Best Camellia Poems

Camellia white white
Petals have covered the ground
With the first fall snow...

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There once was a man from Georgia
Who bought his love a Camellia
Red blooms for Saint Valentine
This gift no adrenline
Just glad that it's not grindelia...

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We know her as Camellia...that fine name,
a perfect one for someone sweet as she;
her silky skin and amber eyes proclaim
a charming, pristine beauty, all agree.

Just like the flower's petals, pure and white
are shaped into a cup of perfect form,
Camellia molds her care to help them...

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camellia droops
under the weight of rain
blossoms fall like tears...

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received in bouquet 
as an admiration sign
the pristine flower













4-12-2016...

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This is a translation from the poem "Camellia", by Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel laureate Poet from India (1861 -1941) Understandably the story took place in late nineteenth century - early twentieth century Bengal. 



Her name is Kamala. saw it – 
on the cover of her notebook...

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SECOND part of the translation from Rabindranath Tagore's Poem "CAMELLIA'"


I was on my travel carrying the plant in a pot.
Found out, the co-passenger was not an easy co-traveller,
In a two-compartment vehicle,
I hid the plant in the bathroom.
Let’s not talk about the details of the travel,
Let’s...

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The teas that bring on sleep
Are lavender  and camellia
Some people enjoy lavender
          tea
It has an unique taste I tried it once
          and enjoyed 
I love the...

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Are you seized, Camellia
Of a secret grief
To let slip, uncontrollably
A blessing too brief?

A silly thought, true; only
What for it grasssed, glows
Of father's death at the prime
Emblematic shows....

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