<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569933" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Rain-tree</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rain-tree</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The rain-tree is of cassia family -<br>Like an elephant it stands on the road, clothed<br>With thick green foliage, dark against the sky<br>All along the Bandra-Kurla road in Mumbai.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You have to exert a little and see<br>Over the top to see the nazuna-type<br>Of pink flowers sitting above the foliage<br>In plentiful numbers, with up-thrust pink hairs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Unlike the African tulip in front of ONGC<br>At Bandra Flyover visible from the distance, <br>Here the pink and green does not show off<br>As rain-tree flowers don’t advertise themselves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Unlike copper-pod’s bright yellow flowers<br>The rain tree flowers don’t weave a carpet: <br>I’ve never seen the flowers on the ground below<br>Nor do they wither on the tree, how I wonder! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In monsoon rains, the leaves shine specially, <br>Transparent drops falling on walkers below, <br>Or with a thud on the racing car bonnets too, <br>Some choose to fall on road to rise a bit upwards.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have not understood why it is called rain-tree: <br>Are they attracted, peacock-like, to the rain-clouds, <br>Or does the rain-bird which drinks water straight from heavens<br>Prefer this tree, and inspire Kalidasa to write Meghdoot?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Daniel+Trevelyn+Joseph">Daniel Trevelyn Joseph</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=569933" data-title="Rain-tree de Daniel Trevelyn Joseph" data-description="Rain-tree The rain-tree is of cassia family - Like an elephant it stands on the road, clothed With thick green foliage, dark against the sky All along the Bandra-Kurla road in Mumbai. You have to exert a little and see Over the top to see the na..."></div> </div> </div>

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