* Dedication to the celebrated English Nurse,Writer and Statistician Florence Nightingale
Still a Spinster the next door beautiful Nurse
Thouhghts of tadpoles swarm in the Spring ponds
Summer flowers bloom among the noisy frogs.
Painful Autumn crawls like a venomous serpent
And the gloomy sky weeps in a Wintry night!
Stupid War still goes on in a distant Country
The Warship just dropped her Anchor at Midnight
And she waits for the Recruits to come on board.
The Youth wears his Military Uniform,
And departs, stops for a while to listen
Her melancholy singsong beyond the fence!
sonetta
what a beautiful tribute....the world is blessed for poeple like her.....
what a beautiful tribute....the world is blessed for poeple like her.....
Susan Jarvis
An imaginative and engaging tribute to Florence Nightingale, with a closing line in keeping with her name. :)
An imaginative and engaging tribute to Florence Nightingale, with a closing line in keeping with her name. :)
Shashendra Amalshan
I specially liked these lines "Painful Autumn crawls like a venomous serpent and the gloomy sky weeps in a Wintry night" , great imagery dear brother, very nice to read..
I specially liked these lines "Painful Autumn crawls like a venomous serpent and the gloomy sky weeps in a Wintry night" , great imagery dear brother, very nice to read..
very beautiful tribute...artful imaginative...you draw a picture using hues like love compassion and selfless service