Hot sun shining bright
The day brilliantly yellow
Hurts the naked eye
Need shade, just a little shade
Even a flimsy palm tree
No, it’s not a palm
It looks like spun gold on trees
Is that possible
Oh! it is the beautiful
Blooming golden shower tree
Small yellow petals
Like upside down party hat
Sparkly chandelier
Hundreds hanging from a branch
Thousands bopping on a tree
It attracts many
Buzz, buzzing striped bumblebees
Delicately winged
Orange, yellow butterflies
And wandering human eyes
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Golden shower tree = Amaltaas
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Really loved your tanka! So much that it gave me inspiration to write my own entry for PenMuse- 05. Your use of Simile and Metaphor is on-point and evokes a beautiful mental picture. Thanks for sharing your view of the ‘Golden Shower Tree’
Wow…awesome.. the amaltas really looks like hanging droplets of gold…and such a vivid description… loved it….From Sonali