes her graceful entry,
Walking like a shy maiden with dreamy eyes,
Wrapped by the morning Sun beams,
Woodworm you search - tap, tap, tap!
With your long, cylindrical, barb-tipped tongue!
When the tree blooms with a beaming smile,
Whiff of an exotic fragrance fills my garden,
Why do you keep ham -hammer - hammering?
Wrenching at my favourite tree with golden flowers,
Withering her bark that has stood the test of time!
Wings strong and rounded, chisel like bill,
With rounded or wedge-shaped tail,
Winged black plumage with exotic colour scheme,
Wearing a pretty laced cap of flamed orange,
Woodpecker O! Sap sucker! You are really clever!
When I hear your dig-dig, dud-dud, thud-thud,
Willfully making holes into its stem and branches,
Wishfully searching for worms and insects, I keep
Wondering how much it must hurt or pain my fruit tree
Wonderful tree that silently bears, beholds -A benefactress!
which i picked up from the internet. I could never take a picture of the Wood pecker on my Mango tree.
A captivating write on the Wood...the picture is also beautiful...very interesting poem Geeta..thanks for sharing this great work here... thanks a lot for your kind comments on my poems too
An amazing poem, a work of art by Dr. Geeta Radhakrishna Menon.
Thank you Akhtar Sahab for your gracious observation. God bless you.
This is an absolute beauty- you have woven a very beautiful poem with simple words and on a simple wonder of nature very cleverly. Like to read again and again. Thanks for sharing. When I hear your dig-dig, dud-dud, thud-thud, Willfully making holes into its stem and branches, Wishfully searching for worms and insects, I keep Wondering how much it must hurt or pain my fruit tree Wonderful tree that silently bears, beholds -A benefactress! ... is so nice.10+++++
Anil, thank you so much for your beautiful comment. You are very kind. God bless you Anil.
When the tree blooms with a beaming smile, Whiff of an exotic fragrance fills my garden, Why do you keep ham -hammer - hammering? Wrenching at my favourite tree with golden flowers, Withering her bark that has stood the test of time! - - - - - You are a wonderful Nature poet.It is a marvelous poem of poetic expression.
Thank you Bharati for such a beautiful comment on my poem.
Lovely picture and an even lovelier poem, it kept pecking in my mind long after I had read it. Thanks Geeta.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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7/27/2025 2:10:20 AM # 1.0.0
Hi Geeta, Wonderful poem. That you a nature-lover is everybody's knowledge. But this one has surpassed my expectations. A marvelous 100++