Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Lines for World Poetry Day 2024.

World Poetry Day, you crept up on me,

While I was thinking about a tree.


Quietly, the trees stand, giving, living,

We barely notice, but they even die for us. 

Bearing Fruits, giving shade, timbers

Of cradle and coffin grade.

Trees can live without people, but

Without trees, can man? No,

Definitely not; try as we can.


We can make houses of Mud, but

Can we make food? For food, 

We need trees, and shrubs, and 

The gift of oxygen we must include.


These are but basics, 

And lest we forget,

The trees are mightier,

They give and outlive us yet! 


World Poetry Day, these lines 

Are inspired by you,

But paper to write upon is 

A gift from the trees, too. 


Veenu Banga

©️March 20th, 2024.

11:46 pm. 


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