Wetland Wonder
Pintail, shelduck, shoveller, snipe Godwit, garganey Many more migrant feathers all Whichever way you see The lesser whistling duck pitches, The tufted duck, it flits, The golden plover forages on The greenshank quietly sits Freshwater marsh, beds of reed A winter’s wonderland, Has with these visitants turned into A pilgrimage of grand For Chilka’s lake, Mangalajodi, Has filled with migrant quills, From the Caspian, Baikal, Aral lands And the distant Asian hills Yet, the greatest wonder in these lands Is not a feathered friend, But Man instead, with selflessness Who has tried to make amend The same villain who once would kill And poach the birds for food Has been changed in many years To guard these guests for good The poacher now protects these lands, Like a tribal new age lord, The rogue with blood upon his hands Is now a saviour God But this is just a feeble start A ...
