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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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