Leafy shade
palm and paddy glade
River putters
crisp soft utters
Sky simmers
auburn pink
Cicadas staccato
beats harmonise
echoes on the breeze
Kingfisher blues
yellow-chested hunter
contemplates bait
He waits
Fisherman’s oar
suckles caresses
wet kisses on watery lover
Dark descends
River boats faint lights
cast shadows of day
across Keralian Backwaters.
