Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Horsetail


Tsukushi or Horsetail is a non-flowering weed, sole surviving member of a plant family which grew in abundance some 300 million years ago. Members of this family gave rise to many of coal deposits, we have today. 

Verdant greens
Morphed into black gold
Magic wand of time

Horsetail looks like a bottle brush due to its bristle like appearance.

Out in the meadow
Mom hunting for right size
A perfect bottlebrush

This plant is acknowledged as a valuable and effective remedy to many diseases in various systems of medicines.

Nature’s healing power
Bottled in green
For those who seek

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47 comments:

  1. indu chhibber20 March 2013 at 04:20

    A poor neglected weed gets poetic treatment in your elegant verses!!!!

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  2. Unknown20 March 2013 at 04:43

    Wow Meenakshi. Valueable infomation given poetically. Kya baat hai !!

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    1. Woman'n'Beyond21 March 2013 at 08:06

      Thanks Ma'am! Even I didn't know about this weed, untill it came over as prompt. I decided to dig it before writing.

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  3. magiceye20 March 2013 at 05:05

    Beautifully versed

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  4. Unknown20 March 2013 at 05:53

    lovely emotional lines packed in evocative words.

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  5. Maliny20 March 2013 at 06:12

    Love the way you delve into the essence of the topic rather than summing it up superficially . The sets are wonderful ! :)

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  6. Easwar Arumugam20 March 2013 at 09:03

    wow! beautiful composition

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  7. Jennifer Wagner20 March 2013 at 09:16

    Nice! Smart haiku :)

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  8. Unknown20 March 2013 at 09:20

    WOW!!! Superb Haiku! Infact both of us, Rohan and myself, Love the way with ease you write haiku... Keep writing :)

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    1. Woman'n'Beyond21 March 2013 at 08:13

      Oh! I will remember this compliment for long time. I appreciate, truly!

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  9. joanne20 March 2013 at 09:30

    very very good....love the 'morphed into black gold'....I read that if an animal grazes on too much horsetail, it may poison him....so I wonder, how can it be good for human health?! I guess what doesn't kill you makes you stronger,,,,,

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    1. Woman'n'Beyond21 March 2013 at 08:19

      What I have collected from net that this weed is good for human beings if taken under 6gm daily. Its topical application is also good for hair and skin. But while grazing, animals do not go for this warning ;)

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  10. Amrit Sinha20 March 2013 at 12:10

    Green surely has a strong healing power !!!

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  11. brudberg20 March 2013 at 12:32

    Love this... your really did your research. Very good.

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  12. Anonymous20 March 2013 at 13:59

    Wow these are great! Each one highlights another aspect of the plant. I enjoyed the 'morphed into black gold'!

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  13. Reshma20 March 2013 at 14:18

    Interesting trivia, loved the idea of informative Haiku triplet Meenakshi :)

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    1. Woman'n'Beyond21 March 2013 at 08:24

      Thanks Reshma, Actually this weed was alien to me. When I searched about it, I thought it would be a good idea to share with all.

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  14. Maggie Grace20 March 2013 at 17:31

    Very much like your first haiku best. Lovely to put them in that context. I knew of the prehistoric connection but not to coal. Interesting :)

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  15. Anonymous20 March 2013 at 18:16

    such a wonderful set.. glad i dropped by. really loved the "Magic wand of time" ^^

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  16. Unknown20 March 2013 at 21:35

    You are going more n more into japanese language and its culture...good good

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    1. Woman'n'Beyond21 March 2013 at 08:26

      Japanese are legendary about their love for nature.

      Thanks a lot!

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  17. Rat21 March 2013 at 01:07

    very interesting facts given in few words. lovely.

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  18. Vishal Rathod21 March 2013 at 01:19

    First of all great info. I was not knowing anything about it. first one was really amazing magic wand of time .

    Travel India

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  19. The Mukhtiars21 March 2013 at 05:46

    amazing ..........great facts

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  20. Cifar21 March 2013 at 06:28

    great haiku to make understand this weed Horsetail,thanks for that

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  21. Anonymous21 March 2013 at 14:36

    hmmm...honestly speaking i'm not really into all these botanical haiku stuff...all goes over my head...will be looking forward to reading some nice fiction from you.

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  22. Anonymous21 March 2013 at 20:44

    All wonderful. My favorite is the last one. It has a magic to it.

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  23. Khoty Mathur21 March 2013 at 23:30

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  24. Khoty Mathur21 March 2013 at 23:35

    Lovely, Meenakshi. A weed with such a rich history. Wonder why it is a weed when it has acknowledged medicinal properties. Are what you've written haikus? Very nice. BTW the horsetail reminds me of a tree we have in NZ with red bottle brush flowers - the pahutakawa.

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  25. Anonymous22 March 2013 at 01:09

    loved the plant as well as the poem.please keep them coming

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  26. Mixi22 March 2013 at 01:25

    Who would've thought a weed could have so many dimensions to it! Each Haiku is beautiful and elegant.

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  27. AmitAag22 March 2013 at 01:56

    ...poor weed had to wait for 300 million years for these beautiful expressions!

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  28. Panchali22 March 2013 at 07:11

    Wow...you gave life to a bold weed thrusting slowly dying beneath the earth...Very beautiful and meaningful haiku!!

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  29. Jayashree Srivatsan22 March 2013 at 08:15

    Well penned.

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  30. Saru Singhal23 March 2013 at 10:52

    Lovely. Few words in your haiku made a lot of impact, like black gold and bottlebrush.

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