Young photoblogger Pankaja Date somehow sights the most amazing creatures.
This particular glamorous caterpillar , ambling slowly across the expanse of a leaf on a cloudy drizzling monsoon morning, just had some great character !
Maybe there was a show of Miss Caterpillar-India World happening !
carpeted
in a vivid jungle green,
cue lines
lightly marked
to guide the participants.
It's been
a great experience
going through
the
Leaf-Chewing round,
and
the Slow Waltz round,
the latter
a bit tough
with so many legs
shod in
Jimmy-Choos-for-Caterpilla
A thunder roll,
the crickets buzz and clap,
a few leaves,
shed some customary tears,
amidst
nodding breezes
and
croaky whistles by the frogs,
and she emerges
in a yellow and black
form fitting gown
by Varun Monsooniani,
accessorised
with
what looks like
tiny Swarovski spears,
and a maang tikka
in gold.
......
........
Actually,
it's her hair
standing all on edge
given the Great Deception.
No one knows
that she cocoons
into a Pupa
tomorrow.....
Pankaja is metamorphosing into a spectacular photographer of small things! Loved the Miss Caterpillar World-India show. And the twist at the end too :)
ReplyDeleteZephyr, Thank you , and yes, she seems to really have a knack for clicking the most unusual things, in the most unusual situations. This thing honestly reminded me of these pageants...:-))
Delete:)) lovely!
ReplyDeleteMagiceye, Thank you!
DeleteThat is a beautiful poem, Suranga. I am sure it will stand with the best of the poems ever written on caterpillars.
ReplyDeleteUSP, Thank you! This caterpillar was so beautiful, that I had to think of a caterpillar beauty pageant :-))
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