Fiery heat casts a spell
on the dreary summer noon
green grass withers a tan,
the branches stand still,
water bodies parched to death,
birds scurry to quench their thirst,
the cicada’s trill, echoes anguish
nature lies defeated,
devoid of life
insipid, motionless
burning under the raging sun!
radhikasreflection 
its gonna be a long summer, the poets will have to conserve their metaphors 🙂
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Yes unfortunately long and hotter. The papers today said onset of monsoon is delayed by a week 😞
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more mangoes!
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Haha! That’s a very positive attitude 👍
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Perfect for the ongoing season!! 😰😰🤯🤯
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Thanks Sifar! The summer heat is surely the inspiration for this one !!
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Very apt..I was actually thinking on the flood happened last year in Kerala, an year has elapsed…Nature behaves very unpredictably..
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Oh yes Akhila, that was really bad. Only hope that man learns his lessons from such calamities before it happens again.
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Yeah.. but sometimes I feel nature is trying for some balance..otherwise why all these should happen to destroy the life on earth?
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While I agree with you that nature does a balancing act from time to time, these sort of calamities have increased in the recent past due to environmental imbalance created by man.
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Superb. Wonderful rhyme. You painted a vivid visual with your words, Radha.
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Thanks Yasmin 🙂
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Welcome 😊🤗
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powerful.
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☺️ it’s terribly hot here in India!
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Wrong time to visit.
Take care.
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Actually I stay in India. So have to tolerate the ever increasing heat here ☺️
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Really! when did you move back?
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I was always in India, maybe you are mistaking me for someone else Rupali ☺️
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It seems so.
Take care Radhika.
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Thanks dear ☺️
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True and nature lies shedding its leaves in the scorching heat of the sun and even the water too becoming parched. Lovely poem, Radhika.
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Thanks Kamal. To a great extent the reckless behaviour of man is responsible for the parched water bodies!
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Yes absolutely true Radhika. Welcome.
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Wow! This is great. I feel the heat!
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Many thanks Lorraine.
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You’re welcome 😊
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Lovely poem..hold on for some more time for the monsoon is on the way
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Thank you Sunith. I pray that it fastens it’s journey to shower those pearly drops in abundance!
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Well expressed my dear
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Thanks so much Drew 🙂
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I know there is scorching heat in northern parts of India.You have expressed it really well.
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Thank you Megha. Each year the intensity of the heat keeps rising.
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Yes and here it’s getting colder.We are losing the warm months here.
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Actually globally the weather patterns are changing for the worse and sadly we have only ourselves to blame.
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Yes its the nature’s wrath.
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All the difficulties of summer came in so poetic and beautiful way , that is the beauty of you ma’am 🌞🌞🌞🌴🌴🌴
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Thanks so much Meenakshi for the appreciation ❤️
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Hot it is!!! 🌞
Nicely done, Radhika!
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Thank you Vidur!
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We have messed up and now paying the price ……… Very well expressed Radhika
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Thanks Sakshi. Only hope we learn our lessons from this.
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So true
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Wow this is great and perfectttt for this season 😓
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Thanks so much Jyo 🙂
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Nice article, well expressed
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Thanks Naveen!
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Nicely done Radhika – very real!🌞🌞
I hope/pray the monsoon Gods do what they are supposed to do in time! 😉
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Amen to that prayer Richa. Thanks ☺️
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The summer heat can be such a beautiful muse, right! How you weaved this tale, expressing the anguish faced by many and showing words are indeed a powerful modicum of expression!
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Thanks Vishal. Am glad to hear that and concur with you that words are indeed a very powerful medium of influence!
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Wow – this is as beautiful as the summer sun
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Many thanks Shantanu 🙂
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🌸😊
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Well penned, R! The lack of forest cover/trees makes it even more unbearable, and I can only pity the poor animals/birds 😦
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That’s true Kunal. But inspite of all the awareness, even today the trees are being cut in the name of development which is criminal.
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This was the perfect description of the weather I am experiencing where I live. We haven’t any rain for awhile, and the farmers are getting worried.
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Thanks Tom. It’s the same here in this part of the world too.
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Great articulation. The summer heat is also a part of the annual regeneration cycle. Of course, human beings are conspiring to make it worse.
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Thanks Ankur. I agree, man is a key factor in causing the summer heat to aggravate year after year.
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