A Flower To Auroville Mother-81

Lobster claw(Hanging heliconia
Heliconia rostrata)

But in Nature while others
Rounded, trumpeted, rayed
Else common shapes shaped
Strange how you're all claws

Or say clawed tassles rich
Green and gold and red hues
Wonder heavenly smith whose
Art artly hand did so such

Majeatic you stand elegant
With pendulous painted claws
A lobster a sentinel's part
Amid the plantainlike leaves

You make me proud o'flower
Taller in pride and prestige
Beauteous display all over
Will my garden defy as much?

poem by Indira Renganathan
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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