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Poem by Hiro Kota

 

[Memory of Tropics]

(Copyright is protected)

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-Contents-

1.  [Red palm]

2.  [Travelerfs tree]

3.  [Queen of Burma]

4.  [Food man]

5.  [Daily diet]

6.  [Banana buds]

7.  [Birds for sale]

8.  [ Jeepney@time]

9.  [Flag leaves]

10.       [Street in Bangkok]

 

[Red palm]

 

How amazing

such coloration

Red Red Red in the stem

and petiole of palm

Because of extinction

People like to grow them

as ornamentals

imagine

what she really try to attract

 

 

[Travelerfs tree]

 

If cutting stem

enormous amounts of water

can be flown from this plants

naming to this tree is thus

nourish travelerfs thirsty throat

 

 

The fact is not producing clean water

Believe would never be changed

Even in the future

 

 

 

[Queen of Burma]

At  first glance

when I saw this unique tree

Tree of queen

Queen of Burma

Orchid-like-flower is

gradually developing

 

Sensing ultra-violets

from strong sunshine

Flowers can survive

under harsh atmosphere

Attracting us forever

[Food man]

A man who changed the world

At the age of eighty five

He was still active

Good imagination and criticism

for the world security of food

He was always thinking foods

for stomach of poor people

 

 

His life time devotion

is to develop crops which

satisfy world hunger

Yet satisfaction is too far

His devotion continues

In the heaven

[Daily diet]

Brushed rice grain

Local variety varies

taste, color, flavor,

and price

 

 

poor or rich don` t matter

 rice for every meal

Harvest this year seems to be okay

That why sellers in store are relaxed

Just waiting customers

Kilogram unit of brown rice

reflects local demand

 [Banana buds]

Edible portion

of prestigious creature

in tropical country

Fruits are well known

for daily needs

 

 

Before that is edible

Buds can be served as food

Who can imagine the taste of

boiled buds

even

how to cook

 

[Birds for sale]

Birds for sale in the evening

busy time of the open markets

Chicken are jumping around

But unable to have the podium

Their leg hanged with rope

miserable future is just ahead of them

 

Be free for a while

This is the way to keep

Animal fresh

Life can be sustained

just before cooking in Kitchen

 

[ Jeepney@time]

Jeepny carries

a number of customers

They go to anywhere

on a scheduled route

25 peso per  head

as long as they are

in a certain distance

 

 

Be patient to open-window

filled with polluted air

But just for a moment

 you may be tolerated

like other passenger

[Flag leaves]

Rice is just about harvest time

     In the Southern India at nearly winter time

Heavy seeds filling panicles

Bending like appreciation to the God

Telling the good harvest this year

Amazing is a group of flag leaves

straight to the air

Just like as guarding panicle

from the attack of all kinds of creatures

Birds, insects may not like such sword like weapon

that rice is possessing

Looking over the blue sky

Flag leaves are proudly standing

 

[Street in Bangkok]

Walking down

the street of Bangkok

Hot sun@Hot road@Hot trees

@Walking down the street of Bangkok

Burning sunshine drives me crazy

Nothing in my brain

People walking are

just like as folks in my town

Difference is smiling all the time

Walking down the street of Bangkok

Is a kind of fun

Street trees are evergreen

Never change their color all year around

Sudden clouds followed by rain cool down

gifted energy on the road

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