A threatened orchid has come to sight,
Used for a drink called Turkish delight
and aphrodisiac and to heal,
for anti-gas and antidiarrheal.
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Each petal of this flower looks like a naked man with two legs, two hands, a head and his genitals exposed......! Amazing creations of Nature! An interesting limerick!
The tips of the petals do look a little bit like legs. Great poem and picture.
awesome to bid tribute to flowers... your poems on flower serve the demilitarization effect for flowers......hanks.
A beautiful and fascinating bloom and an equally magnificent poem. I hope Kim is finding these
Thank you much, Kelly. Kim is finding them, and not to happy I'm stealing his thunder, I think.
Thanks for sharing this Turkish delight with so many rare qualities. The title of the poem captures the attention of reader that is more or less a tribute to the flower. I hope somebody would unravel the enigmatic query- Why it is called the naked man?
I wanted to say defamiliarization effect......derived from Russian formalism.