CUCKOO

 FROM SAMPATH’S DESK:   

 

  

CUCKOO

(Cuculidae)

( குயில் – कोयल )

 

 

Cuckoo, you have a voice as sweet as honey;

That can never be bought or exchanged even for money;

Variants and sub-variants of your species are many;

It’s not an ordinary but a special music journey!

 

You all practice Brood Parasitism;

Laying your eggs in the nests of other birds with self-skepticism;

Making other birds hatch your chicks, attracting criticism;

With some deeming it as solecism!

 

For the Cuckoo, spring is the best weather;

The chicks are as clever as their biological mother;

They cry like young ones of crow and grab food from the mother Crow remaining tough as leather;

And, once they develop wings, they flee their foster mother’s home together!

 

You are a synonym for a good singer;

Who satiates people’s music hunger;

With the entertainment lingering longer;

And making them mentally stronger!

 

You seem to be ever happy - day and night;

On hearing your singing, one goes into delight;

Getting transported into a joy flight;

And making the listener forget all worries and plight!  

 

Yes, you have great foresight;

Backed by a deep insight;

That’s the highlight;

Stealing the limelight!

 

 

 

(R.SAMPATH)

13/6/2023